CEdge has an opportunity for a Systems Engineer - Expert, located in Springfield, VA. If you are ready to work alongside World Renowned Technology experts, and carry the skills below, this is the opportunity that will inevitably take your career to unbelievable levels!

 ***This position requires a TS/SCI Security Clearance***
Description:

The Associate Chief Engineer (ACE) is an expert-level systems engineer providing leadership, oversight, and technical guidance to the NEE TO2 Team.  Under the direction of the government Chief Architect (CA), the ACE will assist in leading engineering teams in taking a multi-discipline approach to requirements engineering, solutions engineering, schedule reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across CAP/SP architectures, the NSG and Mission Partners to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT. 

Responsibilities include:

• Assists with the 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
• Assists government office/division chiefs in assessing, documenting and tracking new engineering requirements and facilitating TEMs used to inform government and contractor teams about systems engineering and integration activities
• Advises the government on proposed changes to the solution designs based on analysis of requirements and new technology
• Assists the government in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions
• Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs
• Assists the government in performing systems integration activities
• Assists in leading AoA, CoA, Trade Studies and Engineering Assessments
• Assists the government in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design
• Provides expert advice to the government in the areas of relating vision, strategy, plans, needs, requirements and process and capability developments
• Operates at the level of integrating multiple Major System Acquisitions across organizational, agency, department and governmental/national boundaries
• Oversees and coordinates the work of Senior and Mid-level contractor Systems Engineers
• Works closely with both the OSP Development Contractor and security teams in a systems integration SME and support role to achieve the OSP mission as a cohesive team
• Explains technical issues clearly/accurately to technical/non-technical audiences
• Establishes effective customer relationships with senior level government personnel with the ability to work independently and within a team environment

Required Qualifications:

• TS/SCI Clearance (with a current SSBI favorably adjudicated within the last 5 years)
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, or related STEM degree program
• Expert-level professional technical 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
• 12+ years of systems engineering, systems integration or systems development experience
• Technical leadership experience with IC mission projects, in a multi-contractor, military, and civilian government environment
• Experience supporting the assessment, evaluation, and deployment of new or emerging technologies into operations or the architectural impacts and a recommendation path forward
• 8+ years in systems engineering for GEOINT systems, services, or products
• Experience in managing system interfaces and end-to-end systems integration of new and existing capabilities
• 5+ years of experience in strategic planning and technology insertion
• Demonstrated ability to establish effective relationships with senior level customers
• Demonstrated ability to develop and present effective technical presentations to senior management; must  possess strong written and verbal communication skills
• Detail oriented, with proven time management and organization skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Systems Engineering or related STEM degree program
• Experience with CAP/SAP architecture, NSG/ASG and MP enterprises
• Experience in the field of geospatial intelligence, to include Structured Observation Management (SOM), Activity Based Intelligence (ABI) and Object Based Production (OBP)
• Experience in systems definition and development oversight or cloud technology engineering and migration
• Experience engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data
• Experience engineering solutions using AAA technologies
• Experience in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics or related fields
• Experience in mission management, exploitation management or intelligence reporting
• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and language
• Software development framework, Agile, PMP, or INCOSE ESEP certification

 WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Full Benefits Package
• 10 Days PTO
• 10 Paid Holidays
• 401K

WHO ARE WE?
CEdge Software Consultants is an innovative IT consulting firm, and a strategic business partner. We offer IT solutions to Federal and State government, as well as, Commercial Enterprises throughout the United States. Our main objective is to create an integrity-based culture that takes pride in working as a collaborative team that focuses on growth and is driven by the desire to provide purely ethical services for both our clients and teammates.