SYSTEMS ENGINEER, SENIOR, TOP SECRET

DCS Corporation • Las Vegas, NV

116d • Onsite

About The Position

DCS has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer providing support to the Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM). Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management (C3BM) has been tasked with delivering an integrated Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network providing resilient decision advantage and enabling the USAF, USSF, Joint, and Coalition Force to win against the pacing challenge. C3BM supports execution in many different focus areas. C3BM's main efforts are Architecture and Systems Engineering (ASE), Operational Response Team (ORT), and multiple mission integration teams such as Air, Maritime and multiple acquisitions consisting of both the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) and Space. The candidate will provide Systems Engineering assistance that applies a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of system engineering to the acquisition process. The candidate will also provide engineering support in the design, operation, and sustainment of systems and components that cover tasks throughout the acquisition life cycle (requirements analysis through system disposal). This is a full-time position that can be worked out of Nellis AFB, Las Vegas.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements.
• A Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of directly related experience, 5 of which must be in the DoD.
• Must have and be able to maintain an active Top Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• BA/BS Degree.
• 10 years of directly related experience with 5 years of experience in a DoD setting.
• Familiar with cloud-based systems, including management and projection of cost and performance.
• Familiar with agile methods and CI/CD, DevSecOps and DevOps principles.
• Comprehensive knowledge of principles, policies and practices of systems acquisition and program management, as defined in DoDI 5000.02 and 5000.75.
• Knowledge of roles and relationships within the DoD and the Air Force.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for gathering, analyzing, and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of acquisition programs.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing, providing quality acquisition and program documentation including but not limited to briefings, documents, and plans.

Responsibilities

• Align to 1 of 5 Mission Integration Teams (MITs) duty stationed at Nellis AFB, Las Vegas.
• Manage the DAF C3BM MIT Process for their respective MIT.
• Conduct Operational Analysis to translate operational and functional requirements into technical requirements.
• Define architecture to design the capability's architecture while ensuring integration/interoperability with the broader DAF C3BM enterprise architecture.
• Perform risk assessment of the capability and work with the Science & Technology Community to address risks.
• Provide execution management strategy for the capability's requirements to the Acquisition Community.
• Develop Test and Evaluation Strategy with the Acquisition Community for exercise and experimentation activities before delivery to the Operational Community.
• Review current Department of Defense (DoD) architecture models and design a migration path to a future state that enables seamless sensor-to-shooter connectivity.
• Drive interconnectivity between represented PEOs and weapon systems.
• Capture as is and to be states driven by MIT stressing engagement scenarios.
• Engage the joint and coalition community to design and evaluate an architecture that will connect any sensor to any shooter irrespective of service or coalition.
• Identify, assess, and mature innovative and affordable concepts meeting current and future AF needs through multi-domain expertise, analytics, and modeling, simulation & analysis tool development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree