What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Engineer - Level 1 with Security Clearance position at Country Intelligence Group?
Systems Engineer – Level 1 (TJSE1-IT208-005) We are seeking a Systems Engineer - Level 1 to support the design, development, and implementation of innovative software solutions within an Integrated Product Team environment. In this role, the candidate will contribute to the system development lifecycle, helping to define system architectures, allocate processing resources, and develop detailed design solutions that align with stakeholder requirements. The candidate will assist in evaluating alternative system concepts, defining verification methods, and ensuring system and subsystem components meet performance and security standards. Additionally, they will play a key role in interface definition and configuration management, collaborating across teams to refine and validate system requirements. This role requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as a foundational understanding of software engineering principles. The candidate will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to mission-critical solutions, and develop expertise in system security, assurance mechanisms, and software integration. Job Description :
Tasks Performed :
- Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations
- Allocate real-time process budgets and error budgets to systems and subsystem components
- Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions
- Define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan
- Develop system design solution that satisfies the system requirements and fulfills the functional analysis
- Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structure (WBS), work packages and the integrated master plan (IMP)
- Participate in interface definition, design, and changes to the configuration between affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle
- Derive from the system requirements an understanding of stakeholder needs, functions that may be logically inferred and implied as essential to system effectiveness
- Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements that describe in detail the functions that a system component must fulfill, and ensure these requirements are complete, correct, unique, unambiguous, realizable, and verifiable
- Participate in establishing and gaining approval of the definition of a system or component under development (requirements, designs, interfaces, test procedures, etc.) that provides a common reference point for hardware and software developers
- Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services (Confidentiality, Integrity, Nonrepudiation, and Availability); Basic Information Assurance Mechanisms (e.g., Identification, Authentication, Access Control, Accountability); and Security Mechanism Technology (Passwords, cryptography, discretionary access control, mandatory access control, hashing, key management, etc.)
Education, Experience and Qualifications :
U.S. Citizenship, and successful background check
Location : Fort Meade, MD To Apply : Please send your resume to
Salary : $127,840
