Systems Engineer, Junior

We have an exciting opportunity to join us in supporting one of our valued customers as a Systems Engineer, Junior to work out of Offutt AFB, NE. This position supports the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Combatant Command, Command and Control (C2) Division (AFNWC/NCC)

Essential Duties:

• Maintain common architecture products to describe Application Software Service and how it contributes to the holistic SMPES system/program.
• Provide technical reviews of design and development specifications of software applications and systems, and other engineering artifacts, and develop or maintain those artifacts as required in the systems engineering process.
• Must track and report information with common methods to maintain SMPES consolidated, agile backlog, release sprint tracking, requirement traceability, test traceability, and program-level metrics.
• Obtain Agile Backlog information from supporting contracts and ensure the information is available in the SMPES PMO Agile planning tool (JIRA).
• Maintain a multiyear Application Roadmap.
• Perform system analysis and develop system specifications.
• Provide technical reviews of design and development specifications of software applications and systems, and other engineering artifacts, and develop or maintain those artifacts as required in the systems engineering process.
• Support the certification, maintenance, and testing of software applications as well as the integration of complex software systems, and provide comments, recommendations, status, etc.
• Support the delivery of software, installation, configuration, and testing, and problem resolution and maintenance, including all procedures/timelines to achieve approval to test and promote new or updated software to production.
• Advise the Government to ensure compliance with applicable standards, participate in the development of new standards, and help improve existing standards.
• Assess technical and architectural changes for impact on IPT-specific software, other command-level systems, and the enterprise.
• Assess items such as processes, products, contractor-developed solutions, baseline changes, Service Now Change Requests, etc., and provide comments /recommendations.
• Support development of program documents (support plans, strategies, assessments, requirements documents).
• Use approved processes (e.g., Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)) and participate in and provide support (e.g., prepare briefing or written material) for program management and technical reviews.
• Support the Program Chief Engineer and engineering authorities as requested through the program office.
• Possess knowledge of acquisition streamlining initiatives and acquisition reforms (e.g., NDAA Section 804, DoD and USSTRATCOM initiatives).
• Provide direct support to the Test and Enterprise System Branch, working with the PM, FM, and Chief Engineer.
• Support the Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) process for placing new deliveries into production.
• Assist in reviewing or proposing inputs to Requests for Proposal (RFP) artifacts and source selection-related documents such as Acquisition Plans, Life Cycle Management Plan (LCMP), and Acquisition Strategy.
• Integrate user community requirements, desired capabilities, and characteristics to support injection into the requirements/capabilities generation, planning, and programming processes and documents.
• Review associated documentation and software for compliance with configuration management procedures, testing policies, and design as stated in current directives.
• Provide analyses of interface requirements for applications based on recommendations from modernization efforts.
• Provide full spectrum support for the programs, including: development of test plans and test reports, assisting and coordinating test events with interested parties (program office, contractor, user, AFOTEC, external agencies).
• Assist in the security evaluation of program information and hardware throughout the program life cycle

Required Qualifications:

• 0-3 years of directly related experience

Education/ Certification:

• BA/BS in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed; additional years of directly related experience may be used in lieu of education

Required Clearance: Top Secret with SCI eligibility

Travel: TBD

Benefits Offered: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, parental leave, pet insurance, paid time off, and holidays.

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