Systems Engineering Manager

Systems Engineering Manager Systems Engineer V
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
Huntsville, AL
HX5 is an award-winning provider of engineering, research and development, and technical services to clients such as NASA and the Department of Defense. Founded in 2004, HX5 is a fast-growing veteran- and woman-owned company with locations nationwide.

The Marshall Operations Systems, Services, and Integration (MOSSI) contract has an excellent opportunity for a Systems Engineer to facilitate design changes to NASA Marshall Space Center's Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC), specifically for Hardware/Storage and associated software Infrastructure development and maintenance.

The applicant will work in a dynamic team environment and will be responsible for working with the NASA customer, users, including commercial and international partners to capture and negotiate requirements, user stories and operations concepts and then drive those change requests through the systems engineering lifecycle. The applicant will work closely with the MOSSI Principal Architect and Principal Network Architect in addition to Procurement, Systems Engineers, Systems Administrators, Software Engineers, System Testers, Ground Operators, and Project Leads to facilitate changes across all parts of these complex systems. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, are required for customer interactions. Strong initiative, teamwork and problem-solving skills are also required.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Work with the customer, users, and engineers to effectively analyze user requirements, user stories, and operations concepts

• Perform high level requirement assessments and facilitate the detailed assessments performed by the MOSSI technical organizations

• Develop and maintain schedules for work components

• Create and/or update all documentation for design and change instruments where attention to detail is emphasized

• Perform post data processing, post data reduction, and data mining

• Create vendor specifications for required hardware and storage hardware and systems. Review vendor quotes to ensure that they address the specific vendor specifications

• Perform analysis, assessments, trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications

• Lead systems architecture design and integration efforts

• Provide systems engineering support to the MOSSI implementation organizations

• Communicate inward to the MOSSI organization and outward to customer contacts

• Work effectively in a team setting to collaborate ideas

• Work effectively with the NASA customer, users, and commercial and international partners to capture and negotiate requirements, user stories and operations concepts and then drive those change requests through the systems engineering lifecycle

Education and Experience:

• Preferably at least a BS in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or similar degree plus 4 - 10 years of related experience, but at a minimum requires an ASE or AAS in Electronics or Computer Technology related field of study or similar degree with more than 20 years related experience.
  
• RedHat and AWS Certifications preferred.
  
  

Required Skills:

• The ability to work independently with minimal supervision and professionally represent the MOSSI organization
  
• Highly motivated individual willing to learn and apply new concepts, tools, and software
  
• Good verbal and written communication skills, especially with other organizations
  
• Strong personal initiative
  
• Good problem solving and troubleshooting skills
  
• Ability to work effectively in a team setting
  
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written are required for customer interactions
  
• Experience with EXSI servers with VM instances, LANs, wireless networks, firewalls, Linux and Windows OS's, Intel based systems, PC's/Mac's, and Cisco hardware and software
  
  

Desired Skills:

• Understanding of human spaceflight requirements
  
• Leadership skills
  
• Knowledge of the HOSC Sub-Systems or similar mission data center
  
• Experience with ServiceNow or similar ITIL workflow toolset
  
• Experience across various areas of the systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, and documentation
  
• Experience with agile development practices
  
• Experience with SANs, Kubernetes containers, SDA's including migrations, VPNs, distributed systems, and NASA
  
• Experience with DOORS Next Generation requirements management tool
  
  

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position requiring 40 hours per week and offers a flexible work schedule Monday through Friday during core business hours.
Other Position Requirements:

• Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency is a requirement for this position.
• Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.
• Must possess a valid Real ID or Star ID.
• Must be able to travel, including air travel.

HX5 offers a competitive salary and benefits package to include:

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) plan with Company Match
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Identity Protection
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter/Transit Spending Accounts
• Group Legal Coverage Options
• Pet Insurance

HX5, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

HX5, LLC is a Drug Free Workplace Employer.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE:
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please call (850) 362-6551.

CJ