Sr Advanced Systems Engineer

  • Location: Manassas, Virginia
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #78383

Our DoD/Aerospace client is looking to fill a Sr. Advanced Systems Engineer position that just opened in Manassas, VA. In this role you’ll lead the team in the planning, integrating, securing, and validating USW-DSS software baselines presenting OQE to the deployment authorization board. You will also own designing, building, and maintaining the development and deployment hosting infrastructure. To be considered, you will have a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, or a related, plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. US Citizenship is required.

Location: Manassas, VA
Position: Senior Advanced Systems Engineer
Contract: 12-24 months with possibility of going direct/permanent   

Pay: $70.24/hour
Telecommute: Hybrid

Overview:
As the Lead System Integrator you will be lead the team in the planning, integrating, securing, and validating USW-DSS software baselines presenting OQE to the deployment authorization board. You will also own designing, building, and maintaining the development and deployment hosting infrastructure. This role includes working directly with the customer Technical Director and Lead System Engineer to track and realize evolving program objectives.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring. direction and review of system development including requirements definition, architectural designs, prototyping and work breakdown to accomplish completed products on schedule with program increments. Work includes identifying and hiring personnel resources required.
  • Use JIRA, BitBucket, and Confluence to plan, coordinate and monitor the team tasks and SW deliveries (both external and internal). Keep Program leadership informed of program progress and help manage/mitigate risks.
  • Aggregate and moderate the team inputs to the weekly and Monthly program Status Reports
  • Lead the team to Build/Secure and Monitor networked open Virtualization host environments and DEVOPS processes thar support Collaborative Virtual Integration environments. Work includes HW selection and procurement.
  • Participate as voting member in program technical leadership meetings to review plans, monitor execution, and adjudicate program issues.
  • Work with the program System Engineering and technical leadership teams to identify, scope and plan incremental updates of capability
  • Review and release semi-annual SW installation packages to support updates in the fleet. Work includes remote and onsite support to the Installers and warfighters
  • Perform Task/Budget estimates in coordination with Progeny’s program manager to support customer budget allocations
  • Be available as required for Tier 3 support of remote issues with the program
  • Potentially travel to assist/train the Installation team on new installations
  • Coordinate responses from the first/second tier support personnel to identify where we can improve the support documentation

Technical Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Strong software background and experience with associated networking hardware
  • Experienced in technical project management
  • Has respect of peers and colleagues for technical credibility.
  • Success on significant efforts as engineering lead, with proven business experience in the design, integration and production of systems that meet requirements
  • Knowledge of USW-DSS products, interfacing systems, and installations
  • Familiar with CANES networks
  • Mindset of continuous improvement and ability determine how to both adapt and innovate on the current product to remain effective, useful, and competitive
  • Experience or familiarity with public (AWS, Azure), private (RHOSP, VIO), and mixed cloud environments
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) technologies such as Identify and Access Management, Kubernetes, Rancher, Docker, or OpenShift
  • Use of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to document and support system requirements, design, and analysis
  • Experience or familiarity with cyber security practices such as encryption, certificate/key management, patch management, STIG, RMF, or security hardening, and auditing
  • Multi-level security domain expertise (and cross-domain)
  • Experience or familiarity with DevOps concepts and practices

 
Management Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Creative thinker with demonstrated success leading the systems development, delivery, and support life cycle for complex dynamic projects
  • Exceptional communication, presentation, and influence management skills
  • Experience in or working with Navy theater sites or labs, Surface or Undersea, and/or USW-DSS systems
  • Shown a willingness to take educated risks to further develop a technical solution or innovation
  • Demonstrated deep ownership that led to teams’ success and have demonstrated your ability to take immediate and decisive action in dealing with technical and performance issues.
  • Demonstrated success building, leading, and developing high-performing teams. You know how to build high-performing teams.  You have significant experience in mentoring coaching and developing others.
  • Can build consensus with all problem stakeholders and resolve conflicts.  Exquisite brokering skills, regularly achieving consensus among stakeholders. You can bridge the various sections of the matrixed organization to find a path to problem resolution.
  • Have the respect of your peers and colleagues for your technical and management credibility.
  • Can lead and manage a geographically and chronologically separated team.
  • Can create and realize new opportunities by applying your technical skills to new problem domains.
  • Are willing to communicate to senior leaderships areas where a program may be at risk or other issues such that additional resources can be applied as soon as possible.

About our client:
Our client is a mission critical DOD – Aerospace defense contractor developing solutions that will lead, serve, and protect our country.  Our client develops strategic systems for defense, civil government, intelligence and cyber end users on a international basis.

About APR:
Since 1980 APR Consulting, Inc. has provided professional recruiting and contingent workforce solutions to a diverse mix of clients, industries, and skill sets nationwide.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity! If you feel your experience is a match for this position, please apply today and join our team. We look forward to working with you!

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