Expert Systems Engineer

Job Description

Strategic ACI is seeking an Expert-Level Systems Engineer with a strong background in Enterprise Architecture to provide technical leadership and support for multi-disciplinary engineering teams. This role involves driving a comprehensive approach to requirements and solutions engineering, systems integration, testing, evaluation, and sustainment across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence (ASG), and other Federal Agencies. The ideal candidate will ensure the timely and accurate delivery of GEOINT capabilities in alignment with mission and enterprise goals.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the documentation of architecture development for an DoD AI/ML program and ensuring alignment into the Enterprise Architecture baseline.
• Highly skilled DoDAF and/or UAF architect.
• Support the Government in the execution of requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability, and systems analysis across the NSG, ASG, and Federal Agencies.
• Assist in the planning and traceability of user and system requirements, architectural design, and process improvement to automate or enhance existing systems and workflows.
• Advise the Government on proposed design changes and technology integrations based on evolving mission requirements.
• Capture and translate mission and customer needs into system and capability requirements and feasible technical solutions.
• Support requirements allocation to system architecture components and program execution activities.
• Assist in performing systems integration activities to ensure interoperability across platforms and domains.
• Contribute to strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design.
• Provide expert-level guidance on aligning vision, strategy, requirements, and capability development to mission outcomes.
• Lead integration and coordination efforts across NGA programs, the DIE, and the Intelligence Community (IC).
• Demonstrate and apply knowledge of the current DIE, NSG/ASG, and NRO enterprise architectures and initiatives.
• Oversee and coordinate the efforts of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level Systems Engineers to ensure consistent quality and mission alignment.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Active TS/SCI Clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph.
• Master's degree in Systems Engineering or Bachelor's Degree and 18+ years of experience in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems.
  1. 18 years of technical experience is required. If the 18 years is as a Systems Engineer, it may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 18+ years of working experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including: DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments.
• Demonstrated experience in systems engineering lifecycle.
• Highly skilled DoDAF and/or UAF architect.
• Knowledge of the current DIE, NSG/ASG, and NRO enterprise architectures and initiatives.

Desired:

• Doctorate in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering. physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
• Software Development Framework certification.
• INCOSE Expert System Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification.
• Licensure as a professional engineer.
• Membership or leadership participation in any of the following professional organizations:
  1. ACSM
  2. ASCE
  3. ASPRS
  4. OGC
  5. SAREM
  6. USGIF
• Demonstrated work experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.
• Demonstrated experience engineering solutions using Cloud-based technologies.
• Demonstrated experience engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
• Demonstrated experience engineering solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies.

About Strategic Alliance Consulting, Inc



Strategic Alliance Consulting Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.



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Why choose a career with Strategic ACI?



Strategic Alliance Consulting, Inc. believes that our greatest asset is our employees. Our goal is not to meet our staff's expectations, but to exceed them. Competitive salaries, work-life balance, industry leading benefits packages, and family first values are at the core of Strategic ACI's culture.



We're proud the be selected as a 2020 Best Places to Work in the Greater Washington Area by the Washington Business Journal (WBJ), as well as being 1 of 19 Virginia based companies to be awarded the prestigious HIRE Vets Gold Medallion by the Department of Labor for our commitment to veteran hiring, retention, and professional development.



Your Strategic ACI Total Rewards Compensation Package includes:

• Competitive salary


• 100% benefits paid (Includes; health, dental, and vision plan premiums) for all full time employees and their families


• 401k with 5% match vested at day one!


• Profit sharing commensurate with company growth


• PTO - 3 weeks and 3 days per year


• 11 Company Paid Holidays (aligned with Federal Government)


• Long term/Short term disability


• 1.5x salary life insurance


• $100 per month cell phone allowance


• $6000 cash in lieu of benefits per year if employee is insured elsewhere


• Tuition reimbursement of up to $5,250 per year for college or professional certifications


• Casual dress code, company lunches, flexible schedules, employee phone plan discounts