Expert Systems Engineer

Strategic ACI; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic ACI seeks an Expert Systems Engineer in Chantilly, VA to lead cross-disciplinary teams across NSG/ASG and Federal Agencies, coordinating requirements, solutions, and system integration for geospatial intelligence initiatives.

You will work with cloud-based solutions, lifecycle processes, and DoD/IC acquisition frameworks to deliver mission-critical capabilities while maintaining strict security clearances.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph.
• 18+ years of experience in DoD/IC acquisition and requirements processes.
• Experience with cloud, on-prem, or hybrid infrastructures and systems engineering lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Direct requirements and solutions engineering with multi-discipline teams across NSG/ASG and Federal Agencies.
• Plan and trace user requirements, architectures traceability, procedures, and automate workflows.
• Advise Government on proposed design changes based on analysis of requirements and new technology.
• Translate mission needs into system requirements and solutions across architectures.
• Support analyses and allocation of requirements to system components and programs.
• Assist in leading AoAs, CoAs, Trade Studies, and Engineering Assessments.

Skills

TS/SCI Clearance

Systems Engineering

Requirements Engineering

Solutions Engineering

DoD/IC Acquisition Process

Cloud & Data Analytics

Geospatial Intelligence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or related STEM field

Master’s degree in Systems Engineering preferred

Equivalent experience: 4 years with no degree or 2 years with non-STEM degree

Job description

Strategic ACI is seeking an Expert Systems Engineer to assist in leading engineering teams in taking a multi-discipline approach to requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT.

Responsibilities:

• Assists the Government in directing requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies.
• Assists with 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.
• Advises the Government on proposed changes to the 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.
• Assist in leading 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.
• Provides expert advice to the Government in the areas of relating vision, strategy, plans, needs, requirements, and process and capability developments.
• Operates at the level of integrating multiple Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational, agency, department, and governmental/national boundaries.
• Oversees and coordinates the work of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level contractor Systems Engineers.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Active TS/SCI Clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or in a related technical or scientific fields such as Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, ComputerScience,InformationTechnology,ManagementInformationSystems,orrelatedSTEM degree program, or related equivalent additional experience of 4 years with no degree or 2 years with a non-STEM degree.
• 18+ years of experience working in government or industry in relevant work areas including: DoD/ICAcquisitionProcess,RequirementsProcess,PPBESProcessorsystemsengineeringof large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture environments residing in cloud, on premise, or hybrid infrastructures.
• Experiencewith andstrongunderstandingof systemsengineeringlifecycle.
• DemonstratedknowledgeofthecurrentNSG/ASGandNROenterprises.
• PreviousNGAand/orNSG/ASGprogram/projectworkexperience.
• PreviousICorDoDprogram/projectworkexperience.

Desired:

• Master’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or in a 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.
• Software Development Framework certification.
• INCOSE Expert Systems engineering Professional (ESEP) certification.
• Licensure as a professional engineer.
• Membership or leadership participation in any of the following professional organizations:
  1. ACSM
  2. ASCE
  3. ASPRS
  4. OGC
  5. SAREM
  6. USGIF
• Extensive work experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.
• Experience engineering solutions using Cloud-based technologies.
• Experience engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
• Experience engineering solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
• Demonstrated expertise in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.