Systems Engineer Level 1-FFPP-8886

Onyx Point • Hanover, MD

1d • Remote

About The Position

Looking for a System Engineer candidate with experience and interest in actively interacting with users to translate their experience with our technology stack into actionable work items. The candidate will document user operations, assist in documenting architecture, dataflows, and workflows, perform outreach for issues and solutions, assist the DevOps team with system health tools, monitor system health, maintain architecture documentation, identify risks and mitigations, assist with weekly status reporting, and support sprint activities and release notes.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI w/ Full Scope Polygraph Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required)
• Seven (7) years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

• Experience and interest in actively interacting with users to translate their experience with our technology stack into actionable work items.

Responsibilities

• Document user operations using front-end tools to assist in test plan development
• Assist documenting the architecture, dataflows and workflows that make up a complex technology solution.
• Actively perform outreach for issues reported via our service desk to ensure clarity and completeness
• Actively perform outreach to ensure solutions (i.e. bug fixes, enhancements, etc.) meet customer needs
• Assist DevOps team with updating and maintaining System Health & Status tools
• Assist monitoring the health of the system during duty hours
• Maintain existing architecture documentation by working with team leads to understand impact of work in progress
• Assist the team in identifying risks and mitigations
• Assist TTO Lead with weekly status reporting
• Assist team leads with Sprint activities: planning, ticket maintenance, retrospective
• Assist team leads with or Lead documenting release notes
• Contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents
• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture(s)
• Assist with the development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation of the same to individual hardware, software, facility, and personnel components
• Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination
• Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations
• Participate in the development of system engineering documentation, such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents
• Participate in interface definition, design, and changes to the configuration between affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle
• Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components
• Derive from the system requirements an understanding of stakeholder needs, functions that may be logically inferred and implied as essential to system effectiveness
• Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements that describe in detail the functions that a system component must fulfill, and ensure these requirements 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 (requirements, designs, interfaces, test procedures, etc.) that provides a common reference point for hardware and software developers
• Define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan
• Develop system design solution that satisfies the system requirements and fulfills the functional analysis
• Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services (Confidentiality, Integrity, Non repudiation, and Availability); Basic Information Assurance Mechanisms (e.g., Identification, Authentication, Access Control, Accountability); and Security Mechanism Technology (Passwords, cryptography, discretionary access control, mandatory access control, hashing, key management, etc.)
• Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure (WBS), work packages and the integrated master plan (IMP)

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Basic Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability, Accident, Critical Illness, Hospitalization Indemnity, and Pet Insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Generous PTO, paid holidays, parental leave, and more
• Access to wellness programs and mental health support
• Opportunities for growth, including tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote work options
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Employee referral programs
• Bonus opportunities
• Technology allowance

What This Job Offers

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