Systems Engineer – Standards / Technical Specifications

VTG; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 190,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer in the Bethesda, Maryland area to improve and maintain our client's technical specification repository using structured systems engineering. You will engage with stakeholders to manage specification updates and design machine-readable ontologies that capture policy-driven logic.

The ideal candidate brings an active TS/SCI clearance, strong communication and collaboration skills, and a track record of applying DevOps and requirements engineering

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required.
• On-site full-time in the Bethesda, MD area.
• Typically requires BS degree and 12–15 years of experience or MS with 10–13 years; Doctorate possible.
• Strong knowledge of standard software development processes (DevOps, requirements engineering, coding, documentation, CM, QA, integration, testing).
• Experience with Protégé and OWL.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical insights into actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Technical Specification Management: maintain and update technical specifications; issue formal update packages per schedule.
• Ontology and Schema Design: capture specification logic as information models and define properties, relationships, and taxonomies; formalize in machine-readable schema.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Strong communication

Team collaboration

DevOps knowledge

Policy and standards understanding

Education

BS degree

Master's degree

Doctorate in a technical field

Tools

Protégé

OWL

Python

Java

Job description

Overview

VTG is is seeking an experienced, results-oriented Systems Engineer with experience in Standards or Technical Specifications to join our team in the Bethesda, Maryland area. You will play a critical role in improving and maintaining our client's technical specification repository by applying structured systems engineering approaches.

What will you do?

Primary Responsibilities:

• Technical Specification Management: Engage with stakeholders to help manage the process of maintaining and updating technical specifications that are used by many different organizations. This includes issuing formal update packages according to a set schedule. Perform this work using system engineering best practices.
• Ontology and Schema Design and Implementation: Evaluate sets of technical specifications in light of user needs and written policy. Work with stakeholders to capture the logic of the technical specification as information models and define the relevant properties, relationships, and taxonomies. Formalize this in machine-readable schema.

Do you have what it takes?

Basic Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• Ability to work on-site full-time in the Bethesda, Maryland area.
• Typically requires BS degree and 12-15 years of prior relevant experience or master's degree with 10-13 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in a technical domain. Experience may be exchanged for degree requirements.
• Strong knowledge of standard software development processes, such as DevOps, requirements engineering, coding, documentation, configuration management, quality assurance, integration, and testing.
• Experience with relevant tools and languages, such as Protégé and OWL.
• Demonstrated ability to build code collaboratively in team environments.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical insights into actionable recommendations and present them orally or in writing.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with automation pipelines.
• Basic coding skills in Python or Java.
• Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Five or more years of experience working with or in the Intelligence Community (IC).
• Familiarity with U.S. Government information sharing frameworks, policies, and interoperability requirements.
• Familiarity with system modeling and Unified Modeling Language (UML).

• Pay Range: VTG's estimated starting pay range is $190,000-$215,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.