Systems Engineer

This is a full-time position, and requires a TS/SCI/Full Scope Polygraph Clearance.

2HB Incorporated is seeking a Systems Engineer in order to support its government customer in Annapolis Junction. The TKO program is seeking a Systems Engineer with strong project management skills to provide the engineering and project management for end-to-end data flows in support of the Data Transformation Solutions (DTS) TTO.The successful candidate will:

• Be able to elicit and refine requirements,
• Schedule work breakdown to deliverables,
• Document artifacts, and provide roadmaps and schedules for implementing end-to-end data flows, including transformation into a standard data model.
• Form good customer relationships
• Reach out to external customers for requirements and understanding of the data and the data needs of the users
• Have a good understanding of the customer data flow architecture.
• Work as a key contributor in an agile development environment.
• Have experience with Cyber Security Directorate and related data flows.

Required Skills:

• Familiarity with enterprise data flow and data modeling
• Efficient experience with Atlassian products such as Confluence and Jira
• Good understanding of data flow processes
• Understands system-to-system connections for data flow processes
• Familiar with the data modeling system development life cycle
• Knowledgeable of customer infrastructure, resources and deployment processes
• Able to provide adequate status updates to senior leadership
• Able to appropriately task team members based on priorities provided by leadership
• Capable of aligning sprint priorities with the roadmap projections and goals
• Familiar with SAFe Agile/Scrum ceremonies, iterative improvement and stepwise refinement
• Able to capture meeting minutes, extract requirements and disseminate information to the team and stakeholders
• Able to monitor and track action items and dependencies
• Good organizational and documentation skills
• Able to work with the customer to recommend priorities based on team load, abilities, mission goals, requirements and deadlines
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to appropriately assess team load and capacity and make projections based on team velocity

• Ability to critically think through complex data flow problems, break down effort into manageable tasks, and create/maintain scope out of sometimes vague customer requirements.
• Highly organized and comfortable with customer engagement and managing large scale efforts.
• Good working skills with Atlassian products such as Confluence and Jira
• Good understanding of data flow processes
• Understands system-to-system connections for data flow processes
• Familiar with data formats such as CSV, JSON, PCAP and XML
• Knows why a streaming object transport format is needed
• Have experience with Cyber Security Directorate and related data flows

Applies systems engineering principles throughout the systems life cycle phases: Concept, Development, Production, Utilization, Support, and Retirement. Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts. Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives. Responsibility for the technical integrity, quality, and completeness of work performed and deliverables associated with one or more of the 25 process areas defined by ISO/IEC15288. 

•  A Bachelor’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an accredited college or university plus ten (10) years of systems engineering experience.

OR

•  A High School Diploma or GED plus fourteen (14) years of general systems engineering experience (any process area).

OR

•  A Master’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an accredited college or university plus eight (8) years of systems engineering experience.

OR

• A PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an accredited college or university plus eight (8) years of systems engineering experience.

*Note 1 – Examples of Qualified engineering fields include: Aeronautics, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, Nuclear, Software, Systems, and Engineering Management.

*Note 2 - Examples of related disciplines include: Chemistry, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, and Physics.

This is a full-time position, and requires a TS/SCI/Full Scope Polygraph Clearance.