Program Lead, Systems Engineer

The Program Lead/System Engineer position will oversee the management of the system level requirements and the performance of integration verification and user acceptance testing to ensure that the design deployment integration maintenance and support for Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications Systems (JWICS) supporting DISA customers is fully operational.

Primary Responsibilities

The successful candidate primary responsibility will be:

• Perform Leidos supervisory duties for a team of managers leading 14 personnel. Provide guidance and direction for personnel issues including completing performance feedbacks annual reviews salary recommendations corrective action disciplinary actions submission for awards and recognition etc
• Data gathering Requirements Definition Use Case Development Gap Analysis Functional Specification Test Plans and Design Specification

• Execution of engineering activities requirements analysis implementation planning third party coordination integration and test documentation deployment and system assessment.
• Employing Systems Engineering approach for systems planning design execution and sustainment.
• Lead in defining processes for technical platforms system specifications input/output and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility
• Lead in the development and maintenance of systems engineering documentation and diagrams/models through use of SE tool.
• Identifying and managing related project task dependencies risks & possible mitigations.
• Collaborating with colleagues to monitor and report technical variances; facilitating resolution of technical issues that adversely impact successful product delivery
• Reporting the technical status of product development to assigned leads on a consistent basis.
• Identifying and managing external dependencies.
• Estimating level of effort (hrs/days/resources) to outline & update a projected project schedule.

Basic Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance

• Current Security or SecurityX certification or equivalent certifications/credentials in compliance with DoD 8140 at the Systems Administrator Intermediate level.

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline or equivalent experience/combined education with 12-15 years of professional experience; or 10-13 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
• Experience in architecture design develop and delivery of data driven operations capabilities within a DoD environment.
• 2 years of management and supervisory experience
• 5 years of project planning experience
• 2 years with Linux/RHEL OS systems
• 2 years with Windows Server OS systems
• Experience working with a highly technical team and in a dynamic fast-paced environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to collaborate with customer representatives domain experts systems engineers and architects
• Ability to work well/collaborate with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of network routing devices and network device configurations
• Understanding of ITIL foundation or ITIL certified
• Experience with OS scripting (perl python shell)
• Experience with Databases (SQL Oracle) & DB migrations

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