Systems Engineer 2 - (Mission Liaison, AI/ML, Jira)

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required
Position ID: 25-8868-SE2
Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Description:

Analyzes user requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.

Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities.

Guides users in formulating requirements, advises alternative approaches, and conducts feasibility studies.

Provides technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology.

Incorporates new plans, designs, and systems into ongoing operations.

Develops technical documentation.

Develops system architecture and system design documentation.

Guides system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans.

Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and associated problems, issues, or conflicts.

Has ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility.

Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives.

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 delivery of production systems compatible with the defined system architectures (DoDAF, SOA, etc.).

Assist with development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation to individual hardware, software, facility, and personnel components.

Coordinate resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board 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 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 stakeholder needs and implied functions essential to system effectiveness.

Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements and ensure they 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 that provides a common reference point for hardware and software developers.

Define methods, processes, and evaluation criteria for verifying systems, subsystems, and work products against requirements in a written plan.

Develop system design solution that satisfies system requirements and fulfills functional analysis.

Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services and security mechanism technologies.

Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure, work packages, and the integrated master plan.

• 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) – Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), etc.
• 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).

Position Required Skills:

• Collaborating with mission customers in support of Video, Image, Speech, and Text Analytic capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience with the deployment, operations, and maintenance of mission capabilities.
• Strong customer support and outreach skills.
• Knowledge and use of Jira, Confluence, Hustle, and Skype collaboration platforms.

Position Desired Skills:

• Mission analyst and operations experience.
• General knowledge of AI/ML technologies.

SE2 Qualifications:

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.

Salary Range: **$189k-$231k (Annually)

**The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission.

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

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