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Senior Systems Engineer - Dulles, VA - Active TS/SCI Clearance R

SOC/Day & Zimmermann Federal Services

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Top Secret/SCI
Unspecified
Unspecified
IT - Software
Sterling, VA (On-Site/Office)

Senior Systems Engineer needed for a 6+month contract opportunity with SOC's client to work onsite in Dulles, VA or State College, PA.

*Must have an active TS/SCI clearance to be considered for this role.

Responsibilities:
  • The senior systems engineer will execute multiple aspects of the systems engineering discipline, to include support of software development and test, requirements traceability into software functions, system performance analysis, and system integration and test activities to ensure system requirements achieve validation
  • The system engineer will interact with the agile development teams regarding technical considerations, risks, and issue closure associated with the system capabilities and features
  • The candidate must also possess the ability to multi-task, adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, effectively network, and communicate to the appropriate levels of the organization and support schedules and delivery milestones.

Required Qualifications:
  • Typically requires a bachelor's degree in science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and 5 years of prior relevant experience
  • Experience defining system requirements for Agile software development and test teams, ensuring verification through acceptance criteria
  • Engineering experience within the full systems and/or software engineering lifecycles
  • Experience in system requirement creation and decomposition of capabilities into features with acceptance criteria using agile development tools like JIRA, CONFLUENCE, and JAMA
  • An active TS/SCI security clearance is required prior to start date.

Desired Qualifications:
  • Familiarity utilizing Cloud environments, tools and utilizing associated processes and procedures
  • Systems engineering experience in DoD architecture and service-oriented system architectures development program and platforms
  • Experience using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
  • Experience in performing Project Management
  • Current Certification in Security +
  • Experience with Containerized Application, Orchestration and Virtual Environments
  • Experience working in a DevSecOps environment, utilizing associated practices and procedures
  • Experience working with RedHat Operating Systems
  • Experience with Virus scanning application and execution
  • Experience working with NIST 800-53, Privacy Framework and Cybersecurity Framework requirements

Employment Prerequisites
The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation and drug urinalysis.

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations, which may have been provided by job boards. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.

Estimated Min Rate: $59.50
Estimated Max Rate: $85.00
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SOC is an experienced mission support provider with a reputation for delivering responsive and agile solutions in support of national security interests in high-threat environments. SOC is an integrated provider of mission support solutions through our global security, operations and maintenance, architecture and engineering, and staffing services to the U.S. Government and commercial clients. We work side-by-side with our customers including, the U.S. Departments of State, Energy, and Defense, the Intelligence Community, other federal agencies, and non-governmental organizations, providing and helping create safe and secure environments in which they can perform their best work.

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Job Category
IT - Software
Clearance Level
Top Secret/SCI