System engineer-ICECAT -2025

Position Description Work with ground processing
system developers to satisfy evolving mission requirements (e.g. modern
communications signals) and ground architecture requirements (e.g. resiliency)
working to transition legacy applications from their current hosting
infrastructure to the SIGINT Mission Framework (SMF), and provide continuing
post-migration support. SMF provides an operationally supported container
orchestration environment and processing capability at several government
sites. SMF enables DevSecOps pipelines for Continuous Integration, Continuous
Delivery/Deployment and Continuous Operations, driving toward rapid
software/hardware updates with reduced transition timelines and cost.

Interact with developers, teammates, and customer within a
weekly/monthly/quarterly rhythm to plan and execute agile processes; e.g.
facilitate creation of Jira epics and stories, assignment of story points, and
assessment of progress toward objectives .

Investigate and implement agile software
development and deployment techniques to modernize current systems; e.g.
containerize components, Kubernetes orchestration.

Develop prototype tools, documentation, and
common implementation pattern examples.

Document system architecture, interfaces,
CONOPs, trade study plans and results

Create documentation of roadmaps, key technical capabilities, and detailed
plans utilizing tools such as Confluence and Jira Required Skills and
Experience

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science

At least 3 years performing technical system engineering tasks, software,
hardware, or firmware development, testing or systems integration .

Active TS/SCI clearance .
Ability and desire to work independently; i.e.
adapt tasking to fulfill needs as they evolve, self[1]starter, work to high
level objectives and intent rather than formal requirements o Proven skills
facilitating small technical team coordination and productivity

Responsible for team
progress/reporting/monitoring

Responsible for collaborating across organization to remove roadblocks o
Effectively communicate in-progress efforts with distributed remote team

Proven capability to learn complex topics and perform engineering tasks in an
uncertain problem space o Comfortable adapting to evolving constraints,
processes and tools o Willingness to independently research and document
existing systems as well as explore potential solutions to improve them o
Capable of taking measured risks and learning from failure, must be able to
give and receive constructive criticism

Aptitude for system analysis utilizing
both top down and bottom up approaches o Organized and detail oriented, but
comfortable with high level solution oriented thinking o Able to apply high
level systems engineering concepts such as ROI, technical debt, scope creep
when evaluating potential solutions o Driven to pursue improvement but
disciplined enough to accept the good over the perfect solution

Strong communication skills; facilitate technical and programmatic information
sharing across systems team, developers, and with customer Desired Skills and
Experience

Master's degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Experience with Kubernetes and related containerization technologies (Docker,
Helm, k9s)

Experience and familiarity with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and
automated testing

Proficiency or experience with at least one scripting/programming language such
as Python, Bash, VBA, or Go

Familiarity with cybersecurity best practices for cloud-native and on-premises
deployments, PKI, container security scanning, and zero-trust principles

Experience with configuring and monitoring a suite of logging tools
(Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, OpenSearch)

Basic understanding of networking
fundamentals (routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs) and secure communications in
distributed computing systems

Experience working with Jira, Confluence, and GitLab

Proven leadership skills and the ability to nurture productive relationships
with customers

Knowledge and experience in the IC and/or NRO

Expertise in SIGINT tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and/or
dissemination

Familiar with Cloud Native Compute Foundation
(CNCF) offerings and how they can be used to facilitate application deployment
in on-premises or cloud environments

Familiarity with ground processing
systems

Experience as an IPT lead or other small team technical leadership

Experience in modernizing non-cloud native legacy systems to function in cloud
environments

Location:

Fairfax, VA or Greenwood Village,
CO

Clearance:
Minimum of a TS with SCI
Eligibility (will need to obtain a CI Poly while they work if they do not
already possess one)

Degree:
BS in CS/CE/EE or related is
required, MS highly preferred

Experience
Level
: 4-10 years
is ideal (not entry level)

D2D
: Will work with Dev Teams and the
customer to coordinate, plan work, stay on schedule, etc. (at a high level) for
SW projects/initiatives. These projects are all cloud-based and will help
transition legacy apps/architecture to modern, current hosting infrastructure.
They are all for SIGINT related initiatives. There is plenty of SW Dev and
Automation tasks they can do as well but won't necessarily be the major focus
of the role.



What we
are seeking in a candidate:

• 4-10 years of relevant systems engineering
  experience, with a focus on SW Development
  • Within that, a general knowledge of
    programming, Cloud, legacy architecture, etc.
• Programming: Should have demonstrated
  experience writing code, they will not be doing full-stack development
  themselves but should be able to contribute when necessary and/or
  understand architectures
• Willingness to work with teams, customers,
  security, etc. to assist with hurdles/roadmaps (aka a good communicator
  and someone who has done this before)
• If the person has a desire to get into
  more of a leadership role, this could be a could stepping stone in regards
  to technical leadership.
• Jira/Confluence
• If they have an Integration and Test
  (I&T) background, that would be very helpful.
• If they are an IPT or Team Lead at a big
  contractor, that would could translate well here