Senior System Engineer

ClearanceJobs is currently partnering with a well-established government contractor to assist in hiring a Senior Systems Engineer on a full-time, permanent basis. This position must be performed onsite in Fairfax, VA and requires an active TS / SCI security clearance. Active TS / SCI w / CI Polygraph security clearance highly desired. Relocation assistance may be considered for non-local candidates.

Title : Senior Systems Engineer

Location : Fairfax, VA

Position Summary :

The Senior Systems Engineer will work with ground processing system developers to satisfy evolving mission requirements (e.g. modern communications signals) and ground architecture requirements (e.g. resiliency) for theTactical Mission Framework (TMF).TMF provides an operationally supported container orchestration environment and edge processing capability at several government sites. TMF enables DevSecOps pipelines for Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery / Deployment and Continuous Operations, driving toward rapid software / hardware updates with reduced transition timelines and cost.

Responsibilities :

• Investigate and implement agile software development and deployment techniques tomodernize current systems; e.g. containerize components, Kubernetes orchestration
• Interact with developers and customer within a weekly / monthly / quarterly rhythm to plan andexecute agile processes; e.g. define Jira epics and stories,assign story points,assess progress toward objectives
• Perform trade studies and conduct demonstrations to improve architecture resiliency
• Develop prototype tools
• Document system architecture, interfaces, CONOPs, trade study plans and results
• Create Confluence pages that summarize Jira roadmaps, key technical capabilities, and detailed plans

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