Senior System Engineer
Company: Leidos Inc
Location: Laurel
Posted on: May 3, 2024
Job Description:
Description The Leidos Intelligence Group is seeking a Senior
Linux System Engineer to support a highly visible fast pace
contract.The Senior System Engineer will analyzes user's
requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level
system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.
Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development
activities. Guides users in formulating requirements, advises
alternative approaches, and conducts feasibility studies.Provides
technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design,
and technology. Incorporates new plans, designs and systems into
ongoing operations. Develops technical documentation.Develops
system Architecture and system design documentation. Guides system
development and implementation planning through assessment or
preparation of system engineering management plans and system
integration and test plans.Interacts with the Government regarding
Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated
problems, issues or conflicts. Ultimate responsibility for the
technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated
with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility. Communicates
with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior
executives.The Level 3 System Engineer (SE) (Linux) shall possess
the following capabilities:
- Provide Systems Engineering support for local and remote Linux
systems (local and remote)
- Create, edit, and troubleshoot scripts (primarily bash, perl
and python)
- Provide tier 3 support for Linux
- Experience in Dataflow application support - candidate will
support and administer multiple dataflow applications
- Perform application testing and updates
- Knowledgeable in using puppet
- Proficient in STE/STN requirements and IAVA updates
- Contribute to the development of sections of systems
engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Initial
Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface
Control Documents
- Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure
the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the
defined system architecture(s) - Department of DefenseArchitecture
Framework (DoDAF), Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), etc
- 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
- Participate in the development of system engineering
documentation, such as SystemEngineering Plans, Initial
Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface
Control Documents
- Participate in interface definition, design, and changes to the
configuration between affected groups and individuals throughout
the life cycle
- Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems
and subsystem components
- Derive from the system requirements an understanding of
stakeholder needs, functions that may be logically inferred and
implied as essential to system effectiveness
- Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated
requirements that describe in detail the functions that a system
component must fulfill, and ensure these requirements are complete,
correct, unique, unambiguous, realizable, and verifiable
- Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures,
and design solutions
- Participate in establishing and gaining approval of the
definition of a system or component under development
(requirements, designs, interfaces, test procedures, etc.) that
provides a common reference point for hardware and software
developers
- Define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which
the systems, subsystems and work products are verified against
their requirements in a written plan
- Develop system design solution that satisfies the system
requirements and fulfills the functional analysis
- 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.)
- Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown
structure (WBS), work packages and the integrated master plan
(IMP)
- Provide technical direction for the development, engineering,
interfacing, integration, and testing of specific components of
complex hardware/software systems to include requirements
elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems
requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and
interface standards, developing system architectures, and
performing technical/nontechnical assessment and management as well
as end-to-end flow analysis
- Implement comprehensive SOA solutions
- Implement operational view, technical standards view, and
system and services view for architectures using applicable DoDAF
standards
- Develop scenarios (threads) and an Operational Concept that
describes the interactions between the system, the user, and the
environment, that satisfies operational, support, maintenance, and
disposal needs
- Review and/or approve system engineering documentation to
ensure that processes and specifications meet system needs and are
accurate, comprehensive, and complete
- 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 among multiple teams, ensuring complete
coverage of all interfaces
- Capture all interface designs in a common interface control
format, and store interface data in a commonly accessible
repository
- 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
- Assess each risk to the program and determine the probability
of occurrence and quantified consequence of failure in accordance
with an approved risk management plan
- Manage and ensure the technical integrity of the system
baseline over time, continually updating it as various changes are
imposed on the system during the lifecycle from development through
deployment and operations & maintenance
- In conjunction with system stakeholders, plan the verification
efforts of new and unproven designs early in the development life
cycle to ensure compliance with established requirements
- Support the planning and test analysis of the DoD
Certification/Accreditation Process (as well as 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, and testing of all components of complex
hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation,
analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements
reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards,
developing system architectures, and performing
technical/nontechnical assessment and management as well as
end-to-end flow analysis
- Develop comprehensive SOA solutions
- Develop operational view, technical standards view, and system
and services view for architectures using applicable DoDAF
standards
- Conduct and/or approve end-to-end system trade analyses to
optimize system operations over its life-cycle through the proper
balance of non-functional system performance areas
- Improve standard integration strategies based upon rationale
for previous decisions that resulted in improved integration
performance
- Fully define interfaces in terms of origination, destination,
stimulus, and data characteristics for software; and electrical and
mechanical characteristics for hardware
- Use validated models, simulations, and prototyping to mitigate
risk and reduce cost of system development
- Develop alternative courses of action, workarounds, and
fallback positions with a recommended course of action for each
risk, and monitor and re-evaluate risks at appropriate milestones.
Monitors risks using earned value management (EVM) data
- Maintain knowledge of current and evolving agency, national,
and international standards applicable to the system development of
interest. Apply and enforce use of suitable standards to ensure
consistency and interoperability of developer hardware and
software
- Ensure effective, periodic review and control of the evolving
configuration of a system, both hardware and software components
and associated documentation, during the life of the system Serve
as a member of the CCB
- As a participant within an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)
effort, recommend a preferred solution based on selection criteria
adjusted for reasonableness and validity of assumptions, technology
limitations, environmental impact, and life-cycle costs
- Develop system design alternatives that consider life cycle
cost, reuse, complexity, risk, system expansion, and
growthQualifications: Bachelor's Degree and 15-20 years of
experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type
and complexity is required. Demonstrated experience in planning and
leading Systems Engineering efforts is required. 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.Contractor shall currently possess and maintain
one of the following certifications:
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert-Server (MCSA-Serv)Server
Infrastructure or;
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert-Server (MCSA-Serv)Desktop
Infrastructure or;
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert-Server (MCSA-Serv)
Messaging or;
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert-Server
(MCSA-Serv)Communication or;
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert-Server
(MCSA-Serv)Sharepoint or;
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or;
- NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA) or;
- XML Master Basic (XML) or:
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or;
- Security Certified Network Architect (SCNA) or;
- VMWare Certified Professional (Vsphere 5) - VCP5 or;
- EMC Isilon Storage Professional (ICSP) or;
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
or;
- Tibco Trained Professional-Enterprise Message Service (TTP-EMS)
or;
- Riverbed Certified Solutions Professional (RCSP)Original
Posting Date:2024-04-19While subject to change based on business
needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will
remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of
no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed
above.Pay Range:Pay Range $122,200.00 - $220,900.00The Leidos pay
range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a
guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered
in extending an offer include (but are not limited to)
responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge,
skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with
market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other
law.
Keywords: Leidos Inc, Towson , Senior System Engineer, Other , Laurel, Maryland
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