Principal Systems Engineer, Shuvel Digital, Dulles, VA
Shuvel Digital -
Dulles, VA,
US
Principal Systems Engineer
Date Posted: 2024-05-08
Job description
Job Title: Principal Systems Engineer
Location: Dulles, VA - Hybrid
Duration: Contract
Clearance: Active Secret. Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability. Must be able to obtain TS/SCI.
Job Description:
Supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats. We are seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to assess, design, and develop automated cloud-based requirements and architectures and develop derived requirements and systems engineering artifacts into advanced cloud infrastructure, management, and operations.
Responsibilities include:
Providing Systems Engineering project leadership in support of a large, leading edge cybersecurity system
Coordinating teams in the development, integration, and testing of advanced leading-edge cybersecurity, with the assistance of the Design & Development Lead and Chief Engineer
Interfacing directly with the Customer, stakeholders, and end-users regarding priorities, capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop and decompose next-cycle updates and specifications
Representing the voice of the user in development
Collaborating within Agile Release Trains and Agile Teams
Supporting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation countermeasures
Providing Systems Engineering expertise and leadership in support of a large cybersecurity system
Required Skills:
Must be a US Citizen
Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
Must be able to obtain Client Suitability
8+ years of directly relevant systems engineering experience such as allocation of hardware and software requirements, development of use cases and stories, Detailed design of system components, and direct automation / orchestration experience with larger systems
Proven leadership skills and meaningful experience successfully leading large teams
Able to effectively work as a leader, in a group, or as an independent individual contributor
Experience working in an Agile development environment in a leadership role
Possesses or quickly develops a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines
Advanced experience with AWS / Azure cloud deployment and management tools
Demonstrated experience with AWS services such as Amazon EMR, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, AWS Systems Manager, AWS IAM, Amazon RDS, Amazon RedShift, Amazon Athena, Amazon Sagemaker
Expertise in automation of infrastructure - deployment, configuration, and orchestration
Direct experience with scripting in JSON, YAML, HCL, Python, bash/PSH and/or AWS CloudFormation/AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
Desired Skills:
Knowledge and experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar lean Agile framework
Experience with Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Azure) and cloud architecture, design, and implementation - DevSecOps or DevOps experience
Experience and/or familiarity with software and system lifecycle methodologies, (e.g ISO, CMMI, ITIL, etc.)
Experience and/or familiarity of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and security and privacy controls (NIST 800-37 and NIST 800-53) - Client experience.
Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education.
Desired Certifications:
SAFe certification (SA, SP, SSM/SASM, RTE, POPM, SPD, ASE, or SPC)
AWS Cloud Practitioner
AWS Solutions Architect - Associate / Pro
DoD 8570.1 IAT Level I or II (e.g. CISSP)
Location: Dulles, VA - Hybrid
Duration: Contract
Clearance: Active Secret. Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability. Must be able to obtain TS/SCI.
Job Description:
Supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats. We are seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to assess, design, and develop automated cloud-based requirements and architectures and develop derived requirements and systems engineering artifacts into advanced cloud infrastructure, management, and operations.
Responsibilities include:
Providing Systems Engineering project leadership in support of a large, leading edge cybersecurity system
Coordinating teams in the development, integration, and testing of advanced leading-edge cybersecurity, with the assistance of the Design & Development Lead and Chief Engineer
Interfacing directly with the Customer, stakeholders, and end-users regarding priorities, capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop and decompose next-cycle updates and specifications
Representing the voice of the user in development
Collaborating within Agile Release Trains and Agile Teams
Supporting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation countermeasures
Providing Systems Engineering expertise and leadership in support of a large cybersecurity system
Required Skills:
Must be a US Citizen
Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
Must be able to obtain Client Suitability
8+ years of directly relevant systems engineering experience such as allocation of hardware and software requirements, development of use cases and stories, Detailed design of system components, and direct automation / orchestration experience with larger systems
Proven leadership skills and meaningful experience successfully leading large teams
Able to effectively work as a leader, in a group, or as an independent individual contributor
Experience working in an Agile development environment in a leadership role
Possesses or quickly develops a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines
Advanced experience with AWS / Azure cloud deployment and management tools
Demonstrated experience with AWS services such as Amazon EMR, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, AWS Systems Manager, AWS IAM, Amazon RDS, Amazon RedShift, Amazon Athena, Amazon Sagemaker
Expertise in automation of infrastructure - deployment, configuration, and orchestration
Direct experience with scripting in JSON, YAML, HCL, Python, bash/PSH and/or AWS CloudFormation/AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
Desired Skills:
Knowledge and experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar lean Agile framework
Experience with Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Azure) and cloud architecture, design, and implementation - DevSecOps or DevOps experience
Experience and/or familiarity with software and system lifecycle methodologies, (e.g ISO, CMMI, ITIL, etc.)
Experience and/or familiarity of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and security and privacy controls (NIST 800-37 and NIST 800-53) - Client experience.
Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education.
Desired Certifications:
SAFe certification (SA, SP, SSM/SASM, RTE, POPM, SPD, ASE, or SPC)
AWS Cloud Practitioner
AWS Solutions Architect - Associate / Pro
DoD 8570.1 IAT Level I or II (e.g. CISSP)