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Agile Defense

Cybersecurity and IT services for government

System Engineer - Mbse

Engineering ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSt. Louis, MO, USANo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or other technical degree
  • 5+ years of experience in system engineering
  • 1+ years of experience with Scaled Agile Framework or Agile Methodologies
  • Experience with software configuration management tools such as Team Foundation Server/Azure DevOps
  • Experience writing and analyzing test procedures and software requirements
  • Experience with Operational Flight Program SIL testing

Responsibilities

  • Apply a collaborative, interdisciplinary systems engineering approach to plan, design, develop, integrate, and verify complex systems and system-of-systems solutions throughout the lifecycle.
  • Analyze customer and operational requirements to define system performance, ensure compatibility across technical and program interfaces, and optimize overall system architecture.
  • Conducts engineering analyses to support affordability, reliability, maintainability, safety, cybersecurity, certification, and mission assurance objectives.
  • Leads requirements management, risk and issue management, technology readiness assessments, and systems engineering processes while resolving cross-functional technical challenges to ensure successful mission outcomes.
  • Perform analysis to optimize total system and/or system architecture to solve complex mission planning problems.
  • Apply interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to plan, design, develop and verify system solutions.
  • Define and coordinate system performance requirements and integrate technical parameters.
  • Define high level functional and performance requirements and verification methods, subsequent analysis, decomposition, and derivation of requirements, allocation of those lower-level requirements to physical and functional architectural elements, and tracking them through design, verification, integration, and operational validation.
  • Perform analyses for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, survivability, human systems integration, survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, system security, regulatory, certification, product assurance, product security (cyber security) and other specialties quality factors into a preferred configuration to ensure mission success.
  • Utilization of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools such as Cameo, and mathematical modeling and simulation to develop system definitions and perform trade studies in assigned areas
  • Perform risk assessments and generate mitigation plans for various programs with regard to compliance with system requirements and customer capabilities
  • Develop verification and validation methods, processes, logic, and plans in support of program milestones.
  • Develop and document software system requirements
  • Analyze and translate requirements into system architecture, hardware and software designs and interface specifications
  • Test and validate to ensure system designs meet operational and functional requirements.

About the Company

Agile Defense

Cybersecurity and IT services for government

Agile Defense provides IT and cybersecurity services to the U.S. Federal Government, including digital transformation, IT modernization, and a Virtual Security Operations Center (VSOC) to defend against cyber threats. Its services support national security and civilian missions across federal agencies, delivered through various contract vehicles. The company expands its capabilities through acquisitions (IntelliBridge and XOR Security) and focuses on AI-enabled workforce transformation and enterprise IT to enhance government operations. Unlike many suppliers, Agile Defense emphasizes a government-focused portfolio with a multidimensional VSOC and AI-driven workforce upgrades, positioning itself to meet federal security and modernization needs. The goal is to help federal agencies protect data and systems, modernize IT infrastructure, and improve cyber resilience across national security and civilian missions.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Acquired
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Reston, VA
Founded
1998

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