Sr. Systems Engineer

Apogee Integration LLC • Chantilly, VA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

This position will serve as a technical member of a dynamic systems engineering team supporting the GEOINT Ground (G2) organization. The candidate will lead GEOINT ground initiatives for future systems through agile acquisition and readiness events and is required to have strong agile systems engineering background and space and ground domain knowledge in customer mission technical capabilities and performance. The candidate will help the customer transition to acquisitions leveraging agile principles to define capability roadmaps, epics, solutions/portfolios and features necessary to prioritize developer backlogs in alignment with capability deliveries. The candidate will provide subject matter expertise and agile best practices to teams coordinating CONOPS and architecture products, establishing and translating requirements into features, assessing system and segment schedule and risks, leading readiness and release planning events in support of system and acquisition-level ground milestones, and supporting agile test and devops verification strategies and integration of new systems and initiatives in support of expanded GEOINT mission capabilities. The selected candidate will have the aptitude to assess agile and SE processes and create efficiencies continuously, and may lead projects for systems team work, have frequent client interactions, and support system and mission strategy development across the various ground offices. The candidate will have daily interaction with the customer and support contractors and will need to follow customer standards and processes as the program matures through the life cycle. Candidate will interact with multiple Acquisition Offices (AOs) and facilitate risk and action closure with Acquisition Offices and users, and support technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings. This position requires an understanding of the intelligence community and customer domain, along with a strong focus on core systems engineering processes in support of end-to-end mission and services closure.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering, Physics or related Technical degree
• 12 years of experience in Space/Ground Aerospace Systems Engineering
• At least 5 years experience supporting agile acquisition strategy, development and release planning
• At least 5 years experience supporting continuous integration initiatives supporting mission capability releases that enable End to End GEOINT missions
• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Responsibilities

• Lead GEOINT ground initiatives for future systems through agile acquisition and readiness events.
• Help the customer transition to acquisitions leveraging agile principles to define capability roadmaps, epics, solutions/portfolios and features necessary to prioritize developer backlogs in alignment with capability deliveries.
• Provide subject matter expertise and agile best practices to teams coordinating CONOPS and architecture products.
• Establish and translate requirements into features.
• Assess system and segment schedule and risks.
• Lead readiness and release planning events in support of system and acquisition-level ground milestones.
• Support agile test and devops verification strategies and integration of new systems and initiatives in support of expanded GEOINT mission capabilities.
• Assess agile and SE processes and create efficiencies continuously.
• Lead projects for systems team work.
• Have frequent client interactions.
• Support system and mission strategy development across the various ground offices.
• Interact with the customer and support contractors and follow customer standards and processes as the program matures through the life cycle.
• Interact with multiple Acquisition Offices (AOs) and facilitate risk and action closure with Acquisition Offices and users.
• Support technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings.
• Understand the intelligence community and customer domain.
• Focus on core systems engineering processes in support of end-to-end mission and services closure.

Benefits

• Professional Development Assistance (PDA)
• 401(k) with huge company match
• Paid Time Off / Fixed & Floating Holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Accounts / Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance, Disability (Short and Long Term), Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior