Senior Systems Engineer – DoD WWN & Cloud Integration

Mission Technologies, a division of HII; Hurlburt Field (FL); On-site; USD 106,800 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Educational scholarships

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries seeks a Senior System Engineer to provide systems engineering design, development, integration, and fielding support for hybrid service architectures across WWN Services. You will lead activities, collaborate with stakeholders, develop specifications, and manage documentation and testing across multiple classifications.

Role requires active Secret clearance; TS/SCI clearance is available.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required; TS/SCI clearance attainable.
• 9 years with Bachelor’s degree; 7 years with Master’s; 4 years with PhD/JD; or 13 years with high school diploma.
• 15 years with Bachelor’s; 13 years with Master’s; 10 years with PhD/JD; or 19 years with high school diploma.
• Experience applying rigorous systems engineering processes.
• Knowledge of MBSE and SE best practices.
• Strong application of SE across development and sustainment.
• Experience researching industry trends, standards, and security vulnerabilities; skilled with STIGS, test automation, CI/CD, and Git.
• Excellent problem-solving, attention to detail, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience managing complex IT or communications system designs.
• Experience in a government contracting environment.
• Self-motivated and proactive in seeking support when needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering activities for WWN.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify end‑user requirements, decompose requirements, and develop technical specifications.
• Present technical approach and standards, and oversee solution development life‑cycle from design to deployment.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation: system designs, DoDAF diagrams, interface control documents, protocol specifications, and performance baselines.
• Provide technical guidance and support to team members.
• Participate in research, analysis, integration, and testing events, serving in Tier‑3 capacity when performance is degraded.
• Assist management in defining project scope and engineering objectives.
• Coordinate across engineering disciplines to produce a unified product.
• Perform risk management, including leading AoA with emphasis on customer requirements.
• Stay abreast of industry best practices, cyber security standards, and evolving technologies.
• Advocate for services, enhancing operational value, user adoption, and product satisfaction.
• Communicate transparently with peers, customers, and stakeholders to meet schedules and identify risks and dependencies.
• Support service lifecycle activities, cyber compliance, organizational readiness, and deliverables to meet MVP, IOC, and FOC criteria.
• Assess proposed changes to software, systems, and features affecting system authorizations and use cases.
• Conduct deliverable reviews and lead corrective actions.
• Review security architecture, design, development, and configuration of information systems.
• Provide inputs to development teams for organizational information systems and legacy upgrades.
• Ensure best practices in software engineering, secure design, architecture, and coding techniques.
• Manage backlog and capability roadmaps.
• Stay informed on security technologies and threats to recommend mitigations.
• Identify integration issues in new system implementations and recommend solutions.

Skills

MBSE

System engineering

CI/CD

Git

Requirements analysis

DoD RMF

Cybersecurity

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD/JD

High school diploma

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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Location: Hurlburt Field, FL, Florida, United States

Requisition Number:29382

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type:Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range:$106,800.00-$150,000.00

Security Clearance:Secret

Level of Experience:SeniorHI

This opportunity resides with All-Domain Operations (ADO), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. All-Domain Operations comprises multi-domain operations, platforms and logistics, and intelligence operations.

HII designs, develops, integrates and manages the sensors, systems and other assets necessary to support integrated ISR operations and accelerated decision-making. With data fusion and mission management capabilities for the Department of Defense, the combatant commands and the intelligence community, HII advances the mission around the globe.

Leadership at HII is a mindset, not a title. Through our Leadership Capability Framework, we define how every employee grows, leads, and contributes—regardless of role. It sets the standard for how you can develop yourself and what you can expect from leaders across our organization. We look for candidates who want to grow in alignment with these capabilities:

• Know & Grow Your People– Commit to learning and supporting team success.
• Build Relationships– Communicate openly, collaborate well, and build trust.
• Take Ownership– Deliver on commitments and take pride in your work.
• Customer First– Focus on the mission and those we serve.
• Shape the Future– Bring ideas, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• Act with Urgency– Take initiative and follow through with purpose.

These capabilities guide how all employees contribute to our shared success across Mission Technologies.

Job Description

HII Mission Technologies has been selected as one of Military.com's "Top 25 Employers for Veterans in 2024" and we are a Forbes Best Large Employer for 2023!!!
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We are seeking talented and motivated Engineersto join our team!

Position Summary:

HII: Mission Technologies is seeking aSystem EngineerSenior to join our team in Mary Esther, Florida, to provide systems engineering design, development, integration and fielding support, including research, collaboration, authoring and maintaining standardized specifications, configurations and implementing virtual, physical and cloud-based services and enabling configurations as part of the Worldwide Warfighter Network (WWN) Services. The successful candidate will be responsible for configuring, hardening, and sustaining hybrid service architectures (physical, virtual and cloud-based) comprised of Windows and RHEL servers in support of a global enterprise service architecture across multiple classifications in support of a wide range of services and expanding use cases. Duties will include:

