Senior Systems Engineer (Space Force)
ATD Technology LLC
Job Description: Our client, a leading federal defense contractor has multiple long-term contract openings for Senior Systems Engineers to participate in requirements analysis and management, functional analysis, performance analysis, system design, trade studies, systems integration and test (verification) in the development and evaluation of networks and information systems.
Additional REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:
Additional REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:
- Performs requirements analysis, requirements definition, requirements management, functional analysis, performance analysis, system design, detail trade studies, systems integration and test (verification), validation and interface definition studies of subsystem or system elements under supervision of the lead systems engineer
- Performs technical planning, cost and risk analyses, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for subsystems and system elements
- Performs customer requirements analysis, develops system requirements and defines allocations to lower levels (elements and components)
- Performs detailed technical analyses for a subsystem or system elements
- Develops and evaluates systems, networks and information systems to ensure designs meet applicable governmental security specifications
- May provide system accreditation/certification evaluation and test support to ensure all technical security features (e.g., identification, authentication, access control, labeling, and auditing) of the system are considered and function properly
- May develop system security documentation on both new and fielded information systems
- Participates in Modeling and Simulation
- Researches and analyzes data, such as vendor products, COTS components, GFE/CFE, specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application
- Supports the generation of technical engineering products by using the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle
- May provide leadership and/or direction to lower level employees
- Independently determines proposed approach to solutions
- Contributes to the completion of major programs and projects
- Plans and executes project tasks for activities described above
- Creative, innovative responsibilities requiring advanced decision-making skills
- Defines processes for technical platforms, system specifications, input/output and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility
- Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
- Designs a complete and complex framework, system or product
- Identifies, analyzes and resolves system design weaknesses
- Regular contact with senior levels of internal working groups
- Contact with Deputy Program Managers Engineering (DPME) and other professionals within the Engineering department and with project teams across the company.
- Must be US Citizen due to government requirement
- Must be able to obtain TS/SCI (active TS is preferred)
- Requires a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and 8 years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related experience.
- Agile experience preferred.
- Coordinating external interfaces and ICDs
- Multi-level security domain expertise (and cross-domain)
- Quickly (with a more agile light-weight approach) decomposing requirements to a level that can avoid requirements bloat (and communicate/track impacts)
- System-level networking person that can face off with the GFE WAN provider and coordinate detailed network design
- Can understand what is in scope and what is out of scope and manage that complexity.
- 100% Onsite, 9/80 work schedule. Position could move to a Hybrid schedule (at least 3-days onsite) down the road.
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