Systems Engineer Level 2 -FFLL-8918

Onyx Point, Inc.; Hanover (MD); On-site; USD 78,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Remote work options

Technology allowance

Bonus opportunities

Professional development support

Job summary

Onyx Point, Inc. is seeking a senior Systems Engineer with active TS/SCI w/ FSP clearance to lead requirements, architecture, and integration efforts.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage system requirements, and advise on IPTs for capability development, while ensuring compliance with security and performance objectives. The role requires extensive SE background, strong documentation skills, and experience in customer/developer engagement, sprint planning, and DevOps coordination.

Qualifications

• Experience creating and maintaining system engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents
• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure production systems align with defined architectures
• Assist with development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation to hardware, software, facility, and personnel components
• Coordinate resolution of action items from CCB meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews requiring cross-discipline coordination
• Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based on evaluation of development and operational considerations
• Participate in development of system engineering documentation such as SEPs, ICDs, requirements specifications, and interface control documents
• Participate in interface definition, design, and changes to configuration between groups throughout the life cycle
• Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components
• Derive from system requirements an understanding of stakeholder needs and essential functions for system effectiveness
• Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocations and ensure they are complete and verifiable
• Generate alternative system concepts and architectures
• Establish and gain approval of definitions for system/components under development
• Define methods and evaluation criteria to verify systems and components
• Develop system design solutions that satisfy requirements
• Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance services and mechanisms
• Review and input to WBS, work packages, and IMP

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of System Engineering documentation such as SEPs, ICDs, requirements specs
• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure production systems align with architectures
• Assist with the development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocations
• Coordinate resolution of action items from reviews requiring cross-discipline coordination
• Participate in IPTs to design new capabilities based on evaluation of development and operational considerations
• Develop system design solutions that satisfy system requirements and functional analysis
• Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance services and mechanisms
• Review and provide input to WBS, work packages, and integrated master plan

Skills

Confluence

JIRA

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder engagement

Sprint planning

Meetings facilitation

Status communication

DevOps coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in System Engineering or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Rancher

Helm

Elasticsearch

Kibana

Grafana

Job description

• TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION YOU MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE TS/SCI W/ FULL SCOPE POLYGRAPH SECURITY CLEARANCE (U.S. CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED)

Required Skills

• Experience using Confluence and JIRA
• Requirements gathering, documentation
• Engauge with customer/developer regarding
• Manage sprint planning and retrospective
• Facilitate internal customer and team meetings
• Work with customer management to communicate status, clearly identify priorities and milestones, and ensure customer requirements are met.
• Work with DevOps team to ensure tasking is captured in JIRA and updated as appropriate

Desired Skills

• Understanding of or experience with Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm
• Understanding of or experience with Elasticsearch and Kibana dashboards
• Understanding of or experience with Grafana dashboards

Fourteen (14) years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required. Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Qualifications

• -Contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents
• -Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture(s)
• -Assist with the development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation of the same to individual hardware, software, facility, and personnel components
• -Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination
• -Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations
• -Participate in the development of system engineering documentation, such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents
• -Participate in interface definition, design, and changes to the configuration between affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle
• -Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components
• -Derive from the system requirements an understanding of stakeholder needs, functions that may be logically inferred and implied as essential to system effectiveness
• - Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements that describe in detail the functions that a system component must fulfill, and ensure these requirements are complete, correct, unique, unambiguous, realizable, and verifiable
• -Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions
• - Participate in establishing and gaining approval of the definition of a system or component under development (requirements, designs, interfaces, test procedures, etc.) that provides a common reference point for hardware and software developers
• - Define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan
• -Develop system design solution that satisfies the system requirements and fulfills the functional analysis
• -Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services (Confidentiality, Integrity, Non repudiation, and Availability); Basic Information Assurance Mechanisms (e.g., Identification, Authentication, Access Control, Accountability); and Security Mechanism Technology (Passwords, cryptography, discretionary access control, mandatory access control, hashing, key management, etc.)
• - Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure (WBS), work packages and the integrated master plan (IMP)

Compensation: We are committed to providing fair and competitive compensation. The salary range for this position is $78,000 to $250,000 per year. This range reflects the compensation offered across the locations where we hire. The exact salary will be determined based on the candidate's work location, specific role, skill set, and level of expertise.

Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Additional Insurance: Basic Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability, Accident, Critical Illness, Hospitalization Indemnity, and Pet Insurance

• Retirement Plan: 401(k) plan with company match

• Paid Time Off: Generous PTO, paid holidays, parental leave, and more

• Wellness: Access to wellness programs and mental health support

• Professional Development: Opportunities for growth, including tuition reimbursement

Additional Perks:

• Flexible work arrangements, including remote work options

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

• Employee referral programs

• Bonus opportunities

• Technology allowance

• A diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace culture