System Integration Engineer

Apogee Engineering, LLC; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apogee Engineering, LLC seeks a System Integration Engineer to support the NGA Architecture and Engineering Group at Fort Belvoir, VA. The role involves on-site work on secure, interoperable architectures and complex DoD/IC programs, requiring high levels of integration across disciplines.

You will participate in cost, schedule, and performance management, engage with government personnel, and help ensure alignment with government direction and enterprise objectives.

Qualifications

• MS/MA in computer science, software engineering, AI/ML, cybersecurity or related field.
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (PowerPoint, Word, Project).
• Experience managing cloud-based IT infrastructure (AWS).

Responsibilities

• Assist System Program Office government personnel in cost, schedule, and performance management.
• Attend/host meetings to assess status and issues related to DoD/NGA expenditures.
• Review deliverables (e.g., ES Reports) and track actions for alignment with government direction.
• Provide analysis and recommendations drawing on programmatic, technical, policy input.
• Manage NGA internal engagement to support DCGS/PED activities.

Skills

Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, &/

AWS cloud infrastructure

Education

MS/MA in CS / Software Engineering / AI/ML / Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

AWS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Apogee is seeking a System Integration Engineer supporting the Architecture and Engineering Group at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency at Fort Belvoir, Virginia This work is located on-site and provides full lifecycle acquisition management for complex government programs to deliver secure, interoperable architectures and engineering solutions—spanning enterprise geospatial software to multi-national information-sharing platforms—ensuring NGA equities are seamlessly integrated across the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC). The role involves an extraordinary degree of specialized knowledge or expertise performing highly complex and ambiguous assignments that normally require integration and synthesis of a number of unrelated disciplines and disparate concepts.

This is a full-time position located on-site at a government facility in Fort Belvoir, VA.

****Contingent Upon Contract Award****

Responsibilities

• Assist System Program Office government personnel in the management of cost, schedule, and performance, of OUSD(I&S) DCGS/PED activities
• Support government personnel by attending, hosting, and/or facilitating meetings to assess status and issues related to the cost, schedule, and performance of the DOD or NGA-sponsored experimentations, exercises and demonstrations.
• Support government personnel by managing cost, schedule, performance of , Limited Objective Events (LOEs), and DOD or NGA-sponsored experimentations, exercises, and demonstrations
• Review deliverables (specifically, but not limited to ES Reports), track action items, and provide recommendations to ensure alignment with government direction.
• Integrate programmatic, technical, policy, and other feedback from internal and external organizations to provide analysis, expertise, options, recommendations, ideas and recommendations to government personnel.
• Manage NGA internal engagement in support of OUSD(I&S) DCGS/PED activities
• Manage engagement in support of OUSD(I&S) DCGS/PED activities.

Qualifications

MinimumExperience:

Citizenship:Must be a US citizenClearance: TS/SCI level clearance with Counter-Intelligence Polygraph (within last 5 years or within 90 days of hire)

Education/Years of Experience: MS/MA, computer science, software engineering, software architecture, AI/ML, Cybersecurity or related field.

• Exercise a solid working knowledge and capability of Microsoft Office tools, specifically PowerPoint, Word, and Project.
• Industry leader with exceptional expertise relevant to field, compliant with GSA standards.
• Demonstrated management of cloud-based IT infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS),
• Demonstrated specialized experience working with tactical sensors and tactical data integration with DoD, NGA or US/Coalition Mission Partners,
• Demonstrated specialized experience in applying system engineering processes, particularly requirements analysis, interface definition, and detailed implementation planning of large complex systems,
• Demonstrated specialized experience with NGA or DoD organization acquisition processes and procedures.
• Demonstrated specialized Tactical Collector ISR, with new/emerging collectors, DoD/Coalition ISR military experience, and DCGS experience.

Preferred Qualifications:Certifications: Professional Software Engineering Master Certification (PSEM), AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Developer; Certified ScrumMaster (CSM); CompTIA Security+ or CISSPEducation:Masters+Years of Experience:18+

• Demonstrated understanding related to the execution of NGA’s role in strategic and tactical efforts to integrate tactical ISR into the NSG architecture including Coalition partners.
• Demonstrated functional knowledge about NGA libraries, data storage, and development and implementation of initiatives.
• Demonstrated specialized experience with program integration, integrated library data architecture, scheduling, requirements and configuration management, risk management, metrics development and analysis, Earned Value Management, verification and validation test activities and commissioning, turnover and acceptance activities.
• Demonstrated total experience with tactical system/project/program management expertise with specialized experience in rapid execution of tactical data projects with a focus on interoperability, testing/demonstrations, tactical data ingest, processing, exploitation/analysis, storage, retrieval, dissemination and associated infrastructures.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member under tight deadlines with changing priorities.
• Ability to work proactively given goal-oriented guidance and adapt to changing requirements and management directives while working across divisions, offices, directorates, and interagency lines.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing priorities.
• Demonstrate the ability to think strategically and can deconstruct complex problem into specific components and develop a structured approach within the context of the receiver of the information.

Additional InformationLocation: Fort Belvoir, VA (on-site at government facility) On-site/Hybrid/Remote:On-siteTravel:10%