Cyber Systems Engineer - DoD Simulation & Training

Serco; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Serco is seeking a Cyber Systems Engineer to support CAF DMO 3.0 programs in a hands-on testing and integration role. You will evaluate simulation systems, develop test plans, and draft detailed reports to enable DoD training capabilities.

The position requires a DoD Secret clearance (ability to obtain TS/SCI/SAP/SAR) and a STEM degree with substantial engineering experience. Travel up to 10% may be required.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret Security clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCI and SAP/SAR.
• Bachelor’s degree in STEM and 5 years of engineering experience in test, integration, SW development, or embedded systems.
• Or an Associate’s degree and 7 years of engineering experience in test, integration, SW development, or embedded systems.
• Experience supporting DoD customers in a technical capacity.
• Familiarity with development, test and evaluation of military training or operational systems.
• Must obtain DoD 8140 IAT Level II or higher (Security+, CySA+, CISSP) within six months.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Support simulation system and integration, evaluation, and interoperability test to support DMON and JSE training operations.
• Use industry-standard tools for simulation test and evaluation (Wireshark, simulation protocol analysis, CGFs).
• Analyze network and computational system performance including latency, bandwidth, jitter, and occupancy measures.
• Develop and maintain test plans and procedures.
• Draft comprehensive test reports from integration, test, evaluation, and verification tasks.
• Assist in CONOPS and multiple COAs for deployment of evaluated simulation capabilities.
• Contribute to requirements review, training operations support, and basic system administration functions.
• Produce well-defined test procedures and test cases under guidance of senior engineers.
• Support program processes using Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, X-Ray).
• Participate in peer reviews, test bed maintenance and updates, and programming/testing/debugging activities.
• Write and maintain scripts and support applications (PowerShell, Cygwin, VBScript) to enable efficiencies.
• Identify production and non-production issues and implement necessary changes.

Skills

DoD Secret clearance

Test & evaluation

PowerShell

Scripting

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Associate’s degree in STEM

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Bitbucket

Bamboo

X-Ray

Job description

Serco is seeking a Cyber Systems Engineer to support CAF DMO 3.0 programs in a hands-on testing and integration role. You will evaluate simulation systems, develop test plans, and draft detailed reports to enable DoD training capabilities.

The position requires a DoD Secret clearance (ability to obtain TS/SCI/SAP/SAR) and a STEM degree with substantial engineering experience. Travel up to 10% may be required.