• Lead systems engineering activities for Warfighter Worldwide Network (WWN).
• Collaborate with other engineers and stakeholders to identify service end user requirements, decompose to identify system requirements, technical performance parameters, and attributes to develop specifications and provide detailed technical Analysis of Alternatives.
• Lead the presentation of technical approach, standards to be employed within the solution and development of the initial solution with emphasis on supporting material solution performance attributes and specifications, development and engineering timelines to support buildout, integration, testing, and internal performance validation of the baseline performance standards through Development and Operational
• Testing (DT/OT) through initial fielding of the operational capabilities, and incremental service releases.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system designs, (DoDAF Diagrams), Interface Control Documents, Ports, Protocols and Services Management and Hardware and Software baselines and related performance specification.
• Provide technical guidance and support to other team members as required.
• Participate in research, analysis, I&T, Developmental and Operational Testing Events, User Acceptance Test events, while serving in a Tier-3 capacity in events where service and performance are degraded or lost after fielding.
• May assist management in definition of project scope and sequence of engineering and integration objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Coordinating amongst various teams in different engineering disciplines to present a unified, integrated product to project stakeholders.
• Performing risk management to minimize project risks including leading AoA with emphasis on customer requirements.
• Staying abreast of current Industry best practices, Cyber Security Standards and evolving services across the technical landscape.
• Serve as an advocate, owning your services and working to enhance value, operational viability and end user adoption and overall product satisfaction.
  
  

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Additionally, this team member will:

• Provide transparent communications amongst peers, customers and stakeholders to achieve schedules while identifying risks, dependencies and future needs as a result of the accepted designs.
• Support the development and management for providing the service lifecycle activities, cyber compliance, organizational readiness, and project and product related deliverables to meet MVP, IOC and FOC criteria.
• Assess proposed changes to software, systems, features and other proposed changes across information systems, their environment of operation, and mission needs that could affect system authorizations and established use cases.
• Perform deliverable reviews and lead corrective actions to resolve discrepancies across the portfolio of enabling activities.
• Provide purposeful reviews of security architecting, design, development, and configuration of information systems.
• Provide inputs to development teams responsible for designing and developing organizational information systems and upgrading legacy systems.
• Ensure teams are employing best practices when designing and implementing information systems including software engineering methodologies, system/security engineering principles, secure design, secure architecture, and secure coding techniques and effective testing and reporting processes to validate outcomes.
• Manage backlog and capability roadmaps.
• Keep abreast of current and new security technologies and threats pertaining to the technology areas of the program with appetite to recommend mitigation, countermeasures, or other options that reduce cost, enhance resilience and drive unparalleled capability to our customers.
• Identify integration issues related to the implementation of new systems within the existing infrastructure; recommend mitigation and/or resolution options.

Minimum Qualifications

• 9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 4 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
• Preferred: 15 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 13 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 10 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 19 years relevant experience.
• Must possess an active secret security clearance.Must be able to acquire a TS/SCI Clearance.
• Experience in applying rigorous systems engineering processes. Leveraging automation to ensure rigor and discipline to deliver “best of breed” next gen capabilities.
• Knowledge of MBSE and SE Best practices and innovative approaches to applying those practices in a fast-paced ongoing and continuous development environment.
• Solid application of SE throughout the lifecycle of development and sustainment is highly desired.
• Experience in research and analysis of industry trends, standards, and security vulnerabilities with ability to harden services including applying STIGS, test automation tools and comfortable using CI/CD tool chains and Git services to deliver integrated systems of systems solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience managing the design and installations of complex IT or Communications related systems; Enterprise level service performance.
• Experience working in a government contracting environment.
• Self-motivated and driven desire to succeed in a minimal direction but willing to ask for help when needed.

Preferred Requirements

• Must have significant Linux and Windows experience
• Experience in distributed DoD modeling and simulation capabilities and architectures.
• Experience with complex IT integration and networking projects
• Experience in DoD C4I systems and protocols.
• Experience utilizing Agilemethodologies andprinciples as well as Agileframeworks
• Experience with collaboration, development tracking, and version control systems such as Confluence, Jira, and Git
• Knowledge of container fundamentals
• Very comfortable with integration and testing phases, developing test cases.
• PowerShell, scripting and task automation knowledge, skills and abilities are highly desired
• Experience with container runtime environments such as Docker and container-orchestration systems such as Kubernetes
• Design and development in Relational and NoSQL/Graph databases
• Experience with DoD Modeling and Simulation
• Experience with designing, implementing and sustaining servers in both on premise and cloud-based environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Have extensive familiarity with providing support to the DoD, USAF and USSOCOM RMF processes and Cyber Compliance Management and TISC SEIM service delivery requirements.
• Strong familiarity with one of the following TISC Service Delivery Areas:Cloud-based virtualization (containers), and Virtual Machine industry standards

Physical Requirements

• Office
• Adequate visual acuity and manual dexterity and ability to assist in equipment installation in rare instances.

The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII's Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function and a candidate's education or training, work experience, and key skills.

Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.

To learn more about Mission Technologies, click here for a short video: https://vimeo.com/732533072

HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.

Why HII
We build the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. Our workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.

Recognized as one of America’s top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people’s safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you’ll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.

Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

Do You Need Assistance?
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.