ROLE AND POSITION OBJECTIVES:
As an Enterprise Services systems engineer for the SDA GMI program, you’ll be a member of a cross-functional team responsible for developing and deploying the state-of-the-art ground operational systems.
As an Enterprise Services System Engineer, you will:
- Develop, update, and sustainment of Enterprise Services system-engineering documentation supporting network, cloud, DMZ, and hybrid infrastructure capabilities.
- Author and maintain system specifications, architecture descriptions, design documents, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Architecture Description Documents (ADDs), network diagrams, and related technical baselines.
- Translate stakeholder needs, operational concepts, and technical requirements into clear, complete, and traceable system-engineering artifacts.
- Develop and maintain ICDs for network, cloud, external mission partner, Operations Center, Ground Entry Point, SVV, and enterprise-service interfaces.
- Work closely with Network, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Operations, Integration and Test, Systems Engineering, and external stakeholders to collect technical inputs and resolve documentation issues.
- Ensure documentation accurately reflects the deployed environment, approved architecture, planned capability increments, interfaces, configurations, and technical decisions.
- Support requirements decomposition, allocation, traceability, verification planning, and updates to requirements traceability matrices.
- Participate in technical interchange meetings, design reviews, architecture working groups, DRRs, and configuration-control activities.
- Coordinate document reviews, adjudicate comments, maintain version control, and route documents through required approval and release processes.
- Ensure documentation supports the PWSA Tranche-based development approach by documenting current-state, planned-state, and future-state architecture evolution.
- Identify documentation gaps, outdated artifacts, interface inconsistencies, and technical dependencies; develop plans to address them.
- Support development of technical estimates, schedules, work plans, and backlog stories for documentation and systems-engineering activities.
- Provide Systems Engineering leadership for documentation priorities, quality standards, completion criteria, and delivery commitments across the Enterprise Services team.
What sets you apart:
- Prefer minimum 15 years of recent experience designing, integrating, or sustaining complex distributed software systems
- Prefer minimum 9 years of recent experience working satellite-ground systems or similar national-security mission programs
- Minimum 5 years of recent experience working in cloud or hybrid-cloud enviroments
- Demonstrated experience developing system-engineering documentation for complex network, cloud, or hybrid-cloud environments.
- Experience supporting SDA, PWSA, or GMI programs
- Familiarity with cloud networking and services, preferably AWS GovCloud and/or AWS SC2S, including VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, load balancers, security groups, and Infrastructure as Code concepts.
- Creative thinker motivated to apply technical standards and methodologies to develop solutions
- Active DoD Secret security clearance, with the ability to maintain the clearance required for the program
- Collaborative team player with the ability to provide technical leadership and position others for success
- Strong presentation and communications skills with experience in the art of negotiation and the ability to meet challenging customer requirements with win-win solutions
- Commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others
- Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation
Our Commitment to You:
- An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
- Research oriented work, alongside award winning teams developing practical solutions for our nation’s security
- Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule)
- Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health & wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more
- See more at gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits
Workplace Options:
This position can be fully on-site or work a minimum of three days in the Scottsdale GD facility.
While on-site, you will be a part of the SDA team located in Scottsdale, Arizona.
