Senior Systems Engineer - Senior II

Residency Status: ALL Candidates Must Be A U.S. Citizen

Clearance: Must have Active/Current Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

Time Type: Full-Time, Daytime Schedule

Relocation Fees: No

Travel: No

Company Overview:

NAOVI is a premier technology services company that provides solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Information Management and Systems Integration. NAOVI is a business that combines experience, creativity, flexibility, pragmatism, and cost-effective solutions in order to deliver measurable business value to our clients.

Headquartered in Fredericksburg, Virginia, NAOVI employs engineers, analysts, IT specialists and other professionals who strive to be the best at everything they do.

Novel Applications of Vital, Inc. (NAOVI) is an AA/EEO Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.

Job Description

NAOVI is seeking a qualified is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to assess, design, and develop automated cloud-based requirements and architectures and develop derived requirements and systems engineering artifacts into advanced cloud infrastructure, management, and operations.

Primary responsibilities:

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Must hold an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability.
• Providing Systems Engineering project leadership in support of a large, leading edge cybersecurity system.
• Coordinating teams in the development, integration, and testing of advanced leading-edge cybersecurity, with the assistance of the Design & Development Lead and Chief Engineer.
• Interfacing directly with the Customer, stakeholders, and end-users regarding priorities, capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop and decompose next-cycle updates and specifications.
• Representing the voice of the user in development.
• Collaborating within Agile Release Trains and Agile Teams.
• Supporting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation countermeasures.
• Providing Systems Engineering expertise and leadership in support of a large cybersecurity system.

Required Skills:

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability.
• 6 years of directly relevant systems engineering experience such as allocation of hardware and software requirements, development of use cases and stories, detailed design of system components, and direct automation / orchestration experience with larger systems.
• Proven leadership skills and meaningful experience successfully leading large teams.
• Able to effectively work as a leader, in a group, or as an independent individual contributor.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment in a leadership role.
• Possesses or quickly develops a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines.
• Advanced experience with AWS / Azure cloud deployment and management tools.
• Expertise in automation of infrastructure - deployment, configuration, and orchestration.
• Direct experience with scripting in JSON, YAML, HCL, Python, bash/PSH and/or CloudFormation/ Terraform.

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge and experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar lean Agile framework.
• Experience with Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Azure) and cloud architecture, design, and implementation - DevSecOps or DevOps experience.
• Experience and/or familiarity with software and system lifecycle methodologies, (e.g ISO, CMMI, ITIL, etc.).
• Experience and/or familiarity of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and security and privacy controls (NIST 800-37 and NIST 800-53) - DHS experience.

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required; or HS Diploma and 14 years of experience.

Desired Certifications:

• Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master).
• AWS Cloud Practitioner.
• AWS Solutions Architect – Associate / Pro.
• DoD 8570.1 IAT Level I or II (e.g. CISSP).