NC3 & Cyber Systems Engineer – SMPES Specialist

Apogee; Bellevue Second IV Precinct (NE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Apogee is seeking an SMPES Futures Team Specialist (NC3 & Cyber) to support USSTRATCOM at Offutt AFB, NE. You will translate operational needs into actionable requirements, support governance, and coordinate across stakeholders to ensure capability delivery aligns with priorities.

Responsibilities include developing analyses, guiding staff actions, and maintaining requirements governance while collaborating with end users, product owners, and engineers. Active TS w/SCI eligibility required.

Qualifications

• 5 years supporting the DoW.
• Strong knowledge and experience across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Understanding of Agile software methodology and processes.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence.
• Demonstrated experience in requirements management, capability integration, operational analysis, systems analysis, program analysis, mission planning, or related mission support discipline.
• Working knowledge of NC3, cyberspace, strategic deterrence, command and control, mission planning, or related USSTRATCOM mission areas.
• Experience supporting requirements development, governance, staffing, tracking, review, or coordination processes.
• Familiarity with RRAB, Agile software delivery, Software Acquisition Pathway concepts, requirements traceability, and capability development processes.

Responsibilities

• Analyze NC3, cyberspace, SMPES, and related capability gaps to identify operational impacts, mission dependencies, requirements implications, risks, and priorities affecting planning, campaign, contingency, and nuclear deterrence activities.
• Support Requirements and Resourcing Alignment Board (RRAB), Software Acquisition Pathway, Agile software development, and SMPES implementation activities by translating operational needs into clear, feasible, traceable, and mission relevant requirements.
• Develop, revise, coordinate, staff, and track requirements products and related materials, including operational needs analyses, capability requirements, issue papers, staffing packages, implementation recommendations, and decision support products.
• Coordinate with operational users, requirements managers, Product Owners, program management personnel, developers, systems engineers, cyberspace stakeholders, and other mission partners to resolve requirements issues and maintain alignment between capability delivery and operational priorities.
• Facilitate requirements working groups, coordination sessions, and issue resolution meetings; prepare agendas, read aheads, discussion materials, action trackers, meeting summaries, and follow up products.
• Maintain and improve requirements governance processes, standards, templates, documentation, traceability, revision control, status tracking, and process guidance for SMPES and related capability efforts.
• Provide secondary Integrated Requirements Oversight Board (IROB) Secretariat support, including requirements package coordination, meeting preparation, minutes, action item tracking, records management, and requirements flow continuity.
• Support operational assessments by evaluating capability implementation, user feedback, capability performance, mission impacts, and identified shortfalls; develop assessment summaries, measures, dashboards, findings, and recommended actions for leadership review.
• Apply working knowledge of NC3 and cyberspace mission considerations to ensure requirements and implementation discussions address operational needs, interoperability, system dependencies, resiliency, and expected mission outcomes.

Skills

SDLC knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Requirements governance

Jira/Confluence

Technical writing

NC3/cyberspace knowledge

Education

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

15+ years experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

Apogee is seeking an SMPES Futures Team Specialist (NC3 & Cyber) to support USSTRATCOM at Offutt AFB, NE. You will translate operational needs into actionable requirements, support governance, and coordinate across stakeholders to ensure capability delivery aligns with priorities.

Responsibilities include developing analyses, guiding staff actions, and maintaining requirements governance while collaborating with end users, product owners, and engineers. Active TS w/SCI eligibility required.