System Engineer (System Integration)

Arcfield•Chantilly, VA

About The Position

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the government space? Do you want to improve products or enhance processes to get ahead of problems rather than waiting for them to occur? What if you could find a position that leverages your previous technical experience and problem-solving skills? Our team is looking for you, an experienced system integrator with strong collaboration and program management skills to provide guidance and support to senior level government directors for ground enterprise solutions in the IC and DoD. This program provides SETA (Systems Engineering Technical Advisor) & SE&I (Systems Engineering & Integration) services to an IC customer with a focus on integration and operations of a complex mission system and supporting IT infrastructure. The contract support is part of the customer core team focused on all aspects of the systems life cycle including CONOPS development, capturing requirements, working with developers to deliver capability, testing to ensure capabilities meet requirements, transitioning to operations and operations support. The program also supports innovations/technology development, provides acquisition and project management support to government program managers and IT information assurance security support. The selected candidate will 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 supporting 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 support technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Requirements

Requires a technical degree: 10 to 12 years with BS/BA or 8 to 10 years with MS/MA or 5 to 7 years with PhD
Must possess and be able to maintain TS/SCI with Poly
Extensive Intelligence Community experience and work history with Mission Partners
Experience with GEOINT or Multi-INT Systems and architecture
Previous experience as a System Engineer or System Integrator
Experience identifying user/enterprise requirements, gap identification, analysis and way ahead
Expected to create/brief packages which include technical requirements, implementation plan, risks and success criteria
Strong project management skills and ability to quickly/concisely brief project status to senior leadership
Familiarity with cloud-based product offerings/specifications and be able to offer solutions
Extensive experience with Agile process and deliveries of new capabilities
Excellent communication skills, multi-task and lead several projects simultaneously

Responsibilities

Works with the Team leads, program managers and acquisition professionals to validate that acquisition strategy will support a technically feasible outcome that meets the customer's needs
Integrate new systems and initiatives in support of customer/mission partner requirements and work directly with our developers and users in operations
Understand system-to-system interfaces and act as an Integrator
Ability to assist in preparation of presentations and reports
Monitor system and segment schedules, recognize dependencies
Identify risks and opportunities
Experience with analytical tools used as All-Source Analyst
Aiding in meeting facilitation and information sessions
Prior agile development experience
Candidate will be required to sign and adhere to Non-Disclosure Agreement(s) and (2) Confidential Agreement and Conflict of Interest Certification