System Engineer, Level 3 at Wood Consulting in Aurora, CO

The selected candidate will join a high performing agile team that uses the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology to support a nationally significant and fast-paced program. Program execution follows DEVOPS best practices and employs robust development, test and production environments. Test Driven Development (TDD) and test automation tools are utilized alongside a full suite of team collaboration tools. The program is focused on injecting new technology and adding advanced capabilities in support of an on-going operational system. There are opportunities to be a member of the systems engineering team or to be embedded in Agile development teams.

The selected candidate will be responsible for adding new capabilities to the existing system with exacting interface, performance and security requirements. He/she will provide system engineering expertise in one or more of the following areas: architecture, design, development, requirements analysis, data flow, network design/implementation, testing, and documentation; and will analyze user requirements, system architecture, and system requirements specifications. He/she will provide systems engineering expertise and develop system architecture and system design documentation. Responsibilities also include supporting and providing guidance for system development and implementation planning through assessment of system engineering plans and system integration and test plans and supporting the development of system configuration documentation, including designs for capacity and performance planning. He/she will perform engineering activities, including risk assessments and analyses of alternatives for a variety of system related issues and concerns, and will help define task success criteria and test procedures.

Security Clearance Requirements:

This position requires candidates to be U.S. Citizens and possess a TS/SCI Security Clearance with an appropriate Polygraph

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and support for system engineering of large-scale systems, major system elements, and interfacing systems that are part of a large complex network environment with geographically distributed components.
• Interface with program Leads, system and software integration engineers, test engineers, information assurance engineers, and other project team members in an Agile environment.
• Implement system engineering practices to ensure the proper degree of engineering rigor is applied to all assigned tasks.
• Communicate with and effectively collaborate with internal technical professionals on a day-to-day basis, and with POCs from customer organizations when necessary.
• Actively participate in program increment planning and related agile team activities.

Qualifications

Required Education & Years of Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management or a related discipline and 20+ years experience as a SE, or
• HS Diploma and 25+ years of SE experience on projects with similar software process.

Required Skills

• Must be capable of performing systems engineering activities in support of agile teams.
• Must have an understanding of secure systems engineering and development.
• Must be comfortable working on multiple systems and components simultaneously in various configurations.
• Must have strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices.
• Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking and communicate clearly regarding technical options and trade-offs.
• Must be capable of performing high quality work both independently and within a team in a fast-moving environment.

Desired Skills

• Software development or shell scripting experience.
• Experience with SysML or equivalent.
• Experience designing and developing large integrated classified systems a plus.
• Past experience using CAMEO a plus.
• Model based systems engineering experience a plus
• Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology or as a member of an agile team.
• Past Test Driven Development (TDD) experience a strong plus.
• Experience with CUCUMBER or similar TDD automation framework a plus.

WOOD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.