System Engineer 4 - (Systems Engineering)

Akina•Annapolis Junction, MD

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position applies systems engineering principles throughout the systems life cycle phases: Concept, Development, Production, Utilization, Support, and Retirement. The role involves interacting with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and associated problems, issues, or conflicts. Communication will occur with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives. The position is responsible for the technical integrity, quality, and completeness of work performed and deliverables associated with one or more of the 25 process areas defined by ISO/IEC15288. This includes Technical Process Areas (Stakeholder Requirements Definition, Requirements Analysis, Architectural Design, Implementation, Integration, Verification, Transition, Validation, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal), Project Process Areas (Project Planning, Project Assessment and Control, Decision Management, Risk Management, Configuration Management, Information Management, and Measurement), Enterprise (Organizational Project-Enabling) Process Areas (Project Portfolio Management, Infrastructure Management, Lifecycle Model Management, Human Resource Management, and Quality Management), and Agreement Process Areas (Acquisition and Supply). The role will perform systems engineering activities and assist in the preparation of work products in Technical Process Areas associated with ISO/IEC 15288, and develop and deliver a work product in any of the ISO/IEC 15288 Process Areas. Analysis of technical alternatives for a project and preliminary recommendations will be made. The role will also assist in performing systems engineering activities in the ISO/IEC 15288 Agreement or Enterprise Process Areas. Further, the role will perform systems engineering activities and assist in the preparation of multiple work products in Project and/or Technical Process Areas associated with any of the ISO/IEC 15288 processes. The individual will independently analyze and recommend alternatives for elements of projects' technical design. They will perform systems engineering activities and develop and deliver work products of either the ISO/IEC 15288 Agreement or Enterprise Process Areas. Assistance in developing new or innovative approaches to technical or engineering issues will be provided, along with conducting evaluations to determine suitability for project implementation. Appropriate engineering standards and processes for a project will be analyzed and proposed. The role will also supervise or coordinate the work of other contractor engineers or technicians on a project.

Requirements

System Architecture Leadership: Design integration patterns, define API contracts with partner systems, lead technical discussions in cross-program meetings.
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement: Interface directly with users/analysts and partner programs, translate operational needs into technical requirements, present capabilities to stakeholders.
Technical Communication: Document integration architecture, write customer-facing guides, brief technical approaches to mixed audiences (engineers + users + PMs).
A Bachelors degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus ten (10) years of systems engineering experience.
A High School Diploma or GED plus fourteen (14) years of general systems engineering experience (any process area).
A Masters degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus eight (8) years of systems engineering experience.
A PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus eight (8) years of systems engineering experience.

Nice To Haves

Data Science/Analytics Architecture: Define analytics requirements, design how analysts extract insights from multi-INT data, understand ML/AI feature possibilities.
IC Domain Expertise: SIGINT/RF analyst background, UTT processes, targeting workflows, multi-INT correlation tradecraft.
AI/ML Systems Design: Architect AI/ML feature integration (anomaly detection, recommendations, pattern recognition) - what's possible, what data is needed, how it fits analysts workflows.
Java/Spring Boot familiarity (can read code, collaborate with backend team).
Experience with integration platforms (NiFi, camel, messaging systems).
GraphQL/REST API design experience.
Understanding of data modeling trade-offs (relational vs search indices vs graph).

Responsibilities

Applies systems engineering principles throughout the systems life cycle phases: Concept, Development, Production, Utilization, Support, and Retirement.
Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts.
Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives.
Responsibility for the technical integrity, quality, and completeness of work performed and deliverables associated with one or more of the 25 process areas defined by ISO/IEC15288.
Perform systems engineering activities and assist in the preparation of a work product in Technical Process Areas associated with the ISO/IEC 15288.
Develop and deliver a work product in any of the ISO/IEC 15288 Process Areas.
Perform analysis of technical alternatives for a project and make preliminary recommendations.
Assist in performing systems engineering activities in the ISO/IEC 15288 Agreement or Enterprise Process Areas.
Perform systems engineering activities and assist in the preparation of multiple work products in Project and/or Technical Process Areas associated with any of the ISO/IEC 15288 processes.
Perform systems engineering activities and develop and deliver work products in each of the ISO/IEC 15288 Project and Technical Process Areas.
Independently analyze, and recommend alternatives for elements of projects technical design.
Perform systems engineering activities and develop and deliver work products of either the ISO/IEC 15288 Agreement or Enterprise Process Areas.
Assist in developing a new or innovative approach to a technical or engineering issue.
Assist in conducting an evaluation to determine its suitability for project implementation.
Analyze and propose appropriate engineering standards and processes for a project.
Supervise or coordinate the work of other contractor engineers or technicians on a project.