System Engineer 4

Job Summary: We are looking for a highly skilled System Engineer 4 to join our team at M.C. Dean, Inc.

Key Responsibilities:

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• Assist in 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 interface definition, design, and changes to the configuration between affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle
  
  
• Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions
  
  
• Participate in establishing and gaining approval for 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 solutions that satisfy the system requirements and fulfill the functional analysis
  
  
• Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure (WBS), work packages, and the integrated master schedule (IMS)
  
  
• 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/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis
  
  
• Implement comprehensive SOA solutions
  
  
• 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, 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, considers impacts prior to commitment to change, gains stakeholder buy-in, eliminates ambiguity, ensures traceability to source requirements, and tracks and settles 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, IA Strategy)
  
  

Requirements:

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• U.S. Citizen and TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
  
  
• High School Diploma with 12+ years of experience, or Associate's degree with 10+ years of experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity, a Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of experience, or 5+ years of experience with a Master's
  
  
• Of which 3 years of experience is required with the provision of SE services for physical security systems and IT solutions
  
  

Desired Qualifications:

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• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is desired
  
  
• Strong oral, written, and presentation skills
  
  
• Demonstrated background working with multidisciplinary teams
  
  
• Demonstrated time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives
  
  
• Strong MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills is a plus
  
  
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% - 50% of the time
  
  

Abilities:

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• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time
  
  
• Sitting for extended periods of time
  
  
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction
  
  
• Finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard
  
  
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
  
  
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
  
  
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing
  
  
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
  
  
• Identify and understand the speech of another person
  
  

Requirements

• 
  
  
• U.S. Citizen and TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
  
  
• High School Diploma with 12+ years of experience, or Associate's degree with 10+ years of experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity, a Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of experience, or 5+ years of experience with a Master's
  
  
• Of which 3 years of experience is required with the provision of SE services for physical security systems and IT solutions
  
  

Desired Qualifications

• 
  
  
• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is desired
  
  
• Strong oral, written, and presentation skills
  
  
• Demonstrated background working with multidisciplinary teams
  
  
• Demonstrated time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives
  
  
• Strong MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills is a plus
  
  
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% - 50% of the time
  
  

Abilities

• 
  
  
• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time
  
  
• Sitting for extended periods of time
  
  
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction
  
  
• Finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard
  
  
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
  
  
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
  
  
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing
  
  
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
  
  
• Identify and understand the speech of another person