Systems Engineer 2

Systems Engineer Level 2

Analyzes users requirements concept of operations documents and highlevel system architectures to develop system requirements specifications. Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development 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 plans designs 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. Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility. Communicates with other program personnel Government overseers and senior executives.

The Level 2 System Engineer (SE) shall possess the following capabilities:

• 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) Serviceoriented 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
• Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings design reviews program reviews and test reviews that require crossdiscipline coordination
• Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations
• Allocate realtime process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem 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
• Develop system design solution that satisfies the system requirements and fulfills the functional analysis
• 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
• Derive from the system requirements an understanding of stakeholder needs functions that may be logically inferred and implied as essential to system effectiveness
• Derive lowerlevel requirements from higherlevel 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
• Participate in establishing and gaining approval of the definition of a system or component under development (requirements designs interfaces test procedures etc. that provides a common reference point for hardware and software developers
• 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 hashing key management etc.
• Implement comprehensive SOA solutions
• Implement operational view technical standards view and system and services view for architectures using applicable DoDAF standards
• Review and/or approve system engineering documentation to ensure that processes and specifications meet system needs and are accurate comprehensive and complete
• Capture all interface designs in a common interface control format and store interface data in a commonly accessible repository
• 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
• In conjunction with system stakeholders plan the verification efforts of new and unproven designs early in the development life cycle to ensure compliance with established requirements
• Prepare timeline analysis diagrams illustrating the flow of timedependent functions
• Establish a process to formally and proactively control and manage changes to requirements consider impacts prior to commitment to change gain stakeholder buyin eliminate ambiguity ensure traceability to source requirements and track and settle open actions
• Manage and ensure the technical integrity of the system baseline over time continually updating it as various changes are imposed on the system during the lifecycle from development through deployment and operations & maintenance
• Support the planning and test analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process (as well as other Government Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes)
• Support the development and review of Joint Capability Integration Development System (JCIDS) documents (i.e. Initial Capability Document Capabilities Description Document IA Strategy)
• Provide technical direction for the development engineering interfacing integration and testing of specific components of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation analysis and functional allocation conducting systems requirements reviews developing concepts of operation and interface standards developing system architectures and performing technical/nontechnical assessment and management as well as endtoend flow analysis
• Develop scenarios (threads) and an Operational Concept that describes the interactions between the system the user and the environment that satisfies operational support maintenance and disposal needs
• Conduct quantitative analysis in nonfunctional system performance areas like Reliability Maintainability Vulnerability Survivability Produceability etc.
• Establish and follow a formal procedure for coordinating system integration activities among multiple teams ensuring complete coverage of all interfaces

Qualifications:

• Fourteen 14 years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope type and complexity is required
• Bachelors degree in System Engineering Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Science Engineering Management or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five 5 years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelors degree

Additional contract or position specific required experience for this level (skills technologies expertise):

• Seven 7 years experience using the Linux Unix Windows or Cisco OS operating system
• Six 6 years experience managing and gathering customer engagement of requirements for an Enterprise service capability
• Four 4 years experience gathering requirements and interacting with SIGINT partners and communities
• Seven 7 years experience using a requirements tracking tool (such as Redmine Jira)
• Three 3 years experience with standard Microsoft Office Products (Word Excel PowerPoint)

CLEARANCE REQUIRED

• TS/SCI w/ Polygraph

Desired Qualifications:

• Five 5 years experience performing systems engineering of a messaging service (such as Java Messaging Service TIBCO ActiveMQ Artemis Kafka)
• Three 3 years experience using drawing tools for systems diagrams (such as Visio)
• CWIP: IAM Level I Certification

About Us

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Columbia Maryland Synergy ECP is a leading provider of cybersecurity software and systems engineering and IT services to the U.S. intelligence and defense communities. The company leverages its expertise in data transport solutions software and systems engineering and other solutions to deliver critical and innovative capabilities to highlevel decision makers that enhance our nations security.

In an ultracompetitive environment Synergy ECP has thrived by adhering to our name making sure excellence is displayed by our Employees to our Customers and by Improving Performance (ECP). Its what sets us apart enabling us to be an autonomous yet agile business that delivers huge resultsshowing were ready to meet our customers evolving demands. Synergy ECP has earned a client list that includes numerous Fortune 100 companies in addition to multiple branches of the US government and military services.

Synergy ECP is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color creed religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age disability veteran status or any other protected class.