Senior Systems Engineer – DoD WWN & Cloud Integration

Huntington Ingalls Industries; Town of Florida, Fort Walton Beach (NY, 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

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.