Senior Architecture Planning Engineer
- Military veterans preferred
2021-05-25 SAIC (www.saic.com)
Other
/yr
full-time
employee
Chantilly Virginia 20151 United States
Description
Job Description: Join a winning team! SAIC’s National Security and Space (NSS) Sector is currently hiring for a customer within the Intelligence Community (IC) in Chantilly, VA. This customer is responsible for designing, building, and operating national security-related systems based in space, in the air, and on the ground. SAIC is a strong company providing opportunities for energetic individuals with a strong desire to expand their knowledge while increasing their responsibilities.
NSS Sector has an opening for a senior architecture planning engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) services to an IC customer. The customer organization we support provides the enterprise architecting, analysis, and systems engineering solutions that determine the current and future national space systems.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Leading and facilitating efforts to support IC customer’s development of Technical Planning Guidance (TPG) as part of its annual budgetary exercises
Facilitating Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) for analysis and comment adjudication
Working across multiple Directorates and Offices to identify and define future space capability needs
Frequent interaction with government, SETA, FFRDC, and external stakeholders
Identifying and defining future space capability needs
Identifying key architecture and system level trades
Developing strategies in support of IC and Department of Defense (DoD) architectures
Assessing the performance of current and future architecture concepts
Providing technical and programmatic guidance to the architecture and system level requirements proces
Preparing briefings for senior decision makers
Qualifications
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline with at least 9 years of relevant experience
Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a polygraph
Strong technical fundamentals in IC space collectors, command and control, mission control, and mission processing
Experience with IC customer budget builds and long-term technical planning
Strong oral and written communication skills with ability to lead or facilitate IC customer IPTs or TEMs
Experience with complex space-based defense and cyber protection systems
Experience with satellite communications systems
Experience with large acquisition systems engineering efforts, methods, and processes
Experience with use of architecting to support senior level enterprise decision making
Experience with the use of architecting across IC
Architecture domain understanding from a holistic enterprise perspective
Understanding of core systems engineering and analysis disciplines and processes
Demonstrated ability to work independently in a fast paced, dynamic, and energetic environment
Customer focused and capable of representing the customer in community forums
Desired Qualifications:
Advanced degree in STEM (science, technical, engineering, math) or related discipline
Familiarity with IC customer’s Intelligence Program Budget Submission (IPBS) / Program Objective Memorandum (POM) process
Familiarity with IC customer business processes and planning
Experience with IC customer’s Request for Change (RFC) process and the Engineering Review Board process
Knowledge of Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
Knowledge of Unified Architecture Framework (UAF)
Familiar with Cameo, Rhapsody, and SysML applications
