Principal Systems Engineer (Mission Management)

Power3 Solutions; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive health plans

401k contributions

Generous PTO / Holidays

Career development opportunities

Employee referral bonuses

Job summary

Power3 Solutions is hiring a Principal Systems Engineer (Mission Management) to support a cryptologic dissemination customer in Fort Meade, MD. You will understand data flows between systems and ensure artifacts meet policy, oversight, and compliance requirements for dissemination adjudicators.

Responsibilities include compiling dissemination obligations, shaping evaluation processes for proposals, and creating guidance artifacts for requestors and adjudicators.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or related discipline + 20+ years of systems engineering experience.
• TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
• Lean Six Sigma or process engineering experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Compile and review dissemination obligations from law and policy opinions from the client's general counsel and prior adjudications.
• Help the client define processes for determining whether a proposal is prohibited, allowed, or subject to adjudication.
• Create artifacts to assist requestors and adjudicators in understanding the defined process.

Skills

Jira familiarity

Strong communication

Independence + teamwork

Policy/compliance understanding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Engineering + 20+ years experience

Tools

Jira

Job description

• Fort Meade, MD

We solve difficult business, IT, and analytic problems by addressing the whole problem – not just the symptoms – using interdisciplinary approaches that are both practical and innovative. We provide fresh alternatives to ordinary, mainstream consulting firms through small, highly skilled, and hand-picked teams that can meet clients' needs in any industry. Our broad interdisciplinary understanding allows us to provide the right solution, even if it is from outside the industry or traditionally defined problem space. We bring Public and Private, Civilian and Military expertise to every case.

We are hiring a Principal Systems Engineer (Mission Management) to work in Fort Meade, MD. Position location is subjectto change based on central MD client's needs.

Required:

TS/SCI with a Polygraph

As a Mission Management Support Systems Engineer on our team, you will support a cryptologic dissemination customer in modernizing the process by which auto-dissemination proposals are adjudicated for approval. You will need to be able to understand/learn the data flows between systems; and learn how data is transformed, checked and manipulated to support dissemination adjudicators in getting the information and artifacts needed to verify that described controls and interfaces meet policy, oversight and compliance requirements, as well as any requirements specifically levied by the adjudicating body.

In addition, you will:

• Compile and review dissemination obligations stemming from law and policy opinions from the client's general counsel, and prior adjudications.
• Help the client define processes by which requestors may efficiently determine whether their proposal will be prohibited, allowed, or subject to adjudication.
• Create artifacts to assist requestors and adjudicators in understanding and performing their duties relative to the defined process.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or other related discipline and at least 20 years of systems engineering experience. A master’s degree or PhD may be substituted for two years of experience. Note: High School Diploma or GED plus 24 years of systems engineering experience would also be acceptable.
• Familiarity with intelligence community law and policy protecting U.S. persons
• Process engineering and/or Lean Six Sigma experience
• Systems engineering or development experience
• Position requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:

• Familiarity with U.S. or international privacy and civil liberties law and policy
• Legal training or expertise, either as a lawyer or in the legal profession
• Familiarity with the Cryptologic Dissemination Review Committee (CDRC)
• Operational SIGINT experience (i.e. CNO, NCSC and Analytics experience)
• Experience as a SIGINT analyst/reporter/auditor
• Jira familiarity
• Strong oral, written and interpersonal communications skills
• Ability to work independently and within a team setting to complete assigned tasks on schedule
• Flexible/easily adaptable within a dynamic work environment
• Should be comfortable guiding people without having influence over them

We have all the PERKS!

You are our most valuable resource — your ambition, your knowledge, yourcreativity. We offer an industry-leading set of benefits to supplement your normalsalary compensation. We have you covered with flexible ways to balancework and home life, full health benefit premium coverage, and generouscontributions toward your retirement.

• Competitive health, dental, and vision plans with 100% paid premiums.
• 401k: We contribute 6% even if you don't!
• Time Off: 11 standard holidays, and 25 days of PTO
• Career Development: Get career counseling and individualized career development plans, including education and training.
• Employee referral bonuses for successful hires

We are anEqual Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type 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.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.