Systems Engineer Job Locations

US-CO-Colorado Springs

ID 2024-18231

Category Systems Engineering: Requirements Development

Security Clearance Requirement Secret

Type Regular Full-Time

Level Senior Overview

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted. The Space and Intelligence Division provides engineering services and analytic support to the Air Force, Space Force, Combatant Commands, the Intelligence Community, and NASA. Our work includes systems engineering and integration, test planning and execution, cost estimating and analysis, developing approaches and concepts to meet emerging, high priority National Defense needs, and assessing and developing cutting-edge technologies and capabilities to meet those needs. SPA has an immediate need for a Systems Engineer.

Responsibilities

As a Systems Engineer at SPA, you will be assigned to support SSC/SZYO who is tasked with defending the USSF mission systems by further developing software for systems listed below in support of rapid agile development of defensive cyber solutions to protect, defend, and respond to both ground and space-based cyber adversarial threats. The development activities adhere to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), which offers proven, integrated principles, practices, and competencies to implement lean, agile, and secure Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) at scale. DevSecOps automates the integration of security at every phase of the software development lifecycle, from initial design through integration, testing, deployment, and software delivery. Additionally, the USSF leverages Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) where possible, licensed applications where necessary, and well-documented processes to ensure repeatable software releases. Development efforts shall result in two deployable defensive cyber solutions to protect, defend, and respond to USSF mission systems as described System One: The first system, called Manticore is an Out-Of-Band (OOB) defensive cyber solution designed to provide enterprise-level cyber "Identify and Detect" capabilities for USSF legacy and future Space Mission Systems. Manticore duplicates data and analyzes the data passively with no ability to impact mission data or mission systems in real time. System Two: The second system, called Kraken is an in-band defensive cyber solution that provides enterprise-level cyber "Protect/Respond" capabilities for USSF legacy and future space mission systems. Ultimately, Kraken allows data and mission systems the real-time ability to demonstrate "active" defense against cyber threats.

Systems Engineers monitors installed hardware and software systems. Assists with network tap design and system survey to ensure data is properly sampled and transported. Evaluates existing systems and assists with technical refreshes. Lead and/or assist with hardware installation and software deployment at mission system sites.The duties associated with this role include but are not limited to the following: Work collaboratively with Requirements Owners and the Requirements Community from to synthesize operational needs and author formal requirements to enable Program Office acquisitions and development; Reinvigorate the requirements development and analysis process by establishing and leading technical interchanges and working groups with all relevant stakeholders - the objective being to document updated operational req irements to meet mission needs today and into the future; Ensure requirements are authored in a measurable and testable fashion, with a clear method for verification; Support the translation of these Capability Need Statements into executable technical and performance specifications required for development activities; Collaborate with the model-based systems engineering team to ensure requirements are captured and modeled appropriately, including integration with risks/dependencies attributable to each requirement; Collaborate with the integrated test team to ensure their test plans and procedures will achieve the desired results based on the intent of each requirement; Collaborate with the configuration management team to ensure requirements changes are properly accounted for to avoid unanticipated consequences to the system; Manage and monitor installed hardware and software systems; Assist with network tap design and system survey to ensure data is properly sampled and transported; Evaluate existing systems and assists with technical refreshes; Lead and/or assist with hardware... For full info follow application link.

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