Systems Engineer (Devops) - Richardson, TX - CI

Systems Engineer (Devops) needed for a contract to hire role in Richardson, TX

*Must have ACTIVE Top Secret Clearance, TS/SCI w Poly preferred

Job Description:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Systems Engineer role supporting one of our premier programs in the ASDS business unit. Your knowledge with regards to clarification of large system agile software development and system capability and feature development, system engineering analyses, requirements definition and derivation, interface definition, acceptance criteria development for validation and verification with a focus on system-level interfaces will be put to good use. The work is on-site in Richardson, TX

What You Will Do

• Conduct technical analyses to define system functionality through detailed use cases, customer capabilities and breakdown into features
• Working through software system integration and initialization challenges
• Providing technical direction for development teams through CONOPS and systems design artifacts
• Must possess and demonstrate good communication strategies for describing difficult topics to development teams
• Provide engineering support and technical direction during the execution of the program's development, integration and test phases including acceptance criteria development, and architecture design artifacts
• Participate in and contribute to technical reviews and technical interchange meetings throughout the program lifecycle
• Articulate identified integration challenges across ground system segments and translating technical issues into mission-level impacts
• Provide mission readiness assessments based on technical integration progress, risks, and interdependencies
• Communicate emerging risks and concerns to leadership and stakeholders, offering clear pathways for awareness and resolution
• Recommend defect prioritization across system segments to facilitate effective integration and the achievement of enterprise test objectives
• Active and transferrable TS/SCI with polygraph U.S. government issued clearance is required prior to start date

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience development of large software data processing system architectures, with a focus on system-level interfaces
• Experience with systems engineering lifecycles, roles and functions, with specific experience in some of the following areas: operations concept development, requirements management, functional analysis/synthesis, interface definition and control, and/or verification and validation
• Development experience on a government contract
• Experience with Agile and DevSecOps development methods
• Experience leading cross-functional teams

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Communication skills experience, particularly in translating complex technical issues into mission readiness impacts
• Experience with Agile tool sets (JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, etc.)
• Experience working with requirements in DOORS or other requirements repositories
• Experience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps in an Agile development environment
• Good oral and written communication skills as well as good collaboration skills and the ability to work in a cross functional team environment

Employment Pre-requisites
The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation, and d rug urinalysis.
SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer,EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.
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Estimated Min Rate: $59.50
Estimated Max Rate: $85.00