Join a U.S. Government customer on a large mission critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment with new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats. This client is seeking a Senior System Engineer to collaborate with the Customers SE&I team to assess architectures and requirements, to develop derived requirements and systems engineering artifacts, and to guide Agile scrum teams in the development of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.
Responsibilities Include:
* Providing Systems Engineering expertise in support of a large cybersecurity system
* Assisting the Chief Engineer and the Development teams in the development, integration, and testing of advanced leading-edge cybersecurity capabilities
* Collaborating within Agile Scrum teams as a key contributor responsible for the system design and implementation of advanced cybersecurity capabilities
* Interfacing directly with the Customer, stakeholders, and end-users regarding capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop and decompose next-cycle updates and specifications
* Supporting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation countermeasures
* Conducting trade studies to determine improvements to system capabilities and system delivery processes (hardware, software, architecture, automated deployments, training).
Required Skills:
* Must be a US Citizen
* Must have a current Secret clearance
* Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
* Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
* 6+ years of directly relevant systems engineering experience such as allocation of hardware and software requirements, development of use cases and stories, interface definition, and systems integration & test
* Experience with and technical understanding of cybersecurity attack-mitigation techniques and cybersecurity architectures
* Experience with Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) processes and practices, Change Management practices, requirements management, traceability, and associated tools
* Possesses or quickly develops a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines
* Must be able to work collaboratively across agencies and physical locations. Desired Skills:
* Knowledge and experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar lean Agile framework
* Agile Systems Engineering and/or development experience
* DevSecOps or DevOps experience
* Experience and/or familiarity with architectural views including operational, technical standards, and system/services views and business, data, applications, and technology architectures using applicable standards (e.g., DODAF, FEAF)
* Experience and/or familiarity with software and system lifecycle methodologies, (e.g ISO, CMMI, ITIL, Agile, SAFe)
* Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS preferred)
* Experience and/or familiarity of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and security and privacy controls (NIST 800-37 and NIST 800-53)
* DHS experience. Required Education: BS Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, OR a related field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education. Desired Certifications:
* DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II
* Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)
* SAFe certification (SA, SP, SSM/SASM, RTE, POPM, SPD, ASE, or SPC)
