BS in Engineering, Physics or related Technical degree with 12 years of experience in Space/Ground Aerospace Systems Engineering
Minimum 5 years of experience in agile acquisition strategy and development
Proven communication skills with senior government officials (Lt Colonel and above)
Ability to collaborate within diverse organizational structures (SETA, FFRDC, Government)
Responsibilities
Lead GEOINT ground initiatives for future systems using agile principles
Define capability roadmaps, epics, and features to prioritize developer backlogs
Provide subject matter expertise in agile best practices to engineering teams
Assess system schedules and risks while leading readiness and release events
Facilitate interactions with multiple Acquisition Offices and manage risk closures
Benefits
Challenging work focused on U.S. Intelligence Community missions
Access to the ApogeePlex facility
Collaborative team environment with intelligent coworkers
Regular interaction with company leadership
Support for innovative ideas and risk-taking
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
Life and disability insurance
Professional development assistance
Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts
401(k) with significant company match
Generous Paid Time Off and Floating Holidays
Full Job Description
Position Description
This position will serve as a technical member of a dynamic systems engineering team supporting the GEOINT Ground (G2) organization. The candidate will lead GEOINT ground initiatives for future systems through agile acquisition and readiness events and is required to have strong agile systems engineering background and space and ground domain knowledge in customer mission technical capabilities and performance.
The candidate will help the customer transition to acquisitions leveraging agile principles to define capability roadmaps, epics, solutions/portfolios and features necessary to prioritize developer backlogs in alignment with capability deliveries.
The candidate will provide subject matter expertise and agile best practices to teams coordinating CONOPS and architecture products, establishing and translating requirements into features, assessing system and segment schedule and risks, leading readiness and release planning events in support of system and acquisition-level ground milestones, and supporting agile test and devops verification strategies and integration of new systems and initiatives in support of expanded GEOINT mission capabilities.
The selected candidate will have the aptitude to assess agile and SE processes and create efficiencies continuously, and may lead projects for systems team work, have frequent client interactions, and support system and mission strategy development across the various ground offices.
The candidate will have daily interaction with the customer and support contractors and will need to follow customer standards and processes as the program matures through the life cycle. Candidate will interact with multiple Acquisition Offices (AOs) and facilitate risk and action closure with Acquisition Offices and users, and support technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings.
This position requires an understanding of the intelligence community and customer domain, along with a strong focus on core systems engineering processes in support of end-to-end mission and services closure.
Required Qualifications:
Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly
BS in Engineering, Physics or related Technical degree with the following experience in Space/Ground Aerospace Systems Engineering with 12 years of experience
At least 5 years experience supporting agile acquisition strategy, development and release planning, as well as continuous integration initiatives supporting mission capability releases that enable End to End GEOINT missions
Proven communication skills especially with senior (Lt Colonel and above) government officials.
Commitment to recognize, understand, respect and collaborate effectively within various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority
Live It!
Challenging work in support of US Intel Community - a Mission that Matters!
Access to our cool ApogeePlex facility
Wicked smart and collaborative coworkers.
Regular interfacing with company leadership
Support for new ideas & encouragement to take risks
Medical, Dental, Vision
Life Insurance
Disability (Short and Long Term)
Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
Professional Development Assistance (PDA)
Health Savings Accounts / Flexible Spending Accounts
