Systems Engineer (Senior-Level):

Overall Assignment Description:

NGA is modernizing their GIS architecture to support a modernized analytic workflow and requires support in guiding the architecture and development activities forward.  The position is to provide engineering services to assist the team in defining, designing, and implementing the enterprise GIS architecture leveraging an ArcGIS platform.  Familiarity with ArcGIS Enterprise components (Web and Server enterprise solutions), MS SQL Server / Oracle for versioned enterprise geodatabases, 3rd party platform integration with ARCGIS server, and ArcGIS Enterprise scaling and implications is a plus.

Duties include:

• Guides Mid-level and Junior-level system engineers performing requirements engineering,  solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatialintelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies.

• Guides the planning, analysis/traceability of user requirements, architectures traceability, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review cloud service capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.

• Guides Mid-level and Junior-level system engineers developing solutions designs based on analysis of requirements and new technology.

• Assists the Government in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.

• Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs.

• Assists the Government in performing systems integration activities.

• Conducts Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Course of Actions (CoAs), Trade Studies, and Engineering Assessments.

• Assists the Government in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design.

• Operates at the level of integrating multiple systems, services, processes, and interfaces within a Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational and agency boundaries

Skills and Experience:

Required:

• Senior-level working experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including: DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments.

• Experience with and strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle.

Desired:

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.

• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.

• Working knowledge of Software Development Frameworks.

• INCOSE Certified System Engineering Professional (CSEP) certification.

• Documented work experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.

• Licensure as a professional engineer.

• Membership or leadership participation in any of the following professional organizations: ACSM, ASCE, ASPRS, OGC, SAREM, or USGIF

• Demonstrated expertise in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.

• Demonstrated knowledge of the current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.

Education and Experience:

• 12+ to 18 years' experience.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or equivalent Senior level experience as a Systems Engineer.

Security Clearance:

• DoD Approved Clearance and Poly