System Engineer II — TS/SCI w/poly clearance

CyberTrend Engineering • Annapolis Junction, MD

18h

About The Position

CyberTrend is hiring a System Engineer II to support defense projects and programs. The role requires an active TS/SCI with Poly clearance and 14 years of systems engineering experience on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity. A bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, computer science, information systems, engineering science, engineering management, or a related discipline is required; five additional years of systems engineering experience may substitute for the degree.

The engineer contributes to system engineering documentation and requirements development, manages system and derived requirements, supports system architecture and interface design, and participates in integrated product teams, reviews, and configuration-control activities. The role also includes developing and validating requirements, designing system solutions, defining verification methods, allocating budgets, deriving information assurance requirements, and contributing to program planning artifacts such as the work breakdown structure and integrated master plan.

CyberTrend describes itself as a technology provider formed in 2010, with partnerships and clients that include AWS, IBM, government agencies, the intelligence community, and defense contractors.

Requirements

• TS/SCI with Poly clearance.
• Fourteen years of systems engineering experience on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university; five additional years of systems engineering experience may substitute for the degree.

Nice To Haves

• Kubernetes, Rancher, and the Kubernetes NetApp plugin.
• NetApp storage administration.
• VMware and vSphere.
• Linux system administration.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to sections of systems engineering documentation, including System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to help ensure production systems are compatible with defined system architectures, including DoDAF and service-oriented architecture.
• Assist with developing system and functional requirements and allocating them to hardware, software, facility, and personnel components.
• Coordinate resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews requiring cross-discipline coordination.
• Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based on development and operational considerations.
• Participate in developing systems engineering documentation, including System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
• Participate in interface definition, design, and configuration changes among affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle.
• Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to system and subsystem components.
• Derive stakeholder needs and essential system functions from system requirements.
• Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements and ensure they are complete, correct, unique, unambiguous, realizable, and verifiable.
• Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions.
• Participate in establishing and gaining approval of the definition of a system or component under development, including requirements, designs, interfaces, and test procedures.
• Define verification methods, processes, and evaluation criteria for systems, subsystems, and work products in a written plan.
• Develop system design solutions that satisfy system requirements and fulfill functional analysis.
• Develop derived information assurance requirements covering services, mechanisms, and security technologies.
• Review and provide input to the program and contract work breakdown structure, work packages, and integrated master plan.

Benefits

• Paid time off scaled based on time in service, plus eleven paid annual holidays.
• For full-time employees, CyberTrend pays 100% of the cost of the medical base plan, dental, vision, disability, life, EAP, and other benefits.
• CyberTrend contributes 10% of monthly gross salary to a non-contributory SEP-IRA with no vesting period; the account is 100% owned and managed by the employee.
• Educational assistance up to $5,250 annually for work-related activities, subject to prior approval.
• Training assistance up to $3,000 annually for work-related activities, subject to prior approval.

What This Job Offers

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