Black Eagle Defense · 1 month ago
System Engineer II
Fort Meade, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$181K/yr - $238K/yr
14+ years expBlack Eagle Defense is a Maryland-based small business that provides Information Technology, Cybersecurity, and related Consulting Services to the private and public sectors. They are seeking a System Engineer II to analyze user requirements, develop system specifications, and provide technical leadership across various engineering activities.
Cloud ManagementConsultingCyber SecurityData ManagementInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Analyze user requirements, concepts of operations, and high-level system architectures to develop and refine system requirements specifications
Lead system requirements analysis and design activities
Guide users in formulating requirements while advising on alternative approaches and conducting feasibility studies
Provide technical leadership across the integration of requirements, design, and enabling technologies
Incorporate new plans, designs, and systems into ongoing operations
Develop and maintain system architecture, design, and technical documentation
Guide system development and implementation planning through the preparation and assessment of systems engineering management plans and system integration and test plans
Interact directly with Government stakeholders on systems engineering technical considerations, issues, and conflicts
Ensure the technical integrity of systems engineering work and associated deliverables
Communicate effectively with program personnel, Government overseers, and senior leadership
Manage system and derived requirements to ensure delivery of production systems aligned with defined architectures (DoDAF, SOA)
Develop, allocate, and refine system, functional, and lower-level requirements across hardware, software, facilities, and personnel, ensuring they are complete, traceable, verifiable, and unambiguous
Contribute to and review systems engineering documentation, including Systems Engineering Plans, JCIDS artifacts, Requirements Specifications, Interface Control Documents, and related plans
Participate in Integrated Product Teams to design new capabilities, develop alternative system concepts and architectures, and evaluate development and operational tradeoffs
Define system design solutions that satisfy requirements and functional analysis, including operational concepts, scenarios, and end-to-end flow analysis
Establish verification methods, processes, and evaluation criteria, and plan verification efforts early in the lifecycle for new or unproven designs
Coordinate cross-discipline resolution of action items from CCBs, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews
Manage interfaces throughout the system lifecycle, capturing designs in a common control format and maintaining them in a shared repository
Implement and document SOA solutions and architectural views (operational, systems/services, and technical standards) in accordance with DoDAF
Support configuration and requirements change management by assessing impacts, maintaining traceability, gaining stakeholder approval, and preserving technical baseline integrity
Allocate and manage system performance, timing, process, and error budgets across systems and subsystems
Assess program risks, determine probability and impact, and support mitigation planning in accordance with approved risk management processes
Provide technical direction for system engineering, integration, interfacing, and testing activities across complex hardware and software components
Support DoD and Government certification and accreditation activities, including IA strategy development and security requirement derivation
Conduct quantitative analysis of non-functional performance attributes such as reliability, maintainability, survivability, vulnerability, and producibility
Establish and follow formal procedures to coordinate system integration activities across multiple teams and interfaces
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor's degree plus Fourteen (14) years of relevant experience is required
Five (5) years of additional SE experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree
A CompTIA Cloud+ certification is required
DoD 8570 compliance at the Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II or Level III
IAT Level II compliance may be met with CCNA-Security, CySA+, CND, or Security+ CE
IAT Level III compliance may be met with CASP CE, CCNP, CISA, or CISSP (or Associate)
A Computing Environment (CE) certification is also required and may be satisfied with either a Microsoft Operating System or CentOS/Red Hat Operating System CE certification
Company
Black Eagle Defense
Black Eagle Defense provides IT, cyber security, targeted staffing, information systems and data management, and network operation services.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Andrew Gehman, PMP, CISSP
CEO
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