SME Systems Engineer

Praescient Analytics, LLC is a Veteran-led, certified Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) founded in 2011 which specializes in implementing advanced analytics solutions across the defense, intelligence, and law enforcement communities. With over 40 contracts across 6 continents, over 70% of our employees are veterans and or have intel/law enforcement experience.  We fully understand the unique challenges of our clients and work to identify, vet, implement, and enhance commercial and proprietary technologies to provide full scope solutions, because we have been there. Praescient has extensive experience designing, developing, and integrating solutions for customers including the US Army, Special Operations Command (SOCOM), US Navy (USN), US Marine Corps (USMC), US Coast Guard (USCG), Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), intelligence community, and local law enforcement agencies, among others.

This project supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) provides Information Technology (IT)-based efforts required to support Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community (IC) for technology and concept development. DoD’s intelligence mission is to provide accurate, relevant, and timely data and intelligence to tactical, operational, and strategic decision makers across the Combatant Commands, nuclear, conventional, and Special Operations Forces. Decision superiority is the competitive advantage, enabled by an ongoing situational awareness that allows commanders and their forces to make informed decisions and implement them as fast and effectively as the situation warrants. The purpose of this effort is to advance the state of the art in Big Data, data analysis, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and advanced analytics to enhance the DoD’s and the IC’s information processes and technical architectures.

As a Systems Architect, you will be expected to lead the design, build, authorization, implementation, and integration of a cloud native cross domain system to transport large volumes of data in a wide array of formats from unclassified network domains to multiple classified network domains in the Herndon, VA office:

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Lead and supervise an engineering team to review and refine prototype designs for a Cross Domain project.
• Plan and assign software development taskings to ensure timely development all required software components for the acceptance, parsing, and validation of all requirement document types.
• Enforce full unit testing coverage for all developed software code as well as elimination of all scan-detectable code defects, bugs, code smells and code vulnerabilities by the software engineering team members.
• Work with software, security and cloud engineering teams to ensure cloud environments are planned and configured to support filtering and sanitization operations of the CN-CDSS across all domains.
• Ensure full automation of system builds and deployment across domains through appropriate DevSecOps processes making use of US government provided tools and commercially available resources.
• Oversee the System Security Engineer and System Security Officer to ensure timely development of risk management body of evidence artifacts in support of the Risk Management Framework, implementation of controls, assessment preparedness and proactive elimination of vulnerabilities that might impede final authorization.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or a related technical discipline with 14 years of directly related hands-on experience OR a Master’s degree with 12 years of relevant experience OR A PhD with 9 years of experience; an additional 4 years of relevant experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement.
• Minimum 10 years hands-on experience designing secure systems that are interoperable across DoD and with domestic and international mission partners in accordance with the DoD Identity, Credentials, and Access Management (ICAM) Strategy.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing concepts and fundamentals (serverless, scalability, high availability, and durability).
• Strong familiarity with AuthZ, AuthN, and Public Key Infrastructure techniques and concepts.
• Ability to work alongside multiple project teams to ensure consistent and uniform security implementation across both on-premise and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience utilizing modeling languages (UML) and/or modeling software (Visio, Enterprise Architect, etc) to diagram enterprise system architecture, data flows, and networking-level system components.
• Active TS/SCI CI Poly

• Master’s Degree
• Experience architecting and implementing advanced network solutions - CIDR and sub-netting (IPv4 and IPv6), VPNs, etc.
• AWS Certified Security Specialty or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• Experience with Python, or Java

• Real opportunity for career growth in an environment where your achievements will be celebrated
• Constant collaboration with numerous teams to ensure client success
• A team that respects and embraces your ideas and expertise
• Coworkers that are motivated by pursuing excellence, rather than the prospect of personal gain
• A workplace dedicated to supporting and bettering public safety and government agencies

Benefits:

• Very competitive salary based on qualifications and experience
• Comprehensive, Company paid United Health Care Medical for you and your family (We pay your premiums and deductibles)
• 401(k) & 4% matching
• Travel & performance incentives
• 3 weeks paid time off (plus Federal Holidays)
• $5K annual training allowance
• $500 book allowance
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Veterinary Pet Insurance
• Various Corporate Discount Programs

Praescient Analytics is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all. Employees and applicants without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity, national origin, legally protected physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or status in the uniformed services of the United States, status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era, or on any other basis which is protected under applicable law. This includes a commitment to provide a work environment that is free from all forms of illegal harassment including sexual harassment.

This covers all terms and conditions of employment including (but not limited to):

• Hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, or demotion of all job classifications;
• Recruiting, advertising or solicitation for employment;
• Treatment during employment;
• Rates of pay or other forms of compensation;
• Benefits;
• Selection for training;
• Company sponsored social and recreational activities; and
• Layoff or termination

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
US Citizenship Required
Praescient Analytics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Interested Candidates: Please forward your resume to recruiting@praescientanalytics.com and please visit our website to apply online at
www.praescientanalytics.applicantstack.com/x/openings.