• Systems Engineer

    SAIC (Chantilly, VA)


    Description

    SAIC is seeking a **Systems Engineer** with strong engineering acumen as well as lean/agile expertise to support the NRO's Integrated Systems Program Office (ISPO) with the Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED) in **Chantilly, VA** . The ISPO is an OPIR Joint Program Office responsible for acquiring the Overhead Persistence GEOINT Architecture (OPGA) that will provide the user community with OPIR capabilities in a modular, open architecture that provides global, persistent, real-time surveillance and activity-based intelligence information.

    SPECIFIC TASKING:

    + Work with technical staff documenting technical and programmatic requirements.

    + Effectively work with development teams to track technical progress, identify blockers to progress, and assess technical solutions.

    + Integrate stakeholder and system requirements, facilitate discussion and understanding of schedule impacts and trades, and enhance the digital engineering culture for the customer’s System Engineering Group.

    + Engage with other systems engineers directly supporting programs to enhance cross-program integration, track solution delivery progress and assist in developing digital work products.

    + Participate in and contribute to technical and programmatic interchanges; identify and resolve issues; and provide engineering and technical advice to the customer to achieve innovative capabilities.

    + Support Agile process evolution across Government teams, development contractors, user engagement teams, and stakeholders.

    + Apply systems analysis and design methodology assessments to identify technical debt, architectural runway and efficiency trade-offs against current and proposed/desired cloud-based software system design.

    + Develop briefings and documentation material, including architecture views and technical roadmaps.

    + Draft acquisition artifacts such as statements of work (SOW), Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRL), In Scope Determinations, and proposal evaluation criteria.

    + Assist Government customer in monitoring program financial execution and planning.

    + Provide acquisition advisory services during technical and cost evaluations of proposals.

    Qualifications

    REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

    + Bachelor’s and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience in space missions related to NRO or DoD Space Control.

    + Must be a US Citizen with active TS/SCI security clearance with willingness and ability to obtain CI polygraph.

    + Effective communication, coordination, and customer engagement skills.

    + Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment.

    + Experience with Model and Simulation Architectures.

    + Broad systems engineering experience (e.g. system architecture and design, integration of system requirements, CONOPS, systems verification to develop solutions, use of schedule and configuration management in support of program execution).

    + Knowledge and experience in managing across the software development lifecycle using modern Agile approaches and tools.

    + Experience or familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework Environment (SAFe).

    + Knowledge or experience of Agile DevcSecOps and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

    + Working knowledge of AGILE Scrum and SAFe software development methods.

    + Working knowledge of IC principles, procedures.

    + Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers.

    + Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and various SE, PM tools.

    **May require overnight travel up to 3 percent of the work year.

    DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

    + Direct OPIR, GEOINT and/or SIGINT experience.

    + Direct experience supporting USAF SMC SBIRS System Program Office business operations/programs.

    REQNUMBER: 2508170

    SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability