Summary Senior Systems Engineer Ft Meade, MD Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!  Astraeus Operations (AO) is an SBA-certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SBD) subsidiary of the Chenega Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC). We are a small business with large business capabilities due to our shared-services Program Management Office (PMO) structure. Through our ISO 9001:2015 certification, we can accomplish the full range of contract services including financial, human capital, recruiting, procurement, security, and technical resources to achieve contract mission requirements. As a result, our ‘small business – big capability’ dynamic benefits our clients through consistent communications and straight-lined workflows, ensuring our accountability to our clients for successful mission fulfillment.   In plain terms, our clients gain a team that’s on the same page to achieve and support the client’s mission. We vigorously respond to clients’ requests without additional costs, delays, or inefficiencies that are often experienced with larger, more cumbersome organizations. AO is eligible for sole source, direct awards up to $100M for DOD and up to $25M for other federal agencies, without J&A. Astraeus is the easy button for a client wishing to take advantage of the rapid, agile, and flexible sole source procurement option. Combined with the shared PMO services, Astraeus offers highly competitive labor rates to fulfill day-to-day contract operations. The Senior Systems Engineer provides advanced systems engineering and technical expertise in support of MARFORCYBER and its subordinate commands. This position is responsible for technical planning, decision analysis, requirements management, risk analysis, verification, validation, and implementation support. The Senior Systems Engineer develops and maintains planning documentation, advises on safeguarding IT infrastructure against cyber-based attacks, and ensures MARFORCYBER systems are technically mature, resilient, and aligned with mission requirements. Responsibilities Provide systems engineering services to MARFORCYBER, including assessments of technology maturity, platform requirements, and technical assistance. Develop, maintain, and execute Systems Engineering Management Plans (SEMPs), ensuring alignment with other program plans. Conduct technical planning, define scope and objectives, identify risks, and establish technical reviews, schedules, and costs. Perform decision analyses using quantitative and visual methods, develop evaluation criteria, assess alternatives, and provide recommendations to Government decision makers. Deliver Technical Assessment Reports by analyzing program health, risk, and technical maturity; provide recommendations to mitigate risk and advise on technical readiness. Manage requirements through Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM), support development of ICDs, AoAs, CDDs, CPDs, and translate capability objectives into technical requirements. Maintain a risk register, risk checklists, and develop Risk Mitigation Plans to minimize negative project impacts. Conduct requirements analysis to define system functions, constraints, and performance requirements; translate user needs into technical specifications. Provide implementation support by analyzing constraints, developing prototypes, documenting production issues, and delivering system elements for integration and verification. Manage and execute verification processes, ensuring systems comply with regulations, specifications, and baselines. Support validation activities throughout system lifecycles, including validation reports and operational testing. Produce required deliverables, including Technical Reports, SEMPs, Decision Tables, Technical Assessments, RTVMs, Risk Management Plans, and Validation Reports. May oversee engineering support staff or task leads as directed. Provide technical and management leadership on engineering-related tasks. Other duties as assigned. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, or related field. Master’s degree in information systems management or related field preferred 7+ years of systems engineering experience. 4+ years of experience supporting and sustaining DoD cyberspace programs. Preferred years of experience: 10+ years of experience supporting cyberspace capability development. 5+ years of experience with Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO), including adversary detection, intrusion forensics, and network recovery. Active CISSP certification preferred TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Advanced understanding of technical planning, requirements management, and systems lifecycle engineering. Strong decision analysis, risk analysis, and systems assessment skills. Ability to produce complex technical documentation, assessments, and reports. Knowledge of DoDIN operations, DCO, OCO, and cyber mission engineering. Excellent communication and advisory skills to support Government PMs and stakeholders. Ability to travel CONUS/OCONUS as required. How you’ll grow  At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn.    We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.    Benefits  At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.  Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.    Chenega MIOS’s culture  Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.    Corporate citizenship  Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.  Learn more about Chenega’s impact on the world.  Chenega MIOS News- https://chenegamios.com/news/    Tips from your Talent Acquisition Team  We want job seekers exploring opportunities at Chenega MIOS to feel prepared and confident. 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