Systems Engineer (Engineer Systems 4) - 29382

HII's Mission Technologies division•Hurlburt Field, FL

4d•$106,800 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

This opportunity resides with All-Domain Operations (ADO), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. All-Domain Operations comprises multi-domain operations, platforms and logistics, and intelligence operations. HII designs, develops, integrates and manages the sensors, systems and other assets necessary to support integrated ISR operations and accelerated decision-making. With data fusion and mission management capabilities for the Department of Defense, the combatant commands and the intelligence community, HII advances the mission around the globe. Leadership Mindset at HII – Mission Technologies Leadership at HII is a mindset, not a title. Through our Leadership Capability Framework, we define how every employee grows, leads, and contributes—regardless of role. It sets the standard for how you can develop yourself and what you can expect from leaders across our organization. We look for candidates who want to grow in alignment with these capabilities: Know & Grow Your People – Commit to learning and supporting team success. Build Relationships – Communicate openly, collaborate well, and build trust. Take Ownership – Deliver on commitments and take pride in your work. Customer First – Focus on the mission and those we serve. Shape the Future – Bring ideas, curiosity, and continuous improvement. Act with Urgency – Take initiative and follow through with purpose. These capabilities guide how all employees contribute to our shared success across Mission Technologies. HII Mission Technologies has been selected as one of Military.com's "Top 25 Employers for Veterans in 2024" and we are a Forbes Best Large Employer for 2023!!! Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We are seeking talented and motivated Engineers to join our team! Position Summary: HII: Mission Technologies is seeking a System Engineer Senior to join our team in Mary Esther, Florida, to provide systems engineering design, development, integration and fielding support, including research, collaboration, authoring and maintaining standardized specifications, configurations and implementing virtual, physical and cloud-based services and enabling configurations as part of the Worldwide Warfighter Network (WWN) Services. The successful candidate will be responsible for configuring, hardening, and sustaining hybrid service architectures (physical, virtual and cloud-based) comprised of Windows and RHEL servers in support of a global enterprise service architecture across multiple classifications in support of a wide range of services and expanding use cases. Duties will include: Lead systems engineering activities for Warfighter Worldwide Network (WWN). Collaborate with other engineers and stakeholders to identify service end user requirements, decompose to identify system requirements, technical performance parameters, and attributes to develop specifications and provide detailed technical Analysis of Alternatives. Lead the presentation of technical approach, standards to be employed within the solution and development of the initial solution with emphasis on supporting material solution performance attributes and specifications, development and engineering timelines to support buildout, integration, testing, and internal performance validation of the baseline performance standards through Development and Operational Testing (DT/OT) through initial fielding of the operational capabilities, and incremental service releases. Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system designs, (DoDAF Diagrams), Interface Control Documents, Ports, Protocols and Services Management and Hardware and Software baselines and related performance specification. Provide technical guidance and support to other team members as required. Participate in research, analysis, I&T, Developmental and Operational Testing Events, User Acceptance Test events, while serving in a Tier-3 capacity in events where service and performance are degraded or lost after fielding. May assist management in definition of project scope and sequence of engineering and integration objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, and ensuring technical feasibility. Coordinating amongst various teams in different engineering disciplines to present a unified, integrated product to project stakeholders. Performing risk management to minimize project risks including leading AoA with emphasis on customer requirements. Staying abreast of current Industry best practices, Cyber Security Standards and evolving services across the technical landscape. Serve as an advocate, owning your services and working to enhance value, operational viability and end user adoption and overall product satisfaction. Come support our work with Air Force Special Operations Command and join a world class team of groundbreaking scientists and engineers! Details below!

Requirements

9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 4 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
IAT Level 2 Certification required
Must possess an active secret security clearance.
Must be able to acquire a TS/SCI Clearance.
Experience in applying rigorous systems engineering processes.
Leveraging automation to ensure rigor and discipline to deliver “best of breed” next gen capabilities.
Knowledge of MBSE and SE Best practices and innovative approaches to applying those practices in a fast-paced ongoing and continuous development environment.
Solid application of SE throughout the lifecycle of development and sustainment is highly desired.
Experience in research and analysis of industry trends, standards, and security vulnerabilities with ability to harden services including applying STIGS, test automation tools and comfortable using CI/CD tool chains and Git services to deliver integrated systems of systems solutions.
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Experience managing the design and installations of complex IT or Communications related systems; Enterprise level service performance.
Experience working in a government contracting environment.
Self-motivated and driven desire to succeed in a minimal direction but willing to ask for help when needed.

