Systems Engineer (BGPL)

The Bowen Group a GTSC company seeks a skilled Systems Engineer to design integrate validate and sustain enterprise IT capabilities across a network of new and existing secure facilities.

Location: Washington DC metro area with travel to program locations.

Security Clearance: Current Top Secret with SCI-eligibility and Special Access Programs (SAP) eligibility.

Travel: 25-50% travel to support activities across multiple program locations.

Certifications: None required.

Salary Range: $00

Mission

The Systems Engineer will work across networking infrastructure cybersecurity cloud applications data and operations to ensure that individual components function together as a secure resilient and supportable system. This is an execution-oriented role supporting a fast-paced milestone-driven prototype effort with near-term deliverable commitments. Success requires systems thinking disciplined technical analysis effective communication and the ability to manage requirements interfaces dependencies risk and lifecycle considerations.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience designing integrating testing or sustaining complex enterprise IT systems including in classified environments.
• Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience managing system requirements interfaces dependencies configurations and technical documentation.

• Experience integrating capabilities across network infrastructure cybersecurity cloud application identity or data domains.

• Experience engineering capabilities for SCIF or other accredited classified environments including multi-enclave systems and security boundaries.

• Working knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (NIST SP 800-37 / 800-53) and experience advising senior leaders.

• Active Top Secret Clearance (SCI eligibility) required.

Nice to Have:

• Relevant systems engineering architecture or cybersecurity certification.

• Experience integrating cross-domain solutions (CDS) into enterprise architectures.

• Experience supporting Special Access Program (SAP) facilities systems or environments.

• Experience designing or standing up network or security operations centers (NOC/SOC) including 24x7 coverage models.

Primary duties include:

• Enumerate and document the technical baseline across geographically dispersed sites including systems services interfaces dependencies security boundaries and classified and unclassified network enclaves.

• Translate mission and stakeholder needs into clear measurable testable and traceable system requirements.

• Develop current-state transition-state and target-state system designs that integrate network infrastructure cybersecurity cloud application identity and data capabilities.

• Define system boundaries interfaces data flows assumptions constraints and performance requirements across engineering disciplines.

• Conduct technical analyses and trade studies addressing capability interoperability security resilience cost schedule risk and lifecycle impacts.

• Develop and execute integration verification validation and acceptance plans demonstrating that delivered capabilities satisfy mission and operational requirements.

• Establish and maintain system configurations technical baselines architecture products interface documentation and engineering decision records.

• Coordinate with engineering leads operators security personnel and government stakeholders to identify and resolve cross-domain technical issues.

• Develop automated methods for system provisioning integration testing configuration validation monitoring compliance assessment and recovery to improve consistency and reduce manual effort.

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

• Systems engineering lifecycle principles and systems thinking.

• Requirements analysis decomposition allocation and traceability.

• System architecture integration interfaces and dependency management.

• Verification validation test planning and acceptance criteria.

• Network compute storage virtualization cloud identity cybersecurity application and data fundamentals.

• Reliability availability maintainability scalability resilience and continuity of operations.

• Configuration management change control technical baselines and decision analysis.

• Automation scripting configuration management and infrastructure-as-code concepts.

• Structured troubleshooting root-cause analysis technical documentation and stakeholder communication.

Current Top Secret clearance with SCI-eligibility and SAP-eligibility are required for this position. Only applicants with a current security clearance will be considered. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Special Access Program (SAP) Eligibility: Candidates must successfully complete security screening related to foreign contacts foreign interests foreign travel personal conduct and financial responsibility as part of the SAP access determination process.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package for Full-time Employees to include the following:

• Health dental vision insurance.
• Generous paid vacation and holiday leave.
• Flexible Spending Account (medical and dependent).
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Tuition assistance and professional development opportunities.

The Bowen Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of sex; race; color; creed; national origin; religion; age; marital status; pregnancy; physical mental or sensory disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or any other basis protected by federal state or local law. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

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Required Experience:

IC