System Engineer 1

Markon•Annapolis Junction, MD

3d•$120,000 - $145,000

About The Position

Markon Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer to perform hands-on systems engineering tasks supporting a contract in the Annapolis Junction, Maryland area. The role supports the development and delivery of production systems compatible with defined system architectures, including DoDAF and service-oriented architecture. The engineer contributes to requirements development, system design, architecture, verification planning, interface management, configuration activities, and systems engineering documentation. The work also includes deriving information assurance and security requirements.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Seven years of experience as a Systems Engineer on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university; five additional years of systems engineering experience may substitute for the degree.

Responsibilities

Manage system and derived requirements to help ensure production systems are compatible with defined architectures, including DoDAF and SOA.
Contribute to systems engineering documentation, including System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
Assist in developing system and functional requirements and allocating them to hardware, software, facility, and personnel components.
Coordinate resolution of action items from CCB meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews requiring cross-discipline coordination.
Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities while considering development and operational needs.
Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components.
Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions.
Define verification methods, processes, and evaluation criteria for systems, subsystems, and work products in a written plan.
Develop system design solutions that satisfy system requirements and fulfill functional analysis.
Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structures, work packages, and integrated master plans.
Participate in defining, designing, and changing interfaces and configurations among affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle.
Derive stakeholder needs and essential functions from system requirements.
Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements and ensure they are complete, correct, unique, unambiguous, realizable, and verifiable.
Participate in establishing and gaining approval of system or component definitions, including requirements, designs, interfaces, and test procedures, to provide a common reference for hardware and software developers.
Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services, basic information assurance mechanisms, and security mechanism technologies.