Nice To Haves

Preferred: 15 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 13 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 10 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 19 years relevant experience.
Must have significant Linux and Windows experience
RHEL Certified Systems Engineer desired
Experience in distributed DoD modeling and simulation capabilities and architectures.
Experience with complex IT integration and networking projects
Experience in DoD C4I systems and protocols.
Experience utilizing Agile methodologies and principles as well as Agile frameworks
Experience with collaboration, development tracking, and version control systems such as Confluence, Jira, and Git
Knowledge of container fundamentals
Very comfortable with integration and testing phases, developing test cases.
PowerShell, scripting and task automation knowledge, skills and abilities are highly desired
Experience with container runtime environments such as Docker and container-orchestration systems such as Kubernetes
Design and development in Relational and NoSQL/Graph databases
Experience with DoD Modeling and Simulation
Experience with designing, implementing and sustaining servers in both on premise and cloud-based environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
Have extensive familiarity with providing support to the DoD, USAF and USSOCOM RMF processes and Cyber Compliance Management and TISC SEIM service delivery requirements.
Strong familiarity with one of the following TISC Service Delivery Areas: Cloud-based virtualization (containers), and Virtual Machine industry standards

Responsibilities

Lead systems engineering activities for Warfighter Worldwide Network (WWN).
Collaborate with other engineers and stakeholders to identify service end user requirements, decompose to identify system requirements, technical performance parameters, and attributes to develop specifications and provide detailed technical Analysis of Alternatives.
Lead the presentation of technical approach, standards to be employed within the solution and development of the initial solution with emphasis on supporting material solution performance attributes and specifications, development and engineering timelines to support buildout, integration, testing, and internal performance validation of the baseline performance standards through Development and Operational Testing (DT/OT) through initial fielding of the operational capabilities, and incremental service releases.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system designs, (DoDAF Diagrams), Interface Control Documents, Ports, Protocols and Services Management and Hardware and Software baselines and related performance specification.
Provide technical guidance and support to other team members as required.
Participate in research, analysis, I&T, Developmental and Operational Testing Events, User Acceptance Test events, while serving in a Tier-3 capacity in events where service and performance are degraded or lost after fielding.
May assist management in definition of project scope and sequence of engineering and integration objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, and ensuring technical feasibility.
Coordinating amongst various teams in different engineering disciplines to present a unified, integrated product to project stakeholders.
Performing risk management to minimize project risks including leading AoA with emphasis on customer requirements.
Staying abreast of current Industry best practices, Cyber Security Standards and evolving services across the technical landscape.
Serve as an advocate, owning your services and working to enhance value, operational viability and end user adoption and overall product satisfaction.
Provide transparent communications amongst peers, customers and stakeholders to achieve schedules while identifying risks, dependencies and future needs as a result of the accepted designs.
Support the development and management for providing the service lifecycle activities, cyber compliance, organizational readiness, and project and product related deliverables to meet MVP, IOC and FOC criteria.
Assess proposed changes to software, systems, features and other proposed changes across information systems, their environment of operation, and mission needs that could affect system authorizations and established use cases.
Perform deliverable reviews and lead corrective actions to resolve discrepancies across the portfolio of enabling activities.
Provide purposeful reviews of security architecting, design, development, and configuration of information systems.
Provide inputs to development teams responsible for designing and developing organizational information systems and upgrading legacy systems.
Ensure teams are employing best practices when designing and implementing information systems including software engineering methodologies, system/security engineering principles, secure design, secure architecture, and secure coding techniques and effective testing and reporting processes to validate outcomes.
Manage backlog and capability roadmaps.
Keep abreast of current and new security technologies and threats pertaining to the technology areas of the program with appetite to recommend mitigation, countermeasures, or other options that reduce cost, enhance resilience and drive unparalleled capability to our customers.
Identify integration issues related to the implementation of new systems within the existing infrastructure; recommend mitigation and/or resolution options.