Systems Engineering and Requirements Manager (IT-IA-IM Program / Project Manager III) (Government)

Location: Chantilly, Virginia

Remote Type: Office Worker (NOT Remote)

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

AT&T Global Public Sector is a trusted provider of secure, IP enabled, cloud-based, network solutions and professional services to the Federal Government. We are dedicated to recruiting, developing and empowering a diverse, high-performing workforce that is passionate about what they do, committed to our shared values and dedicated to our customers’ mission.

Our National Security Team supports the intelligence community, providing, operating, and assuring critical voice, video

and collaboration services for the full spectrum of operations.

AT&T has an opening for a Systems Engineering and Requirements Manager within the Systems Engineering and Project Management team. We are seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineering and Requirements Manager to lead and manage the analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and lifecycle support for hardware systems and applications. The ideal candidate will collaborate with network service Business Leads (SBLs) and program leadership to implement long-term strategies, manage requirement escalations, and ensure systems comply with enterprise technical architecture. This position requires office presence a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.

Description of Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide analysis, requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and lifecycle support for hardware systems and applications.
• Manage a team of System Engineers responsible to identify, analyze, define, and coordinate user, customer, and stakeholder needs, translating them into documented standardized requirements. Apply, as appropriate, activity and data modeling, transaction flow analysis.
• Supervise, plan and apportion work of employees including interviewing, selecting, training, recommending the setting and adjusting of rates of pay and hours of work, coaching and assessing performance, and ensuring compliance with company and regulatory policy.
• Responsible to establish Requirements Management Plan and Standard Operating Procedures, based on industry best practices, government policies and instructions, and tailored to the program needs.
• Manage and implement long-term strategy for the program, in collaboration with network service area SBLs and program leadership.
• Lead requirement escalations and communicate program status and issues to associates in technical, non-technical, and executive leadership roles, with inputs from System Engineers and SBLs.
• Develop end-to-end cost analysis for the enterprise and ensure systems comply with the enterprise technical architecture.
• Conduct functional analysis, timeline analysis, cost estimation, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer needs into hardware and software requirements.
• Identify and coordinate with customers, partners, and program stakeholders to communicate and resolve specific functional or technical problems as they arise.
• Develop and execute stakeholder communication strategies, manage stakeholder expectations and relationships, and facilitate collaboration across cross-functional teams.
• Ensure alignment between technical solutions and business goals through regular stakeholder feedback loops.
• Ensure all components of an engineering system work together to meet functional and technical requirements for operations, while assessing business and management needs.
• Expand or modify systems to serve new purposes or improve workflow.
• Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Perform strategic systems planning, business information planning, and analysis.
• Identify and manage dependencies with other systems and elements of the IT infrastructure.
• Develop analytical and computational techniques and methodologies for problem-solving.
• Apply business process improvement practices to re-engineer methodologies and principles and manage business process modernization projects.
• Evaluate industry offerings for products and technologies with potential to support design.
• Performs quality assurance and quality control during the periodic update process to ensure project schedules and associated reports accurately reflect the status of projects
• Identify potential environmental impacts of systems.
• Identify and manage project interdependence across program CLINs for any potential risks and plan for mitigation strategies.
• Develop and apply organization-wide information models for designing and building integrated, shared software and database management systems.
• Assist in establishing standards for information systems procedures.
• Assess system designs to validate them against expected technical parameters.
• Identify hardware and applications needed to complete the development process.

Required Clearance: TS/SCI with polygraph. (#ts/sci) (#polygraph)

Required Qualifications: Candidate must have 16 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 8 years of experience OR Masters and 10 years, bachelor’s and 12 years, Associates and 14 years or HS and 16 years.

Additional required qualifications include:

• Minimum of 4 years of experience supervising and managing large teams with diverse technical and non-technical skillsets.
• Intermediate experience in Microsoft tool suite: PowerPoint for presentations; Excel for requirements and analysis; Visio to produce workflows and diagrams.

Desired Qualifications:

• Compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2.
• Proven experience building stakeholder relationships across government, contractor, and technical groups at all organizational levels.
• Practical knowledge of industry best standards of INCOSE, ITSM, Agile, and Requirements Management. Related certifications in these areas desired.
• Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering.
• Demonstrated leadership in technical reviews including SRR/EDR/TRR/ORR.
• Technical knowledge of network infrastructure and hardware (such as routers, switches, firewalls, and other networking appliances).
• Experience in eliciting, analyzing and documenting technical requirements.
• Experience with identifying requirements for ServiceNow applications tool to meet business objectives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to evaluate complex technical and programmatic requirements. 
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trusted relationships across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into actionable requirements and communicate them to diverse audiences. 
• Collaborative mindset with a focus on mission success and customer satisfaction.
• Skilled in facilitating meetings, leading discussions, and achieving consensus among varied stakeholders.  

Ready to join our team? Apply today!

Our Systems Engineering and Requirements Manager (IT-IA-IM Program / Project Manager III) (Government) earns between $130,700 - $216,000 yearly. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

• 401(k) plan

• Tuition reimbursement program

• Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays) *Pro-rated when working less than 40 hrs/wk.

• Paid Parental Leave

• Paid Caregiver Leave

• Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected · Adoption Reimbursement

• Disability Benefits (short term and long term)

• Life and Accidental Death Insurance

• Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal

• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

• Extensive employee wellness programs

• Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone

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