Systems Engineer 6

Metrea; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A defense and engineering solutions provider is seeking a Systems Engineer 6 responsible for leading operational activities and guiding teams through the DevOps lifecycle. The ideal candidate must have 20 years of systems engineering experience and strong communication skills to work effectively with developers and customers. This full-time position is located in Annapolis Junction, MD, with a salary range of $130,000 to $180,000. The role involves specialized tasks in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 20 years of systems engineering experience.
• Experience with agile methodology and DevOps.
• Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Guide teams in supporting the DevOps life cycle.
• Interact with the government on technical issues.
• Identify areas of growth for team development.

Skills

Excellent presentation skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work against deadlines

Results-oriented

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

VMWare

Kubernetes

Docker

Ansible

Grafana

Git

Job description

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Title: Systems Engineer 6 (SE6) Reports to: Technical Lead at Metrea Algorithmics

FLSA Status: Exempt Business Unit: MAX

Level: Level 6 SE Supervised: Yes

Group Company: EMCG

Company Overview

Metrea Algorithmics (MAX) is electronic warfare and cyberspace solutions and engineering services company support the Department of Defense. With deep asset, mission, industry and finance expertise, and a truly global reach, Metrea focuses on de-risking our customer's aerospace requirements across a number of different mission verticals.

Position Summary As a Metrea Algorithmics systems engineer you will work with Operations team lead, Development team lead, and Mission Stakeholder or Thread Lead as the Lead Systems Engineer dedicated to Operational activities. Must be able to to understand project requirements, capabilities development, and operational effects to guide a team to support all facets of the DevOps life cycle (Plan, Dev, Build, test, CM, deployment, operations, monitoring, troubleshooting, and other sustainment activities). Must have strong technical experience to effectively communicate with developers and customers. Communication skills required to digest and delegate tasks to development and customer facing teams. This role supports a large software development program developing, operating, and maintaining mission critical enterprise capabilities. Program includes development and support for existing mission systems in parallel with efforts to develop and deliver modernized cyber analysis, orchestration, and data enrichment products. The team applies Agile methodology, DevOps principles and test-driven development practices.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each duty listed below satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Applies systems engineering principles throughout the systems life cycle phases: Concept, Development, Production, Utilization, Support, and Retirement. Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts. Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives. Responsibility for the technical integrity, quality, and completeness of work performed and deliverables associated with one or more of the 25 process areas

People Development : Identify areas of growth in Metrea’s knowledge, skillsets, and attitudes, and develop a systematic approach to professional development and talent acquisition in order to build a high-performing systems engineering team.

Technology Development : Support the identification RF software, hardware, and infrastructure requirements to support Metrea and MAS and create a roadmap framework across Metrea Aerospace.

TEAMMATE RESPONSIBILITIES: Providing Support Capacity across Metrea(“IN”)

Strategy BCA : Support the Strategy (STRAT) BCA to inform enterprise strategy with key MAS and Metrea Aerospace considerations and remain an active participant on all major enterprise engineering decisions, to include the commencement of new software, hardware, and infrastructure capabilities.

Support the STRAT/Risk team by informing on engineering needs of the business and the risk exposure dashboards with MAS and Metrea Aerospace risks, as well as by supporting risk mitigation efforts.

Operations BCA: Work closely with the MAX and the Electromagnetic Cyber Group (EMCG) Leadership Team to inform the design, implementation, and further development of Metrea Aerospace’s technical and engineering methodologies.

Legal BCA: As required, provide LEG/Compliance with the EMCG’s inputs that are required to perform all necessary compliance functions and ensure that Metrea’s compliance policies cover all known requirements as required.

As required, work closely with LEG/Contracts to ensure that contract structuring & economics supports business objectives and customer requirements.

Competency Statements

• Must be able to interface with mid-level to senior external/internal customers and have excellent presentation skills.
• Must be able and willing to operate against deadlines with accuracy and a strong attention to detail.
• Must be results-oriented and demonstrate strategic thinking, innovation, flexibility in dealing with changing and ambiguous situations.
• Contribute to comprehensive logistical and accountability processes, to include, capabilities, solutions, time, costs, and analysis in support of proposal development or departmental budgeting & forecasting.
• Must be able to work with confidential data, which if disclosed, might have significant internal and external impact on the organization.
• Moderate Microsoft Office skills.
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
  

Supervisory Responsibility

This role has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job operates in a clerical office and warehouse setting.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt employees must have the ability to be on-call and available outside of typical working hours, as business needs require.

Facility Location:

Huntsville, Alabama

Rochester, New York

Annapolis Junction, MD

Home Office

Required Education, Experience And Certificates

Education: Bachelors degree in an engineering field or related

Experience: 20 years of system engineer experience

Computer skills: VMWare, Rancher, Kubernetes, Docker, Automation using Ansible, Selenium, Monitoring tools using Grafana, Xymon, Kibana, Nexus Server, Git, Linux VMs, Build and ensure monitoring resources, Grafana, create/update/maintain Dashboards.

Preferred Education, Experience And Certificates

Education: Bachelors in an engineering field

Experience: 20 years of systems engineering

Computer skills: VMWare, Rancher, Kubernetes, Docker, Automation using Ansible, Selenium, Monitoring tools using Grafana, Xymon, Kibana, Nexus Server, Git, Linux VMs, Build and ensure monitoring resources, Grafana, create/update/maintain Dashboards.

Nice to have: Databases using MongoDB, MariaDB

ELK Stack

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Expert in capturing customer requirements and assisting in the development of statements of work (SOW), plans of action and milestones, and customer interactions.

Basic understanding of the policies, processes, priorities, and organization of the US Government in general, and the Department of Defense in particular, around national security matters.

Moderate knowledge of the human terrain around the US Government’s ISR and cyberspace community.

Ability to interact with industry, scientific, technology, military, policy, and finance communities and utilized knowledge gained to support logistical operations.

Ability to communicate effectively across cultures, regions and industries, and experience in working in diverse international environments.

Flexibility to travel frequently and on short notice, both domestic and internationally.

Highly developed sense of judgement and maturity.

Intellectually curious, with strong critical thinking skills and attention to detail.

Ability to learn new environments and pick up new subjects quickly.

Ability to obtain and filter information and identify key issues relevant to the achievement of long-term strategic goals.

Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve.

Strong organizational skills, discipline, with a high sense of reliability, discretion, and confidentiality.

Proven ability to work effectively in, and leverage a highly collaborative, matrixed environment to achieve project ends.

Ability to prioritize judiciously and blend flexibility with disciplined execution, to manage competing demands.

Capacity to balance strategic vs. operational mind-sets and results vs. process orientation. Strongly orientated towards performance with solid and consistent ethical compass.

Ability to travel approximately 10% of the time.

Work Authorization

Employee must be a US citizen.

AAP/EEO Statement

Metrea Algorithms LLC (MAX) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing

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