Systems Engineer

Location

Dulles, VA | United States

Job description

Join Our Stellar Team at Castalia Systems!

Are you ready to skyrocket your career with us? We're on the lookout for ambitious individuals who are eager to make their mark in a diverse and thriving environment.

At Castalia Systems, we're not just another company – we're a certified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) committed to excellence since 2011. Join us in delivering top-tier solutions to the dynamic Defense and Intelligence sector.

As valued members of our team, we prioritize your well-being. Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.

Castalia Systems is seeking a Systems Engineer in the Dulles, VA area.

A Systems Engineer will collaborate with the Customer’s SE&I team to assess architectures and requirements, to develop derived requirements and systems engineering artifacts, and to guide Agile scrum teams in the development of advanced cybersecurity capabilities for a U.S. Government customer on a large mission critical development and sustainment program that will design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats.

A qualified candidate will perform the following duties and responsibilities, but are not limited to:

• Assist the System Architect and the Development teams in the development, integration, and testing of new advanced leading-edge cybersecurity capabilities.
• Collaborat e within Agile Scrum teams as a key contributor responsible for the system design and implementation of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.
• Interfac e directly with the Customer, stakeholders, and end-users regarding capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop and decompose next-cycle updates and specifications.
• Conduct trade studies to determine improvements to system capabilities and system delivery processes (hardware, software, architecture, automated deployments, training).
• Represent System Engineering concerns at program level meetings.
• Create and maintain the system design documents (SDD and VDD) for the production environment platform and its subsystems.

Security Clearance Requirement:

Active/current Secret clearance minimum with the ability to obtain/maintain a TS/SCI is required. Must be able to obtain DHS suitability is also required.

Required Qualifications:

• BS Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, OR a related field. 2+ years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education.
• 8+ years of directly relevant experience .
• 4+ years’ experience with Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) processes and practices, Change Management practices, requirements management, traceability, and associated tools .
• Experience and/or technical understanding of cybersecurity attack-mitigation techniques and cybersecurity architectures .

Preferred Qualifications:

• DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II .
• Certified Systems Engineering Professional .
• Agile development methodology and DevOps experience .
• Experience and/or familiarity with architectural views including operational, technical standards, and system/services views and business, data, applications, and technology architectures using applicable standards (e.g., DODAF, FEAF).
• Systems architecture experience including allocation of hardware and software requirements, development of use cases and stories, interface definition, and systems integration and test.
• Experience and/or familiarity with software and system lifecycle methodologies, ( g ISO, CMMI, ITIL, Agile, SAFe).
• Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS ).
• Experience and/or strong familiarity of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and security and privacy controls (NIST 800-37 and NIST 800-53) .

Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.

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