Systems Engineer/Requirements Engineer

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

The Sponsor is looking for a proactive systems engineer to help continue delivery and forward momentum for a large data platform. The systems engineer will use a holistic approach toward delivering an end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through the entire lifecycle.

• Work closely with governance, technology, and other technical and specialized teams while being able to integrate, organize, and communicate large volumes of data.
• Assess and validate the internet systems requirements and solutions, and characterize them across the Sponsor organization.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions, develop evaluation CONOPS, and coordinate with the Customer and Stakeholders.
• Assess and validate risk management controls, questionnaires, and lexicons across Sponsor.
• Communicate effectively across Sponsor organizations and with other Stakeholders.
• Collaborating with the ISSE/ISSM, provide Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and content management support for the Sponsor's internal risk management program.
• Develop roadmaps, architecture, requirements, data diagrams, flow charts, other system-engineering related documentation to solve problems, identify improvements, create standards, and facilitate cross-organizational collaboration.
• Leverage multiple data management tools such as link analysis to organize relevant information and make decisions.
• Apply an agile approach to software development consistent with the Sponsor's project management and software development frameworks with a focus on demonstrating and delivering releasable software every iteration.
• Provide documentation and models for interfaces.
• Discover and forecast new technologies and products advancing capabilities through technical insertion in sprints.
• Review technical challenges, propose recommended courses of action, and document.
• Serve as the Scrum Master to ensure development activities are coordinated, scheduled, and documented with the appropriate stakeholders (e.g. product owner, customer, operations, release manager, etc.).
• Develop a repeatable process to ensure scope consistency.

ADDITIONAL SECURITY REVIEW PROCESS

All personnel joining the organization undergo an additional security review that can take anywhere from 7 business days to 45+ days or more.

Required:

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• 10-12 yeas of experience with a BS/BA in engineering, IT or computer science (or 8-10 years with MS/MA or 5-7 years with PhD), or comparable experience with 3 years of experience with the Sponsor in a mission ops-like environment.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Be a self-starter with leadership capabilities and execution of roles and responsibilities with little to no supervision.
• Clearly communicate verbally and in writing technical analysis in briefing and in report format.
• Extensive knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or Scrum methodology and the Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Knowledge of the requirements tracking tool JIRA and how best to utilize its functionality in an agile environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of Extract Transform and Load (ETL) pipelines and how they relate to data flow.
• Demonstrated experience assessing risk, impacts, and developing contingencies to mitigate them.
• Demonstrated experience working with Docker, Kubernetes, and/or other virtualization technologies.
• Demonstrated experience working with platform and software development environments.
• Demonstrated experience with graph database.
• Understanding of building tools and technical signatures.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud Infrastructure within a high-security environment.
• Demonstrated experience completing various forms of communications for executive, technical, and mission audiences.
• Demonstrated experience identifying technology opportunities and gaps in technical capabilities and processes.
• Demonstrated experience with time management and working on multiple projects.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating and developing strategies to solve complex systems engineering challenges in cross-organizational environment.

Desired:

• Demonstrated experience with data visualization and link analysis.
• Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor's regulations governing, or related to, the management of sub-compartmented dissemination programs.
• Demonstrated experience processing and integrating large amounts of information in an organized and comprehensible manner.
• Demonstrated experience identifying and validating requirements from user stories and engagements.
• Demonstrated experience programming in one or more languages such as Cypher, Java or Python experience preferred

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