Systems Architect

4 days ago


Fort Meade, Maryland, United States CTC Group Full time
Position Overview

Summary

CTC Group is in search of Systems Architects for SETA roles to evaluate user needs, operational concepts, and overarching system frameworks to formulate system requirements documentation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee system requirements and associated specifications to guarantee the delivery of operational systems that align with established system architectures, including Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and Service-oriented Architecture (SOA).
  • Contribute to the creation of various systems engineering documentation, such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
  • Assist in the formulation of system and functional requirements, ensuring proper allocation to hardware, software, facilities, and personnel components.
  • Facilitate the resolution of action items arising from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design assessments, program evaluations, and testing reviews requiring interdisciplinary collaboration.
  • Engage in an Integrated Product Team to conceptualize new capabilities based on a thorough assessment of all necessary development and operational factors.
  • Distribute real-time process budgets and error allowances to system and subsystem components.
  • Generate alternative system concepts, physical designs, and engineering solutions.
  • Establish the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria for verifying systems, subsystems, and work products against their requirements in a documented plan.
  • Develop system design solutions that meet the established system requirements and fulfill functional analyses.
  • Review and provide feedback on program and contract work breakdown structures (WBS), work packages, and the integrated master plan (IMP).
  • Participate in the development of systems engineering documentation, including System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
  • Engage in interface definition, design, and modifications to configurations among affected teams and individuals throughout the lifecycle.
  • Extract from system requirements an understanding of stakeholder needs and functions that are essential for system effectiveness.
  • Derive detailed lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements, ensuring completeness, correctness, uniqueness, clarity, realizability, and verifiability.
  • Contribute to the establishment and approval of definitions for systems or components under development, including requirements, designs, interfaces, and testing procedures, providing a common reference for hardware and software developers.
  • Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services, including Confidentiality, Integrity, Non-repudiation, and Availability, as well as Basic Information Assurance Mechanisms.
  • Implement comprehensive SOA solutions.
  • Establish operational views, technical standards views, and system and services views for architectures using applicable DoDAF standards.
  • Review and/or endorse systems engineering documentation to ensure processes and specifications meet system needs and are accurate, comprehensive, and complete.
  • Document all interface designs in a standardized format and maintain interface data in a shared repository.
  • Evaluate each risk to the program, determining the likelihood of occurrence and quantified consequences of failure in accordance with an approved risk management strategy.
  • In collaboration with system stakeholders, plan the verification efforts for new and untested designs early in the development lifecycle to ensure compliance with established requirements.
  • Prepare timeline analysis diagrams that illustrate the flow of time-dependent functions.
  • Establish a formal process to proactively manage changes to requirements, considering impacts prior to commitment, securing stakeholder agreement, eliminating ambiguity, ensuring traceability to source requirements, and tracking open actions.
  • Maintain and ensure the technical integrity of the system baseline over time, continuously updating it as various changes occur throughout the lifecycle from development to deployment and operations & maintenance.
  • Support the planning and analysis of the DoD Certification/Accreditation Process, along with other Government Certification and Accreditation processes.

Basic Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.
  • Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related field from an accredited institution.
    • Five (5) years of additional Systems Engineering experience may substitute for a bachelor's degree.

Experience Requirements

  • Seven (7) years of experience as a Systems Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.

Advanced Experience Requirements

  • Fourteen (14) years of experience as a Systems Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.

Expert Experience Requirements

  • Twenty (20) years of experience as a Systems Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
  • Proven experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering initiatives is required.

Why Choose CTC Group?

As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we believe that successful partnerships are built on open communication, mutual respect, and the ability to adapt to changing capabilities. Our cleared professionals bring extensive experience supporting clients in the Intelligence and Defense sectors. We specialize in delivering engineering, technical, operational support, and training services to Federal government and Mission Operations.

CTC Group is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, physical disability, genetic information, mental disability, age, military status, or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner status, gender (including sex stereotyping), medical condition, or sexual orientation, in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.



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