Systems Engineer Principal I

Systems Engineer Principal I
Location: Dulles, VA
Must have an active Secret Security Clearance
Node is supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission-critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment with new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats.
Node is seeking a Systems Engineer to collaborate with the Customer’s SE&I team to assess architectures and requirements, develop derived requirements and systems engineering artifacts, and guide Agile scrum teams in the development of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.
Responsibilities Include:
• Assisting the System Architect and the Development teams in the development, integration, and testing of new advanced leading-edge cybersecurity capabilities.
• Collaborating within Agile Scrum teams as a key contributor responsible for the system design and implementation of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.
• Interfacing 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.
• Conducting 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.
Requirements
Required Skills:
• Must be a US Citizen
• Secret Clearance. Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
• 8+ years of directly relevant experience
• Experience and/or technical understanding of cybersecurity attack-mitigation techniques and cybersecurity architectures
• Extensive experience (4+ years) with Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) processes and practices, Change Management practices, requirements management, traceability, and associated tools
Desired Skills:
• 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, (e.g. ISO, CMMI, ITIL, Agile, SAFe).
• Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS preferred)
• Experience and/or strong familiarity with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and security and privacy controls (NIST 800-37 and NIST 800-53)
Required Education:
BS Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, OR a related field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree-level education.
Desired Certifications:
• DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II
• Certified Systems Engineering Professional
Company Overview:
Node.Digital is an independent Digital Automation & Cognitive Engineering company that integrates best-of-breed technologies to accelerate business impact.
Our Core Values help us in our mission. They include:
OUR CORE VALUES
Identifying the~RIGHT PEOPLE~and developing them to their full capabilities
Our customer’s “Mission” is our “Mission”. Our~MISSION FIRST~approach is designed to keep our customers fully engaged while becoming their trusted partner
We believe in~SIMPLIFYING~complex problems with a relentless focus on agile delivery excellence
Our mantra is “~Simple*Secure*Speed~” in the delivery of innovative services and solutions
Benefits
We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to include:
Medical
Dental
Vision
Basic Life
Long-Term Disability
Health Saving Account
401K
Three weeks of PTO
10 Paid Holidays
Pre-Approved Online Training