Expert ISP Systems Engineer

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Markon is seeking an expert-level Systems Engineer to support the TEI (Open IT Solutions) office in Springfield, VA.

The mission of TEI is to provide Information Technology (IT) infrastructure services, or commonly referred to as Infrastructure Service Provider (ISP) services, for NGA. The office is tasked with the acquisition, oversight, management, integration and execution of IT infrastructure services to meet internal and external customer requirements for NGA.

Assist in leading engineering teams in taking 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.
• Assist the Government in directing 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.
• Assist with 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.
• Advise the Government on proposed changes to the solutions designs based on analysis of requirements and new technology.
• Assist the Government in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
• Support the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs.
• Assist the Government in performing systems integration activities.
• Assist in leading Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Course of Actions (CoAs), Trade Studies, and Engineering Assessments.
• Assist the Government in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design.
• Provide expert advice to the Government in the areas of relating vision, strategy, plans, needs, requirements, and process and capability developments.
• Operate at the level of integrating multiple Major Systems Acquisitions across organizational, agency, department, and governmental/national boundaries.
• Oversee and coordinate the work of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level contractor Systems Engineers.

Required:

• Active TS/SCI with a CI Poly is required.
• 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, or equivalent Expert level work experience as a Systems Engineer.
• Expert 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.
• Experience with and strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.
• 18+ years of experience with systems engineering, preferably with the NGA or Geospatial industry.

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.
• Licensure as a professional engineer.
• Membership or leadership participation in any of the following professional organizations:
  • ACSM
  • ASCE
  • ASPRS
  • OGC
  • SAREM
  • USGIF
• Extensive work experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.
• Experience engineering solutions using Cloud-based technologies.
• Experience engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
• Experience engineering solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
• Demonstrated expertise in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.