Systems Engineer II

**This position is contingent upon contract award**

Amentum is seeking a cleared Systems Engineer to support an upcoming opportunity in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Essential Duties:

• Analyze user's requirements, concept of operations documents, andhigh level system architectures to develop system requirementsspecifications
• Analyze system requirements and leads design anddevelopment activities
• Guide users in formulating requirements,advises alternative approaches, and conducts feasibility studies
• Providetechnical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and
• technology
• Incorporate new plans, designs and systems into ongoingoperations Develops technical documentation
• Develop systemArchitecture and system design documentation
• Guide systemdevelopment and implementation planning through assessment orpreparation of system engineering management plans and systemintegration and test plans
• Interact with the Government regardingSystems Engineering technical considerations and for associatedproblems, issues or conflicts
• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of productionsystems 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 asSystem Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, andInterface 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 andwork 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), workpackages and the integrated master plan (IMP)
• Participate in the development of system engineering documentation, such as SystemEngineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and InterfaceControl Documents
• Participate in interface definition, design, and changes to the configuration between affectedgroups and individuals throughout the life cycle
• Derive from the system requirements an understanding of stakeholder needs, functions that maybe logically inferred and implied as essential to system effectiveness
• Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements that describe in detailthe 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 componentunder development (requirements, designs, interfaces, test procedures, etc.) that provides a commonreference 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.)
• Implement comprehensive SOA solutions
• Implement operational view, technical standards view, and system and services view forarchitectures using applicable DoDAF standards
• Review and/or approve system engineering documentation to ensure that processes andspecifications meet system needs and are accurate, comprehensive, and complete
• Capture all interface designs in a common interface control format, and store interface data in acommonly accessible repository
• Assess each risk to the program and determine the probability of occurrence and quantifiedconsequence of failure in accordance with an approved risk management plan
• In conjunction with system stakeholders, plan the verification efforts of new and unprovendesigns early in the development life cycle to ensure compliance with established requirements
• Prepare time-line analysis diagrams illustrating the flow of time-dependent functions
• Establish a process to formally and proactively control and manage changes to requirements,consider impacts prior to commitment to change, gain stakeholder buy-in, eliminate ambiguity,ensure traceability to source requirements, and track and settle open actions
• Manage and ensure the technical integrity of the system baseline over time, continuallyupdating it as various changes are imposed on the system during the lifecycle from developmentthrough deployment and operations & maintenance
• Support the planning and test analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process (as wellas other Government Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes)
• Support the development and review of Joint Capability Integration Development System(JCIDS) documents (i.e., Initial Capability Document, Capabilities Description Document, IAStrategy)
• Provide technical direction for the development, engineering, interfacing, integration, andtesting of specific components of complex hardware/software systems to include requirementselicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developingconcepts of operation and interface standards, developing system architectures, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis
• Develop scenarios (threads) and an Operational Concept that describes the interactions betweenthe system, the user, and the environment, that satisfies operational, support, maintenance, anddisposal needs
• Conduct quantitative analysis in non-functional system performance areas like Reliability,Maintainability, Vulnerability, Survivability, Produceability, etc.)
• Establish and follow a formal procedure for coordinating system integration activities amongmultiple teams, ensuring complete coverage of all interfaces
• Ultimate responsibility for the technicalintegrity of work performed and deliverables associated with theSystems Engineering area of responsibility.
• Communicates with otherprogram personnel, government overseers, and senior executives.

Minimum Requirements:

• Must possess a U.S government Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and a polygraph (TS/SCI w/ polygraph)
• 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)
• Minimum fourteen (14) years experience as a Systems Engineer supporting government programs and contracts of similar size, scope and complexity
• Experience in the legal or technical aspects of Intelligence Community Privacy Compliance required
• Experience with MPO systems architecture

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.