VTG

Defense and intelligence services provider

Senior Systems Engineer

Engineering ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSpringfield, VA, USA$135k - $185k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance with polygraph is required.
Proficiency with Agile methodologies is required.
Twelve years of systems engineering experience is required.
Experience in government or industry in relevant work areas, including the Department of Defense/Intelligence Community acquisition process, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) acquisition product ownership, merging disparate architectures, developing concepts of operations (CONOPS), defining a future-work vision based on incomplete requirements, and conducting imagery and/or geospatial analysis is required.
A bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, computer science, information technology, management information systems, or a related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) program is required.
Senior-level experience in government or industry in relevant work areas, including the Department of Defense/Intelligence Community acquisition process, requirements process, Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System process, or systems engineering of large complex systems of systems or service-oriented architecture/cloud environments, is required.
Experience with and a strong understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle is required.
Experience communicating and collaborating within and outside the organization, including with senior executives and leaders, is required.

Responsibilities

Guide mid-level and junior-level systems engineers performing requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability, and analysis across national and allied geospatial-intelligence systems and federal agencies.
Guide planning and analysis/traceability of user requirements, architecture traceability, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems, and review cloud service capabilities, workflows, and scheduling limitations.
Guide mid-level and junior-level systems engineers in developing solution designs based on requirements analysis and new technology.
Assist the Government in capturing and translating mission and customer needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
Support requirements analysis and allocation to systems architecture components and executing programs.
Perform systems integration activities.
Conduct analyses of alternatives, courses of action, trade studies, and engineering assessments.
Assist the Government with strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design.
Integrate multiple systems, services, processes, and interfaces within major systems acquisitions across organizational and agency boundaries.
Assist with user outreach to communicate planned architecture changes, operational concepts, and project status, and gather user input to optimize delivery plans.
Produce weekly activity reports for government customers and the program.
Develop and present technical presentations to senior management and technical and non-technical audiences.
Explain technical issues clearly and accurately to technical and non-technical audiences, and coordinate issues within and across agencies.
Work with customers to resolve technical and programmatic issues.
Manage requirements and system design specifications.

Desired Qualifications

A master's degree in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific field such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, computer science, information technology, management information systems, or a related STEM program is desired.
Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering processes, tools, and languages is desired.
Working knowledge of software development frameworks is desired.
INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional certification is desired.
Experience in geospatial intelligence is desired.
Professional Engineer licensure is desired.
Membership or leadership participation in ACSM, ASCE, ASPRS, OGC, SAREM, or USGIF is desired.
Demonstrated knowledge of photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields is desired.
Demonstrated knowledge of current national and allied geospatial-intelligence and National Reconnaissance Office enterprises is desired.

Overview

VTG is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer in Springfield, VA.

What will you do?

Systems Engineers employ a multi-discipline approach to requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT.

Duties:

Guides Mid-level and Junior-level system engineers performing requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies.

Guides the planning, analysis/traceability of user requirements, architectures traceability, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review cloud service capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
Guides Mid-level and Junior-level system engineers developing solutions designs based on analysis of requirements and new technology.
Assists the Government in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs.
Performs systems integration activities.
Conducts Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Course of Actions (CoAs), Trade Studies, and Engineering Assessments.
Assists the Government in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design.
Operates at the level of integrating multiple systems, services, processes, and interfaces within a Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational and agency boundaries.
Assists with user outreach to communicate planned architecture changes, operational concepts, and project status, and accept user inputs for optimization of delivery plans.
Produce weekly activity reports for use by government customers and the program.
Develop and present effective technical presentations to senior management and to technical/non-technical audiences; must possess strong written and verbal communications skills.
Explain technical issues clearly/accurately to technical/non-technical audiences; and conduct issue coordination within and across agencies.
Work with customers to resolve technical and programmatic issues.
Manages requirements and system design specifications

Do you have what it takes?

Skills Required:

TS/SCI with Poly required

Proficient with Agile Methodologies
12 years SE experience
Experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including: DoD/IC Acquisition Process, SAFe Agile acquisition product ownership, merging disparate architectures, CONOPS development, defining a vision for future work based on incomplete requirements, conducting imagery and/or geospatial analysis.
Bachelor’s degree 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.
Senior-level 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.
Experience with and strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle.
Experience communicating and collaborating both within and external to organization, to include with senior executives and leaders.

Desired:

Master’s degree 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.
Working knowledge of Software Development Frameworks.
INCOSE Certified System Engineering Professional (CSEP) certification.
Experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.
Licensure as a professional engineer.
Membership or leadership participation in any of the following professional organizations:
- ACSM
- ASCE
- ASPRS
- OGC
- SAREM
- USGIF
Demonstrated knowledge in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.
Demonstrated knowledge of the current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.

Pay Range: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $135,000 - $185,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.

About the Company

VTG

Defense and intelligence services provider

1) What VTG does: VTG provides defense and intelligence services with a focus on force modernization, digital transformation, aerospace and naval engineering, and cyber capabilities across a unified enterprise. 2) How its products work: It builds end-to-end capabilities by integrating specialized firms and services (engineering, IT, cyber, logistics) through acquisitions to deliver modernization and transformation for defense and intelligence customers. 3) How it differs from competitors: It operates as a single, cohesive organization after consolidating disparate units and growing through targeted acquisitions to expand its expertise in intelligence, cyber, and defense modernization rather than offering fragmented offerings. 4) What its goal is: To expand its footprint in the intelligence community and cyber domain while continuing defense modernization for government customers, supported by strategic growth and acquisitions.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Lenoir, NC
Founded: 1866

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