Systems Engineer - Senior
About The Position
Assured Consulting Solutions is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for an onsite role in Springfield or Chantilly, Virginia. The position is funded and contingent upon customer acceptance. The engineer oversees engineering activities for information systems and plans, designs, develops, evaluates, tests, and integrates systems infrastructure, including hardware and software. The role guides engineering teams through multidisciplinary requirements and solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, service development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability, and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG), and Federal Agencies to support timely and accurate GEOINT. The role integrates multiple systems, services, processes, and interfaces within Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational and agency boundaries. The engineer supports government customers in translating mission and customer needs into system and capability requirements and solutions, and contributes to strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design. The position requires onsite work in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), U.S. citizenship, a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency, and the ability to pass a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph. The position is full-time, day shift.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field, including Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM program; equivalent additional experience may substitute (4 years with no degree or 2 years with a non-STEM degree).
- At least 12 years of relevant government or industry experience, including DoD/IC acquisition, requirements, or PPBES processes, or systems engineering in large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture environments across cloud, on-premise, or hybrid infrastructures.
- Minimum systems engineering experience thresholds stated by education: 12 years with a STEM bachelor’s or master’s degree, 14 years with a non-STEM bachelor’s or master’s degree, or 16 years with a high school diploma.
- Experience with and understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle.
- Demonstrated knowledge of current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.
- Previous NGA and/or NSG/ASG program or project experience.
- Previous IC or DoD program or project experience.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency.
- Ability to pass a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
- Ability to work onsite in a SCIF and comply with security requirements for classified environments.
- Ability to collaborate, communicate clearly verbally and in writing, analyze complex requirements, develop technical recommendations, work independently and as part of a team, and manage priorities and deadlines.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field, including Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM program.
- Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering processes, tools, and languages.
- Working knowledge of Digital Engineering processes and tools.
- Working knowledge of Software Development Frameworks.
- INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) certification.
- Documented work experience in geospatial intelligence.
- Professional Engineer licensure.
- Membership or leadership participation in ACSM, ASCE, ASPRS, OGC, SAREM, or USGIF.
- Demonstrated expertise in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.
Responsibilities
- Guide mid-level and junior-level systems engineers in requirements and solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, service development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability, and analysis across the NSG, ASG, and Federal Agencies.
- Guide planning and analysis of user requirements, requirements and architecture traceability, procedures, and problems; identify opportunities to automate or improve systems and review cloud service capabilities, workflows, and scheduling limitations.
- Guide mid-level and junior-level systems engineers in developing solution designs based on requirements analysis and new technology.
- Assist the Government in capturing and translating mission and customer requirements and needs into system and capability requirements and solutions.
- Support analysis and allocation of requirements to system architecture components and executing programs.
- Perform systems integration activities.
- Conduct Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Courses of Action (CoAs), trade studies, and engineering assessments.
- Assist the Government with strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design.
- Integrate multiple systems, services, processes, and interfaces within Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational and agency boundaries.
- Contribute to technical planning, risk identification, system improvement, integration, and evaluation efforts across the systems engineering lifecycle.
- Collaborate with government customers, technical teams, and cross-functional partners; manage assigned tasks and priorities and deliver quality work under deadlines.
- Comply with security requirements, including handling classified information in secure environments.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
