Mid Level Citizen Science Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Location: Springfield, Virginia or Chantilly, Virginia (on site)

Clearance Required: Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency. Must be able to pass a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.

Background:

Assured Consulting Solutions provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators.

We are seeking a highly motivated Mid-level Systems Engineer to to apply a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to requirements and solutions engineering, systems integration, testing and evaluation, reliability and resiliency engineering, service development, scheduling, and maintainability analysis. This role supports mission-critical initiatives across the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG), and partnering Federal Agencies to ensure the delivery of timely, accurate, and high-quality GEOINT capabilities.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead and support systems engineering activities across the full lifecycle, including requirements development, solution design, integration, testing, evaluation, reliability, resiliency, and maintainability.
• Analyze and translate user and mission requirements into system and capability requirements, ensuring full traceability from architecture to implementation.
• Design and evaluate system architectures, workflows, and cloud service capabilities, identifying opportunities to automate or improve existing systems.
• Develop technical solutions leveraging emerging technologies, while mentoring junior engineers and helping grow their systems engineering skillsets.
• Support government stakeholders with systems integration, execution planning, and architecture allocation across programs.
• Contribute to systems integration efforts, ensuring seamless alignment across platforms, services, and operational environments.
• Participate in Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs), Courses of Action (CoAs), trade studies, and comprehensive engineering assessments.
• Assist Government teams with strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk identification and mitigation, and interface design

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years' of Mid-level Systems Engineering experience in government or industry.
• Experience supporting large, complex systems, including System-of-Systems or Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and/or cloud-based environments.
• Working experience with one or more of the following government processes:
  • DoD / Intelligence Community (IC) acquisition processes
  • Requirements development and management processes
  • Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES)

Desired Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
• Working knowledge of Software Development Frameworks.
• INCOSE Associate System Engineering Professional (ASEP) certification.
• Documented work experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.
• Membership or active participation in any of the following professional organizations:
  • ACSM
  • ASCE
  • ASPRS
  • OGC
  • SAREM
  • USGIF
• Working knowledge of photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.

Essential Job Functions:

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to focus on the essential functions of a position to determine whether an individual is qualified. Essential job functions are the fundamental job duties that an applicant or employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact ACS Human Resources at (703) 662-5062.

The physical requirements of this position include:

• Ability to sit and work in a cubicle on a workstation in a SCIF for approximately eight (8) hours each workday for an average of five days per week
• Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers. Must be able to easily exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Ability to successfully perform the core skills listed above

Education Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or 6 years of experience as a Systems Engineer in lieu of degree.

Years of Experience:

• 12+ years of systems engineering experience w/ High School Diploma
• 6+ years of systems engineering experience w/ Bachelor's Degree

Position Type: Full-Time

Shift: Day

Export Control: For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ACS may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.

Assured Consulting Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Minorities, females, disabled and protected veterans are urged to apply. ACS' utilization of any external recruitment or job placement agency is predicated upon its full compliance with our equal opportunity/affirmative action policies. ACS does not accept resumes from unsolicited recruiting firms. We pay no fees for unsolicited services.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact ACS Human Resources at (703) 662-5062.

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