Systems Engineer Senior

Position Summary:

KemTech provides program support to our federal customer who plays a key role in providing direct cybersecurity engineering support. This program provides systems and security engineering and integration support to specific Government-sponsored projects, pilots, and prototypes. This includes solution planning and engineering, defining security requirements, target architecture, interoperability and integration, system testing, Verification and Validation, Modeling and Simulation, studies and analysis, post-deployment security validation (PDSV), and project risk management. As part of this team, you will contribute to the engineering of current and emerging cybersecurity systems, policies, and processes to enforce standards and identify vulnerabilities and capability gaps and reduce cybersecurity risk of our customer networks.

The Opportunity:

The Senior Systems Engineer is a role on the contract supporting the program’s systems and solution engineering effort. Primary focus is to identify and capture program level requirements for new and upgraded cyber security systems and services that support the customer’s mission. This work performed is part of a SAFe implementation, with a specific focus on technical analysis and developing solution at the solution Epic level and Agile Release Train (ART) requirements. This position will work with technical and non-technical stakeholders to establish high-level solution intent which includes elevated level DoDAF architect views; write lean business cases (LBC) and use cases; and document high-level requirements. This position also includes requirements traceability support for enterprise-level documentation and artifacts. The Systems Engineer will also have the opportunity to support implementation of the Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) for the program and customer environment.

Required Qualifications, Education, & Skills:

• Minimum of (7) seven plus years of experience in system engineering or equivalent role
• Must currently possess an active Secret security clearance w/the ability to obtain a TS/SCI
• Demonstrated robust system engineering skills
• Experience with system of systems design and development
• Understanding system architecture
• Understanding of Agile or SAFe development and delivery
• Experience in SDLC
• Experience in requirements analysis and management
• Experience in Use Case development
• Strong Organizational Skills
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with teammates
• Ability to develop and communicate a technical solution

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Understanding of SAFe implementation
• Experience in Lean Business Case creation
• Understanding of DoDAF
• Experience working in an Agile environment and with Agile tools
• Knowledge of Agile tools such as Jira Align and Jira
• Experience in Project Management
• Experience in Risk Management
• Knowledge of MBSE