Defense Cyber Systems Engineer — DMO & Simulations

Serco; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Serco Inc. in the United States seeks a Cyber Systems Engineer for CAF DMO 3.0, performing test, integration, and evaluation of simulation systems to support DoD training operations. You will analyze network performance and draft test plans and reports with senior guidance.

The role requires an active DoD Secret clearance and the ability to obtain TS/SCI and SAP/SAR, STEM degree with experience, and travel up to 10%. A strong background in tools like Wireshark and JSE is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an applicable STEM curriculum (e.g., Data Analysis, System Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Physics, etc.) and 5 years of engineering experience performing test, integration, SW development, or embedded systems engineering activities.
• Or an Associate's degree and 7 years of engineering experience performing test, integration, SW development, or embedded systems engineering activities.
• Experience supporting DoD customers and personnel in a technical capacity.
• Familiarity or experience with development, test and evaluation of military training or operational systems.
• Must possess, or obtain within six months, a DoD 8140 IAT Level II or higher (i.e. Security+, CySA+, CISSP).
• The ability to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Support simulation system and application integration, evaluation, and interoperability test to support DMON and JSE training operations.
• Use industry-standard tools for simulation test and evaluation to include Wireshark, simulation protocol analysis, and GFE and CGFs.
• Assist in detailed analysis of network and computational system performance including latency, bandwidth, jitter, and system occupancy measures.
• Help develop and maintain test plans and procedures to document and drive test activities.
• Draft comprehensive test reports based on completed integration, test, evaluation, and verification tasks performed.
• Assist in the development of CONOPS and multiple COAs for implementation and deployment of the evaluated simulation capabilities.
• Contribute to other areas of the engineering life cycle to include requirements review and assessment, training operations support, and basic system administration functions.
• Produce well-defined, concise, and directed test procedures and test cases under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Support program and team processes by using tools from the Atlassian Suite of products to include JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, and X-Ray.
• Participate in peer reviews, test bed maintenance and updates, and programming, testing, and debugging activities.
• Write and maintain scripts and support application (PowerShell, Cygwin, VBasic, etc.) programs, to enable efficiencies in test artifact creation and task execution.
• Help identify production and non-production application issues, assist in developing solutions, and implement necessary changes.

Skills

DoD clearance

STEM degree

5+ years experience

JSE knowledge

PowerShell

Cygwin

VBasic

Wireshark

CGF testing

JIRA

Confluence

Bitbucket

Bamboo

X-Ray

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 5 years of engineering experience

Associate’s degree with 7 years of engineering experience

Tools

Wireshark

CGF testing

GFE/CGFs

JIRA

Confluence

Bitbucket

Bamboo

X-Ray

Job description

Serco Inc. in the United States seeks a Cyber Systems Engineer for CAF DMO 3.0, performing test, integration, and evaluation of simulation systems to support DoD training operations. You will analyze network performance and draft test plans and reports with senior guidance.

The role requires an active DoD Secret clearance and the ability to obtain TS/SCI and SAP/SAR, STEM degree with experience, and travel up to 10%. A strong background in tools like Wireshark and JSE is preferred.