Description: Analyzes user’s requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications. Analyzes system requirements and leads design activities. Guides users in formulating requirements, advises alternative approaches, and conducts feasibility studies. Provides technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology. Incorporates new designs, processes, and systems into ongoing operations. Develops technical documentation. Develops system architecture and system design documentation. Guides system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans. Interacts with the Government regarding systems engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues, or conflicts.
Responsibilities:
- 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), etc
- Contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents
- Assist with the development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation of the same to individual hardware, software, facility, and personnel components
- Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions
- Define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan
- Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure (WBS), work packages and the integrated master plan (IMP)
- Participate in the development of system engineering documentation, such as System Engineering Plans, 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
- Review and/or approve system engineering documentation to ensure that processes and specifications meet system needs and are accurate, comprehensive, and complete
- Assess each risk to the program and determine the probability of occurrence and quantified consequence of failure in accordance with an approved risk management plan
- Prepare time-line analysis diagrams illustrating the flow of time-dependent functions
- Support the planning and test analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process (as well as other Government Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes)
- Develop operational view, technical standards view, and system and services view for architectures using applicable DoDAF standards
- Use validated models, simulations, and prototyping to mitigate risk and reduce cost of system development
- Develop system design alternatives that consider life cycle cost, reuse, complexity, risk, system expansion, and growth
- Maintain knowledge of current and evolving agency, national, and international standards applicable to the system development of interest. Apply and enforce use of suitable standards to ensure consistency and interoperability of developer hardware and software
- Improve standard integration strategies based upon rationale for previous decisions that resulted in improved integration performance
- Fully define interfaces in terms of origination, destination, stimulus, and data characteristics for software; and electrical and mechanical characteristics for hardware
Required Qualifications
- Twenty (20) years experience as a Systems Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
- B.S. degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university
- Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph
Desired Experience
- Requirements management, including eliciting requirements from stakeholders; RMF, non-functional requirements; traceability through architecture and software work descriptions;
- Architecture design using DoDAF, TOGAF, UML, Cameo, Visio
- Analysis of Alternatives, trade studies, prototype design, modeling and simulation
- INCOSE, Security+, AWS, PMP certification
- Agile Engineering, Kanban, Scrum, work estimation
