Expert Systems Engineer

Location: Springfield, VA

The expert Systems Engineer will serve as an Office of Asia-Pacific (AOA) focused on system engineering and integration support for Analytic Modernization (AMOD) efforts. These efforts include identification of existing and future IC and NGA systems, developing solutions to achieve integration, development and alignment of data standards and data models, data integration, and alignment to existing NSG standards. They will assist with delivering significant modernization capabilities and align current and future technology efforts with current and future architecture planning, development, and implementation. They will develop short-term and long-term strategies that support AOA modernization.

DUTIES INCLUDE: 

·        Work directly with AOA Senior GEOINT Officer (SGO) and other government personnel, to identify new and emerging mission requirements.

·        Lead engagement with mission and technical stakeholders to apply knowledge of GEOINT systems, CONOPS, and metadata to establish and maintain data standards.

·        Assist AOA Leadership to address cross-project dependencies and ensure all analytic modernization efforts have an integrated vision.

·        Support maintenance and evolution of the Data Maturity Model

·        Evaluate proposed new insertions to the priority list and provide summary slides for management review along with priority recommendations.

·        Coordinate with engineers in CIO-T and analysts in AO to develop plans and obtain assessments of the impacts and tradeoffs for capability insertions or priority changes.  

·        Engage with mission customers and users to shape and define future data architecture needs to support Analytic Workflow Modernization capabilities.

·        Participate in customer and program strategic and tactical planning activities.

·        Participate in the development of system architectures to evolve mission services.

·        Assess new technologies for fit-for-use by mission services, employing quantifiable and traceable criteria to enable future decision making.

·        Conduct AoAs and provide data-driven recommendations.

·        Identify project key decision points and provide Go/No-Go recommendations.

·        Conduct user outreach to communicate planned architecture changes, operational concepts, and project status, and accept user inputs for optimization of delivery plans.

·        Produce weekly activity reports for use by government customers and the program.

·        Develop and present effective technical presentations to senior management and to technical/non-technical audiences; must possess strong written and verbal communications skills.

·        Explain technical issues clearly/accurately to technical/non-technical audiences; and conduct issue coordination within and across agencies.

·        Work with customers to resolve technical and programmatic issues.

·        Draft documentation as needed to explain both the as-is and to-be state for the project.

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

Note: Candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered

·        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.

·        Expert-level experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments.

·        Demonstrated expert-level experience of systems engineering lifecycle.

·        Data engineering and architecture experience developing logical and physical data models to support intelligence mission needs

·        Experience advising both technical and mission stakeholders to advance customer objectives

·        Prior experience writing CONOPS or similar technical documentation for a non-technical audience

DESIRED:

·        Expert-level experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.

·        4 years of experience in one or more disciplines of GEOINT analytic tradecraft and analysis production system development

·        2 years of experience in government acquisition processes.

·        1 years of experience in agile Systems development.

·        Prior experience in NGA Analysis or similar analysis organization.

·        Demonstrated experience of the current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.

·        Demonstrated experience in photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems, geomatics, or related fields.

If you are interested in getting more information about this opportunity, please contact Irina Rozenberg  Recruiting@arielpartners.com at your earliest convenience.

At Ariel Partners, we solve the most difficult problems that inhibit technology from enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our vision is to be recognized by our stakeholders as an elite provider of IT solutions, so when they have their biggest challenges, we are on their short list. We are looking for team members who share our values of: Integrity to do the right thing even when it hurts; Commitment to the long-term success and happiness of our customers, our people, and our partners; Courage to take on difficult challenges, accept new ideas, and accept incremental failure; and the constant pursuit of Excellence. Ariel Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.

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