Principal System Engineer-TS/SCI Clearance

This position requires an active TS/SCI security clearance. Candidates who do not hold this clearance are not eligible for hire.

Solidus is searching for a Principal System Engineer for an on-site role based in State College PA. You will contribute to a team of multi-discipline engineers on agile development teams in the accomplishment of engineering development tasks in an iterative execution method.

Day in the life:

• Perform systems engineering duties to include system software requirements, derivation and analysis, development of software interface documentation, and analysis of system architectures and frameworks
• Execute multiple aspects of the systems engineering discipline, to include support of software development activities, requirements traceability into software functions, system performance analysis, and system integration and test activities to ensure system requirements achieve validation
• Interact with the agile development teams regarding technical considerations, risks, and issue closure associated with the system capabilities and features
• Possess the ability to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, effectively network, and communicate to the appropriate levels of the organization and support schedules and delivery milestones
• Perform engineering activities utilizing agile tools: JIRA, CONFLUENCE, JAMA
• Perform engineering activities utilizing Cloud environments, tools, and associated procedures

Clearance Requirements:

• US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance
• Willingness to undergo comprehensive background investigation and pass a polygraph exam

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
• 8 years of prior relevant experience, OR an Advanced degree and 5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience performing engineering activities within the full software development engineering lifecycle utilizing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) development methods as a System Engineer
• Experience with requirement creation as well as decomposition of capabilities into features and the development of acceptance criteria for software and test development teams to ensure all requirements have a path for verification via acceptance criteria
• Experience documenting systems interfaces, network routing details and developing system architecture artifacts
• Experience in agile development activities, including requirements specification and integration test and verification activities (full life cycle)
• Cultural fit amongst a collaborative team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Intelligence Community IC) GEOINT, including familiarity with common data formats and products
• Experience in SIGINT, GEOINT, or Multi-INT IC background analysis with end user mission experience
• Experience in a technical leadership role of a large multi-disciplined engineering team
• Experience with Cloud - based system and S/W architectures
• Experience with requirements management and / or backlog management and grooming in JIRA
• Experience in Multi-INT Sensemaking, Orchestration, and Processing concepts
• Experience in development of containerized software system architectures
• Experience using MBSE processes and tools to digitally capture systems design and elaboration in Cameo or similar tools

Benefit selection, customer contractual specifications, relevant work experience, skills, competencies, certifications, and clearance status will influence the final salary.
Full benefits: $131,000 to $164,000 annually
Reduced benefits (no medical, dental, vision): Up to $177,000 annually

What we will bring:
Solidus offers you an exciting opportunity to tackle the nation's greatest challenges applying innovation and expertise to produce cutting-edge results that have a long-lasting impact. We offer outstanding benefits, generous PTO and much more! Apply today to learn why Solidus has a 4.9/5 Star rating on Glassdoor!

Req ID: 5254

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