DevSecOps/Agile Engineer Job Listing at SAIC in Chantilly, VA (Job ID 2506517)

Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a DevSecOps/Agile Engineer with significant acquisition, systems engineering and lean/agile expertise to support the NRO's Integrated Systems Program Office (ISPO) with the Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED) in Chantilly, VA. The ISPO is an OPIR Joint Program Office responsible for acquiring the Overhead Persistence GEOINT Architecture (OPGA) that will provide the user community with OPIR capabilities in a modular, open architecture that provides global, persistent, real-time surveillance and activity-based intelligence information.  

Job duties to include:

• Work with government technical and contracts staff developing acquisition strategies and acquisition documentation enabling program development and implementation.
• Draft acquisition artifacts such as statements of work (SOW), Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRL), In Scope Determinations, and proposal evaluation criteria.
• Assist Government customer in monitoring and managing program financial execution and planning.
• Provide acquisition advisory services during technical and cost evaluations of proposals.
• Work with technical staff documenting technical and programmatic requirements.
• Effectively work with development teams to track technical progress, identify blockers to progress, and assess technical solutions.
• Use knowledge of Agile DevcSecOps engineering processes and tools, digital engineering, and program management to help develop, implement, and execute program solutions.
• Integrate stakeholder and system requirements, facilitate discussion and understanding of schedule impacts and trades, and enhance the digital engineering culture for the customer's System Engineering Group.
• Engage with other systems engineers directly supporting programs to enhance cross-program integration, track solution delivery progress and assist in developing digital work products.
• Participate in and contribute to technical and programmatic interchanges; identify and resolve issues; and provide engineering and technical advice to the customer to achieve innovative capabilities.
• Support Agile process evolution across Government teams, development contractors, user engagement teams, and stakeholders.
• Apply systems analysis and design methodology assessments to identify technical debt, architectural runway and efficiency trade-offs against current and proposed/desired cloud-based software system design.
• Provide technical expertise to support the planning of future systems and architectures.
• Develop briefings and documentation material, including architecture views and technical roadmaps.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors and eighteen (18) years or more experience; Masters and sixteen (16) years or more experience; PhD or JD and fifteen (15) years or more experience in space missions related to NRO
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph
• Effective communication, coordination, and customer engagement skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment
• Experience with Acquisition Lifecycle
• Experience with Model and Simulation Architectures
• Broad systems engineering experience (e.g. system architecture and design, integration of system requirements, CONOPS, systems verification to develop solutions, use of schedule and configuration management in support of program execution).
• Knowledge and experience in managing across the software development lifecycle using modern Agile approaches and tools.
• Experience or familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework Environment (SAFe).
• Knowledge or experience of Agile DevcSecOps and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Working knowledge of AGILE Scrum and SAFe software development methods
• Working knowledge of IC principles, procedures
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and various SE, PM tools
• **May require overnight travel up to 3 percent of the work year

Desired  Experience:

• Direct OPIR, GEOINT and/or SIGINT experience
• Direct experience supporting USAF SMC SBIRS System Program Office business operations/programs