System Engineer 3

Are you interested in using your skills to help shape the Cyber, Security, & Intel space? If so, look no further. We are seeking a System Engineer to join our team of passionate individuals. In this role you will support challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the nation's security and intelligence mission.

Our LOE program provides our customer critical Information Assurance (IA) technical guidance and services for GPS satellites, ground control, user equipment, cryptographic integration and certification, end-to-end security engineering, foreign access issues, and key management. Our team resolves Cryptographic Key issues, supports Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Component Level Assessment (MCAP) approval process, supports the evaluation of GPS Operational Control System (OCX) Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and GPS-SOR-05 Key Specification activities.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct security analysis of customer/user developed documentation to meet international Common Criteria standards, techniques and evaluation methodologies.
• Provide security engineering guidance for GPS cryptographic requirements definition, implementation and key management process.
• Engage in technical/policy meetings.
• Provide security engineering guidance for certification of GPS cryptography.
• Conduct architectural and system security assessments to establish a basis for system security accreditation and risk management decisions, including review and recommendations regarding possible Cross Domain Solutions.
• Provide guidance regarding actions/activities for transition to and/or compliance with Crypto Modernization guidelines.
• Global Positioning Satellite experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Space/Weapon/Ground/Terminal system development and/or evaluation with Cybersecurity design experience is desired.
• DoD Certification/Accreditation Process (as well as other Government Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes

Requirements:

• Provide technical direction for the development, engineering, interfacing, integration and testing of specific components of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, developing system architectures, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end analysis.
• Implement comprehensive SOA solutions.
• Implement operational view, technical standards view, and system and services view for architectures using applicable DoDAF standards.
• Develop scenarios (threads) and an Operational Concept that describes the interactions between the system, the user, and the environment, that satisfies operational, support, maintenance, and disposal needs.
• Review and/or approve system engineering documentation to ensure that processes and specifications meet system needs and are accurate, comprehensive, and complete.
• Conduct quantitative analysis in non-functional system performance areas like Reliability, Maintainability, Vulnerability, Survivability, Producibility, etc.
• Establish and follow a formal procedure for coordinating system integration activities among multiple teams ensuring complete coverage of all interfaces.
• Capture all interface designs in a common interface control format, and store interface data in a commonly accessible repository.
• Prepare time-line analysis diagrams illustrating the flow of time-dependent functions.
• Establish a process to formally and proactively control and manage changes to requirements, consider impacts prior to commitment to change, gain stakeholder buy-in, eliminate ambiguity, ensue traceability to source requirements, and track and settle open actions.
• Assess each risk to the program and determine the probability of occurrence and quantified consequence of failure in accordance with an approved risk management plan.
• Manage and ensure the technical integrity of the system baseline over time, continually updating it as various changes are imposed on the system during the lifecycle from development through deployment and operations & maintenance.
• In conjunction with system stakeholders, plan the verification efforts of new and unproven designs early in the development life cycle to ensure compliance with established requirements.
• Support the planning and test analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process (as well as other Government Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes.
• Support the development and review of Joint Capability Integration Development System (JCIDS) documents (i.e., Initial Capability Document, Capabilities Description Document, IA Strategy).

Clearance Required:

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Minimum Education:

• A 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.

Minimum Years of Experience:

• Fourteen (14) years of System Engineering experience is required. Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree for a total of nineteen (19) years of experience.

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Pay Transparency Verbiage

Amentum's health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Eligible employees and their dependents may elect medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, and, if eligible, a deferred compensation plan and Executive Deferral Plan. Employees will also receive 17 days of vacation per year, seven paid holidays, plus floating holidays and caregiver leave. Hired applicants will be able to purchase company stock and have the opportunity to receive a performance discretionary bonus.

The base salary range for this position is $218,000 to $238,000. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.