Systems Engineer

Overview

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Responsibilities

The future of world-class mission support and innovative ground system architecture and software is being developed today at Arcfield. Our group delivers enterprise solutions for data-centric and service-centric capabilities to empower our customer's most important development, test, and operations activities. You’ll support the creation of a Systems Engineering Master Plan, including test and demonstration activities, which will become the overarching guidance for all software and framework development efforts. You’ll define development objectives, review change requests and architecture changes, and provide innovative recommendations on prioritization and the optimal courses of actions. You will work seamlessly with other government and contractor team members in a challenging work environment.

• Develop Agile solution and program epics with acceptance criteria and shape them into a 5-year roadmap
• Optimize pre-increment planning and iterative integration demos and tests via Agile software development best practices.
• Provide requirements translation from higher-level directives through agile decomposition into epics, stories and features
• Assess developer performance by analyzing contract deliverables, program management reviews, architecture designs, and demonstration/tests.
• Analyze developer recommendations for software enhancements across cloud, containers, and open-source solutions.
  
  

Qualifications

Required:

• Requires 5 years with BS/BA or 3 years with MS/MA
• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Poly
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, operations research, engineering management, or related STEM degree program.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with other government and contractors in a challenging work environment.
  
  

Desired

• Experience with Confluence and JIRA Atlassian commercial tools.
• Experience or training with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) agile methodologies.
• Experience with Systems Engineering processes across all phases of Agile software development life-cycle.
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering and IV&V strategies, and the ability to translate governing policies into actionable steps and plans for subordinate organizations.
• Experience in Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA), acquisition, and the Intelligence Community.
• Knowledge of GEOINT or SIGINT
  
  

EEO Statement

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.