Mid-Level Systems Engineer

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Markon is seeking a mid-level Systems Engineer to support the TIP office in Springfield, VA.

NGA's International Solution Office (TIP) delivers effective, resilient, and timely infrastructure and architecture solutions that meet current and emerging international GEOINT needs. TIP manages the development, delivery, and operations of capabilities between US and Foreign Partners. TIP balances foreign partner interests and needs to ensure technical compatibility across international partners to support the NGA International GEOINT Strategy. The capabilities delivered by TIP connect the NSG with the GEOINT capabilities of the Commonwealth, Third Party, and Coalition Partners with the goal of leveraging shared national security interests.

Employ a multi-discipline approach to requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT.
• Conduct requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies.
• Conduct planning, analysis/traceability of user requirements, architectures traceability, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review cloud service capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
• Develop solutions designs based on analysis of requirements and new technology and mentor Junior Engineers in developing these skill sets.
• Assist the Government in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
• Support the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs.
• Assist the Government in performing systems integration activities.
• Assist with Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Course of Actions (CoAs), Trade Studies, and Engineering Assessments.
• Assist the Government in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design.
• Solve complex problems, lead a team(s) and work independently and proactively with minimal supervision.

Required:

• Active TS/SCI with a CI Poly is required.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or equivalent Mid-Level Systems Engineer work experience.
• Mid-level experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments.
• 6+ years of experience with system engineering in government or Geospatial industry.
• Experience communicating and collaborating both within and external to organization.

Desired:

• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
• Working knowledge of Software Development Frameworks.
• INCOSE Associate System Engineering Professional (ASEP) certification.
• Documented work experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.
• Membership or active participation in any of the following professional organizations:
  • ACSM
  • ASCE
  • ASPRS
  • OGC
  • SAREM
  • USGIF
• Working knowledge of photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises is highly preferred.