System Engineer (level 1 or 2)

NextPoint Group employs a world-class team of cleared technologists, managers, subject matter experts and other professionals, all of whom have experience with mission-critical IT implementations in support of DOD and Intelligence communities. Our employees are our top asset and priority, and we are committed to recruiting and retaining the best and the brightest. We provide our employees with a positive and challenging environment that encourages teamwork, creativity, innovation, and growth.

We are currently seeking a System Engineer level 1 or 2 to support a prime contract we have through our subsidiary, US Contracting at NSAW.

Position Description
• The System Engineer analyzes user’s requirements, concept of operations documents, and high level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.
• Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities.
• Guides users in formulating requirements, advises alternative approaches, and conducts feasibility studies.
• Provides technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design and technology. Incorporates new plans, designs and systems into ongoing operations.
• Develops technical documentation. Develops system architecture and system design documentation.
• Guides system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans.
• Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts.
• Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility.
• Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives.

Key Skillsets:
• Protocol analysis experience with DVT and/or Wireshark or other protocol analyzer
• Working knowledge of ETHERNET, PCM, VSAT, OSI Model and Computer to Computer (C2C) structure, and/or technologies/protocols such as: MPLS, VLAN, Pseudowire, TDMoIP, ATM, Frame Relay, , TCP, UDP, VCAT, MLPPP, VOIP, VoFR and Voice/Video encoding/transcoding.
• Completion of the Navy's Advanced Communications Signals Analysis Course (452), Intermediate Communications Signals Analysis Course (451).
• Knowledge of and experience with scripting languages and/or JAVA development to enable process automation
• Strong Linux skills required
• Kubernetes clusters experience installing, monitoring, optimizing (Is a bonus)

Desired Skillsets:
• Extensive knowledge of wireless networks such as 2G, 3G, 4G, and/or 5G
• Experience performing quantitative and qualitative testing and optimization of Machine Learning models
• Extensive experience with Yolo, Whisper, VISTA (Internal effort supporting) Video, Image, Speech, and Text Analytics, and/or similar models

Minimum Qualifications:
Level 1
• Seven (7) years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Five (5) years experience with Circuit Switched and Mobile Telephony
Level 2
• Fourteen (14) years experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Seven (7) years experience with Circuit Switched and Mobile Telephony

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Security Clearance required for both levels