Systems Engineer, Senior
$86.8k - $198kBooz Allen Hamilton
Systems Engineer, Senior The Opportunity: Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to impact the National Security Space Sector? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications, makes you an integral part of delivering a customer focused engineering solution. As a leader in systems engineering, we are looking for you to solve complex problems and shape national security space systems by leading agile systems engineering and integration efforts. Your customer will trust you to not only design and develop these systems, but also evolve them with advanced technology solutions. Share your expertise through requirements management processes within planning, design, implementation, testing, and release phases of a developmental and operational system’s life cycle, while broadening your skillset into areas like cloud architecture and modern software lifecycle management. You will trace requirements, acceptance criteria, performance requirements, and key performance parameters (KPPs). Additionally, you will identify gaps between requirements and development team activities, coordinate across teams to update the Requirements Verification Traceability Matrix (RVTM), and communicate changes through the Engineering Review Board (ERB). You will also apply mission engineering principles to analyze mission threads, align system capabilities to operational needs, and ensure architectures are optimized for mission success across the space enterprise. Grow your skills by merging systems engineering and agile adoption of cloud technologies to create a resilient ground system infrastructure for space domain awareness across national security space programs. Join our team and create the future of Intelligence Community space programs! Join us. The world can't wait. You Have: 6+ years of experience with systems engineering including system architecture and design, requirements analysis and management, interface definition, verification and validation, and trade study development 4+ years of experience with requirements management tools and processes Experience creating and managing operational, system, and technical architecture products, such as OVs, SVs, and TVs, using DoDAF Experience conducting end-to-end mission workflow analysis to support design trades, capability assessments, and system-of-systems integration Experience with systems engineering support for development, operations, or sustainment within DoD or Intelligence Community programs Ability to convey complex engineering concepts to varied audiences Ability to develop, communicate, and maintain mission-level architectures aligned with DoD or IC standards and frameworks Ability to translate mission needs into actionable system requirements and technical specifications TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field Nice If You Have: Experience engineering systems hosted in cloud-based infrastructures Experience working in Agile development environments, including Agile tools such as JIRA and Confluence Knowledge of Intelligence Community mission areas, processes, and frameworks Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills Possession of strong organizational skills to manage complex technical tasks Agile Certification such as SAFe Agilist Certification Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required. Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided . Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings. Remote : If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility. Hybrid : If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role. Onsite : If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role. Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law. Summary Location: Herndon, VA; Aurora, CO Type: Full time
$62 - $84 per hour
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