GEOINT Ground Systems Engineer

Immersive Solutions Group; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Immersive Solutions Group in Chantilly, Virginia is looking for a candidate to help with customer transitions using Agile principles and SAFe methodologies. This role requires expertise in Agile best practices and involves leading projects while interacting closely with the customer.

The successful candidate will have the necessary qualifications, including a Top Secret clearance and significant experience in systems engineering processes. Candidates should be prepared to work in the GEOINT, SIGINT, and Multi-INT domains while ensuring the effective delivery of mission capabilities.

Qualifications

• Must possess and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly.
• 10-12 years experience with BS/BA or 8-10 years with MS/MA or 5-7 years with PhD.
• More than 4 years experience leading Agile initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Help transition to acquisitions leveraging Agile principles.
• Develop Agile evolution guidance and training for a large organization.
• Maintain capability roadmaps aligned with developer backlogs.

Skills

SAFe Agile methodology

System Engineering Processes

Agile Best Practices

Technical Consultation

Project Leading

Risk Management

GEOINT, SIGINT, Multi-INT Knowledge

Education

Doctorate (PhD)

Master's Degree (MS/MA)

Bachelor's Degree (BS/BA)

Job description

Delivering. Different.At ISG, our philosophy is simple, we bring together exceptional people and let them go to work solving the nation’s toughest challenges. We are guided by the fundamental belief thatBetter is Always Possible. To achieve this vision, we seek out top talent relentlessly driven to deliver mission value and solve our customers’ hardest problems. At ISG, the best idea always wins, failure is a stepping stone to innovation, and everyone has the opportunity to discover their full potential.

Job Description

The successful candidate will help the customer transition to acquisitions leveraging Agile principles and SAFe methodologies. The candidate will develop Agile evolution guidance and training for a large organization and incorporate Agile processes into the Systems Engineering Plan (SEP). The candidate may also serve in a Product Owner capacity maintaining capability roadmaps traced to epics, solutions/portfolios and features necessary to prioritize developer backlogs in alignment with capability deliveries. The candidate will provide subject matter expertise and agile best practices to teams coordinating CONOPS and architecture products, decomposing system requirements into Mission Capability Statements (MCSs), translating MCSs into solution epics and features, assessing system and developer program schedule and risks, leading readiness and release planning events in support of system and acquisition-level ground milestones, and supporting agile test and DevOps verification strategies and integration of new systems and initiatives in support of expanded GEOINT, SIGINT and Multi-INT mission capabilities.

The candidate will have the aptitude to assess and define Agile and SE processes and continuously create efficiencies, and may lead projects and teams as a Solution Train Engineer for evolving systems, have frequent client interactions, and support system and mission strategy development across the various ground offices. The candidate will have daily interaction with the customer and supporting contractors, and will need to follow customer standards and processes as the program matures through the life cycle.

Candidate will interact with multiple Acquisition Offices (AOs) and facilitate risk and action closure with Acquisition Offices and users, and support technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings.

Qualifications

• Must posses and be able to maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly.
• Requires 10 to 12 years with BS/BA or 8 to 10 years with MS/MA or 5 to 7 years with PhD
• Knowledge of, and experience executing, SAFe Agile methodology
• More than 4 years’ experience leading Agile initiatives for systems engineering processes Integration and closure experience within overall customer domain
• Expertise in establishing technical mission capability statements and solution/program epics
• Experience creating and maintaining capability roadmaps and schedules traced to Agile Epics and Program Increments
• Experience identifying user needs and gaps, identifying potential solutions, and assessing/analyzing alternatives
• Experience as an Agile product owner prioritizing developer backlogs in alignment with capability deliveries
• Knowledge of customer's mission capabilities (to include GEOINT, SIGINT or Multi-INT domains) and overall space and ground architecture
• Commitment to recognize, understand, respect and operate effectively within various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.