Expert Systems Engineer - Columbia, MD, United States - Serco Inc.

Description

Position Description If you love high profile and challenging work supporting the US Government, Serco has a great opportunity for you You will be on a critical team working with the customer at our Maryland location
This position is contingent upon your ability to maintain/transfer a TS/SCI with Poly clearance
This position is contingent upon customer requirements and/or their approval
If you are accepted for this position, you will analyze user's requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications; analyze system requirements and leads design and development activities; guide users in formulating requirements, advise alternative approaches, and conduct feasibility studies
You will also provide technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology; incorporate new plans, designs and systems into ongoing operations; develop technical documentation, develop system Architecture and system design documentation; guide system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans
Additionally, you will interact with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts and have responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility

In this role, you will:

• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture(s) - Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), etc

Contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents

• Assist with the development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation of the same to individual hardware, software, facility, and personnel components
• Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination
• Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations
• Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components
• Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions
• Define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan
• Develop system design solution that satisfies the system requirements and fulfills the functional analysis
• Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure (WBS), work packages and the integrated master plan (IMP)
• Participate in the development of system engineering documentation, such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents
• Participate in interface definition, design, and changes to the configuration between affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle
• Derive from the system requirements an understanding of stakeholder needs, functions that may be logically inferred and implied as essential to system effectiveness
• Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements that describe in detail the functions that a system component must fulfill, and ensure these requirements are complete, correct, unique, unambiguous, realizable, and verifiable
• Participate in establishing and gaining approval of the definition of a system or component under development (requirements, designs, interfaces, test procedures, etc.) that provides a common reference point for hardware and software developers
• Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services (Confidentiality, Integrity, Non repudiation, and Availability); Basic Information Assurance Mechanisms (e.g., Identification, Authentication, Access Control, Accountability); and Security Mechanism Technology (Passwords, cryptography, discretionary access control, mandatory access control, hashing, key management, etc.)

Qualifications To be successful in this role, you will have:

• An active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
• U.S

citizenship

• Seven (7) years' experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.
• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree

If you are interested in supporting and working with our Maryland government customer and joining a passionate Serco team, then submit your application now for immediate consideration
It only takes a few minutes and could change your career Company Overview Serco Inc
(Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc
In North America, Serco's 9,000+ employees strive to make an impact every day across 100+ sites in the areas of Defense, Citizen Services, and Transportation
We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers
Serco serves every branch of the U.S
military, numerous U.S
Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state, provincial and local governments, and commercial clients
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