Systems Engineer

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD

Department: Buy

Location Type: IN_OFFICE

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

• Contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents
• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture(s)- Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Assist with the development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation of the same to individual hardware, software facility, and personnel components
• Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination
• Participate in an integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations
• Participate in the development of system engineering documentation, such as System Engineering Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents
• Participate in interface definition, design, and changes to the configuration between affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle
• Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components
• Derive from the system requirements an understanding of stakeholder needs, functions that may be logically inferred and implied as essential to system effectiveness
• Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements that describe in detail the functions that a system component must fulfill, and ensure these requirements are complete, correct, unique, unambiguous, realizable and verifiable
• Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions
• Participate in establishing and gaining approval of the definition of a system or component under development (requirements, designs, interfaces test procedures) that provides a common reference point for hardware and software developers
• Define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan
• Develop system design solution that satisfies the system requirements and fulfills the functional analysis
• Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services (Confidentiality, integrity, Non repudiation and Availability); Basic information Assurance Mechanisms (e.g., Identification Authentication, Access Control Accountability); and Security Mechanism Technology (Passwords, cryptography, discretionary access control, mandatory access control bashing, key management )
• Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure (WBS), work packages and the integrated master plan (IMP)

• Level 1: Seven (7) years of experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope and complexity is required.
• Level 2: Fourteen (14) years of experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope and complexity is required.
• Level 3: Twenty (20) years of experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope and complexity is required.
• BS in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

• A current government clearance, background investigation, and polygraph are required.