System Integration Engineer

Apogee Engineering, LLC • Springfield, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Apogee is seeking a System Integration Engineer to support the Architecture and Engineering Group at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. This full-time, on-site role supports full lifecycle acquisition management for complex government programs and delivery of secure, interoperable architectures and engineering solutions. These efforts span enterprise geospatial software and multinational information-sharing platforms, integrating NGA equities across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. The work involves highly complex and ambiguous assignments requiring specialized expertise and synthesis across multiple disciplines.

The position supports government personnel with cost, schedule, and performance management for OUSD(I&S) DCGS/PED activities and related experiments, exercises, demonstrations, and Limited Objective Events. It also involves reviewing deliverables, tracking actions, integrating feedback from internal and external organizations, and managing NGA engagement. The role is contingent upon contract award. Travel is 10%.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must have a TS/SCI clearance with a Counter-Intelligence Polygraph completed within the last five years or within 90 days of hire.
• Master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, software architecture, AI/ML, cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Solid working knowledge and capability with Microsoft Office tools, specifically PowerPoint, Word, and Project.
• Industry leadership and exceptional expertise relevant to the field, compliant with GSA standards.
• Demonstrated management of cloud-based IT infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Demonstrated specialized experience working with tactical sensors and tactical data integration with DoD, NGA, or U.S./Coalition mission partners.
• Demonstrated specialized experience applying systems engineering processes, particularly requirements analysis, interface definition, and detailed implementation planning for large, complex systems.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with NGA or DoD organizational acquisition processes and procedures.
• Demonstrated specialized Tactical Collector ISR experience, including new and emerging collectors, DoD/Coalition ISR military experience, and DCGS experience.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member under tight deadlines and changing priorities.
• Ability to work proactively with goal-oriented guidance, adapt to changing requirements and management directives, and work across divisions, offices, directorates, and interagency lines.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize competing priorities.
• Ability to think strategically, break complex problems into specific components, and develop a structured approach appropriate to the information's recipient.

Nice To Haves

• Professional Software Engineering Master Certification (PSEM).
• AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Developer certification.
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM).
• CompTIA Security+ or CISSP certification.
• Master’s degree or higher.
• 18 or more years of experience.
• Demonstrated understanding of NGA’s role in strategic and tactical efforts to integrate tactical ISR into the NSG architecture, including Coalition partners.
• Demonstrated functional knowledge of NGA libraries, data storage, and development and implementation of initiatives.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with program integration, integrated library data architecture, scheduling, requirements and configuration management, risk management, metrics development and analysis, Earned Value Management, verification and validation testing, and commissioning, turnover, and acceptance activities.
• Demonstrated total experience in tactical system, project, or program management, including rapid execution of tactical data projects focused on interoperability, testing and demonstrations, tactical data ingest, processing, exploitation and analysis, storage, retrieval, dissemination, and associated infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Assist System Program Office government personnel in managing cost, schedule, and performance of OUSD(I&S) DCGS/PED activities.
• Attend, host, and/or facilitate meetings to assess the status and issues related to cost, schedule, and performance of DoD- or NGA-sponsored experimentations, exercises, and demonstrations.
• Manage cost, schedule, and performance of Limited Objective Events (LOEs) and DoD- or NGA-sponsored experimentations, exercises, and demonstrations.
• Review deliverables, including ES Reports, track action items, and provide recommendations to ensure alignment with government direction.
• Integrate programmatic, technical, policy, and other feedback from internal and external organizations, providing analysis, expertise, options, and recommendations to government personnel.
• Manage NGA internal engagement in support of OUSD(I&S) DCGS/PED activities.
• Manage engagement in support of OUSD(I&S) DCGS/PED activities.

What This Job Offers

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