What are the responsibilities and job description for the Protection Indications and Warning Systems Engineer 2025-G-332 position at ICES, Inc.?
Intelligence Consulting Enterprise Solutions, INC. is looking for a Protection Indications and Warning Systems Engineer.
Description:
Join ICES on a contract impacting national security as a Protection Indications and Warning Systems Engineer. This position is located in Chantilly, VA. This position requires an active/current TS/SCI security clearance with a polygraph.
As a Protection Indications and Warning Systems Engineer, specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Duties:
Description:
Join ICES on a contract impacting national security as a Protection Indications and Warning Systems Engineer. This position is located in Chantilly, VA. This position requires an active/current TS/SCI security clearance with a polygraph.
As a Protection Indications and Warning Systems Engineer, specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Duties:
- Support Indications and Warning systems in a Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) capacity for major Protection-related system acquisitions.
- Provide technical support by assessing space requirements, Concept of Operations (CONOPs), architecture products, system schedules, and risks for end-to-end closure of the baseline for Space protection-related activities in the overall Enterprise.
- Support full lifecycle acquisition across all mission domains of complex national systems architecture.
- Provide the customer with the expertise needed to provide mission success.
- Work collaboratively across stakeholder organizations to obtain system end-to-end closure of the protection Indications and Warning program by running system readiness events following approved processes for Integration and Closure (I&C).
- Interfacing with customers, directorate/office representatives, and across system engineering groups is imperative for system integration.
- Interact with several government enterprise systems engineers and stakeholders, as well as multiple Acquisition Offices (AOs) and government and contractor stakeholders to drive resolution plans and strategies for complex technical challenges.
- Support the Protection Capability Program Manager with strategic planning for future capability acquisition and insertion into the enterprise baseline.
- Requires 8 to 10 years with BS/BA or 6 to 8 years with MS/MA or 3 to 5 years with a PhD in a STEM field.
- TS/SCI w/ Poly.
- Technical experience working with space-based sensors and systems.
- Knowledge of space/ground/comm systems and sensor vulnerabilities.
- Demonstrated technical leadership integrated engineering teams.
- Experience with Systems Engineering and all related functional disciplines therein.
- Understanding of the System Engineering “V” process.
- Experience developing and conducting briefings for senior level customer stakeholders.
- A passion for learning, helping others, sharing team knowledge, and contributing value to the mission in any way possible.
- Experience with large acquisition systems engineering efforts, methods, and processes
- Ability to work well in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Good business acumen; ability to relate professionally inside the work environment.
- Practice Organizational skills and remain flexible.
- OCSMP certification (at least level 1); Experience with MBSE, SysML applications, digital tools, Confluence, and Jira.
- Experience with Intelligence Community (IC) customer or Department of Defense (DoD).
- Knowledge of Ground systems and overall space and ground architecture.
- Awareness of mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment.
- Experience with Mission Planning, Control or Processing functions in support of space and ground architecture.
- Experience identifying user & enterprise needs/requirements and gap identification, analysis, and assessment.
- Experience in requirements engineering, CONOPS development, verification, test, and system integration to accommodate End to End Systems Engineering in support of customer's missions.
- Proven adaptability and experience with daily interaction on-site with the government customers.
- Knowledge of Space/Ground/Communications systems.
- Experience with requirements database management/repositories.
- Experience with requirements closure, threat scenarios and analysis, and VV&T strategies that align to an agile development approach.