Mid Level Systems Engineer

Kavaliro; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kavaliro is hiring a Mid Level Systems Engineer in Chantilly, VA to support the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence. The role involves requirements engineering, solution architecture, and mentoring junior engineers. Candidates must hold a relevant Bachelor’s degree or 9+ years of experience, and have 6+ years in relevant fields. An active TS/SCI clearance is required for this onsite position. Join Kavaliro to work on critical GEOINT projects in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in relevant technical fields or 9+ years of Systems Engineer experience.
• 6+ years working in government or industry with DoD/IC Acquisition Process.

Responsibilities

• Conducts planning, analysis, and traceability of user requirements.
• Develops solution designs and mentors Junior Engineers.
• Assists with Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs) and project management.

Skills

Requirements engineering

Solutions engineering

Reliability and resiliency engineering

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or related field

9+ years of experience in Systems Engineering

Tools

Model Based Systems Engineering

Software Development Frameworks

Job description

Kavaliro is seeking a Mid Level Systems Engineer to support a client in the Washington Metro Area.

As a Mid-Level Systems Engineer, you’ll bring a multi-disciplinary approach to solving complex technical challenges across the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG), and partner Federal Agencies. Your work will be instrumental in delivering timely, accurate, and mission-critical GEOINT. In this role, you’ll contribute to all phases of the systems engineering lifecycle — including requirements analysis, solution architecture, systems integration, scheduling, service development, reliability and resiliency engineering, testing, evaluation, and maintainability. You’ll help ensure that GEOINT capabilities remain robust, responsive, and aligned with evolving mission needs.

Duties include:

• Conducts 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.
• Conducts 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.
• Develops solutions designs based on analysis of requirements and new technology and mentor Junior Engineers in developing these skill sets.
• 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.
• Assists with 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.

Required skills

• 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 9+ years of experience as a Systems Engineer in lieu of degree.
• 6+ years of 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.

Desired skills

• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
• Working knowledge of Software Development Frameworks.
• INCOSE Associate System Engineering Professional (ASEP) certification.
• Documented work experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.
• Membership or active participation in any of the following professional organizations: ACSM, ASCE, ASPRS, OGC, SAREM, USGIF.
• Working knowledge of photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.

Location

• Washington Metro Area
• This position is onsite and there is no remote availability

Clearance Requirement

• Candidates must have an active TS/SCI and CI Polygraph
• Applicant MUST hold a permanent U.S. citizenship for this position in accordance with government contract requirements.

Kavaliro provides Equal Employment Opportunities to all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Kavaliro is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Kavaliro will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please respond to this posting to connect with a company representative.