System Engineer

Optimus Technology, Inc.; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision

HRA

401k

Life insurance

Tuition assistance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Company outings

Job summary

Optimus Technology, Inc. seeks a System Engineering leader to guide a team delivering Life Cycle Sustainment and modernization for education, learning, and training applications used by Government enterprise. You will lead cross-functional activities across development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.

You will mentor junior engineers, promote agile and DevOps, craft process standards, and coordinate with Government Product Leads to resolve critical issues and minimize downtime.

Responsibilities

• Lead system engineering efforts for Life Cycle Sustainment and modernization of education, learning, and training apps.
• Evaluate and optimize enterprise development, testing, deployment, and maintenance processes to meet standards.
• Promote agile and DevOps practices across the program and teams.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and best practice guides.
• Identify bottlenecks and risks, proposing effective mitigations.

Skills

System engineering leadership

Agile & DevOps

Technical documentation

Mentorship

Risk management

Job description

The selected candidate will provide System Engineering leadership to an existing team providing Life Cycle Sustainment (LCS) and modernization activities for commercial and custom-developed education, learning, and training applications that are vital to the Government enterprise.

• Conduct process evaluations of the corporate enterprise applications to identify areas for improvement and optimization while ensuring adherence to enterprise process standards for the development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, Government Product Leads and Government Leadership Teams to define, prioritize and implement process improvement initiatives.
• Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of software development processes and methodologies within the program and facilitate the adoption of agile and DevOps practices.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including process standards, program-level templates and best practice guides.
• Conduct regular assessments to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for optimization within the application development lifecycle
• Proactively identify potential risks and issues in the systems and propose mitigation strategies.
• Conduct training sessions and workshops to promote knowledge sharing and enhance the technical skills of the team members.
• Engage with Government Leadership, Product Leads and development teams to identify technical issues and provide guidance and coordinate solutions to resolve them effectively.
• Participate in incident response and problem-solving activities to address critical system issues and minimize downtime.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior system engineers and other team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices related to enterprise application development and support.

Optimus Technology is a SDVO (Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned) small business founded in 2010. We are known for our exceptionally talented group of Engineers and Technical experts with superior knowledge and experience in Cyber Technologies and the latest technology trends. Our dedication in pairing the right Optimus Technologist with the right customer solution is at the core of our Partnership commitment and critical to the performance and satisfaction of our employees, the pinnacle of the Optimus culture.

Why us?

We strive to provide the best well-rounded benefits package available.

• Premium health, dental, and vision package
• Company funded HRA
• 401k company contributions
• Employer paid group term life insurance policy
• Tuition assistance and career development
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Paid time off
• Company outings, giveaways & more

Optimus practices a policy of non-discrimination and is fully committed to the principles of equality in employment and opportunity for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, gender, race, religion, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit based factor.