Systems Engineer

Overview

Arcfield is a leading provider of full lifecycle, mission-focused systems engineering and integration capabilities to the U.S. government and its allies. The company has more than 60 years of proven experience providing advanced engineering and analysis, IT and C5ISR capabilities to support our nation’s most critical national security missions. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA and with 16 offices around the world, Arcfield employs approximately 1,200 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals who put our customers’ missions first, helping them solve their most complex challenges through innovations in modeling, simulation and analysis, digital transformation and C5ISR. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Responsibilities

• Considered a recognized authority within the company.
• Works on unusually complex technical problems and provides solutions which are highly innovative. Determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired result
• Using a holistic approach, designs, develops, evaluates, and modifies end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle.
• Generates quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics.
• Ensures requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods.
• Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower level detailed implementation requirements
• Establishes and coordinates development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development.
• Designs interfaces and brings system elements together, so they work as a whole. Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures.
• Customer liaison and support for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements.
• Participates in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts.
• Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with multi-discipline engineering teams to develop lower level detailed requirements.
• Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation.
• Generates system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures.
• Reviews test plans/procedures and ensures they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participates in the testing process to validate requirements.

Specific role and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Support the management and technical execution of development and O&M activities to satisfy the requirements identified by the Sponsor
• Advise and assist the facilitation and coordination of priorities between the Sponsor and the development and O&M contractors
• Support and provide recommendations for the Sponsor’s documented requirements management process
• Assist the Sponsor with implementation of approved recommendations, and coordinate with other contractors, as necessary
• Identify and communicate relevant program information, including requirements, plans, schedule, and performance, to inform coordination of development and O&M activities 
• Provide technical support to application and performance tool developers on the requirements for integration into the operating environment 
• Support integration and implementation of end-to-end solutions into the ITS enterprise, including Big Data, NextGen Screening & Vetting/Bio, Watchlisting, Discovery and Correlation, Identities requirements, and participation in the Sponsor’s IT requirements
• Review development artifacts and documentation, including aspects of product design such as compliance with the enterprise architecture, architecture roadmap, approved technologies, cybersecurity, and Mission Product Owner requirements
• Conduct research to support clarity and technical accuracy in documentation  
• Review new and updated interface documentation (e.g., ICDs and ISAs) and ensure they are maintained and made available in the enterprise repository. Interface documentation should be established and communicated as guardrails, and controlled in the enterprise repository
• Maintaining Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure that procedures for all requirements of this SOW are documented. Revise and submit updated SOP(s) to the Sponsor within 15 (fifteen) calendar days of any significant ISSM-defined change to an application/service design and deployment/operating procedures; or as requested by the Sponsor. 

Qualifications

Required: 

• Must Possess and Maintain a TS/SCI with Poly
• Demonstrated experience working in a collaborative, fast paced environment with a willingness to assist and support teams with evolving requirements and objectives
• Strong analytical abilities and skills in organizing, planning, communicating, and executing project management tasks
• Ability to rapidly and effectively, analyze and prioritize tasks, solve problems, work several tasks concurrently, and efficiently manage a high volume of emails, develop fluency with online tracking tools
• Proven ability to work independently while also coordinating, collaborating, and liaising with appropriate stakeholders
• Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with officers at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated good judgment, initiative and critical thinking ability to take action to execute mission by leveraging networks and drawing on multiple areas of expertise
• Ability to support multiple programs and projects simultaneously
• Demonstrated experience with technical project management and leading implementation of new technologies into enterprise systems
• Extensive experience preparing briefings and documentation for all levels of audiences
• Ability to translate technical information and communicate it to a non-technical audience 
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Self-starter with strong initiative and follow through; and 
• Expert level skills with Microsoft Office products 
• Minimum of 3 years of customer experience 
• BS 10-12, MS 8-10, PhD 5-7

Desired:

• CISSP, certification 

• CompTIA Security  

EEO Statement

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.