What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Engineer position at Volume Integration?
Are you a systems expert who loves solving complex technical challenges and driving high-impact mission solutions? NS2 Mission is seeking a talented Systems Engineer to join our team in Chantilly, VA—someone who thrives in Agile environments, excels at requirements management, and brings a strong testing mindset to deliver reliable, secure IT capabilities. If you are passionate about translating complex technical needs into clear requirements, leading development teams, and ensuring systems meet the highest standards of performance and security, we want to hear from you.
Position Overview:
Our team is looking for a skilled Systems Engineer to support full-lifecycle system development. In this role, you will guide software development activities, lead stakeholder engagements, manage requirements, and oversee validation efforts to ensure quality and mission readiness.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a technical IT development team using Agile methodologies.
- Facilitate stakeholder meetings and drive productive requirements discussions.
- Develop, maintain, and execute detailed test plans and procedures.
- Validate overall system performance, functionality, and readiness for deployment.
- Ensure systems comply with applicable security policies, controls, and A&A requirements.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience with Agile project management, requirements management, and sprint planning for IT development teams.
- Proven ability to conduct requirements gathering, analysis, traceability, validation, verification, and documentation, ensuring alignment with Agile sprint cycles.
- Expertise in facilitating requirements discussions and conducting stakeholder interviews.
- Hands-on experience with test planning, execution, and validation, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT) prior to deployment.
Other Skills:
- Experience with system authorization and accreditation (A&A) processes, security requirements, and applying security policy and controls.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification strongly desired.
Position Clearance Requirement:
TS/SCI with FSP
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain or maintain a U.S security clearance which requires U.S citizenship.
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