Cornerstone Defense · 6 hours ago
Principal System Engineer
USA
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $170K/yr
5+ years expCornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. They are seeking a Principal System Engineer to execute multiple aspects of the systems engineering discipline, including software development support, requirements traceability, and system performance analysis.
Cloud ComputingCyber SecurityArchitecture & DesignInformation TechnologyArchitectureCloud InfrastructureNetwork Security
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
The principal systems engineer will execute multiple aspects of the systems engineering discipline, to include support of software development activities, requirements traceability into software functions, system performance analysis, and system integration and test activities to ensure system requirements achieve validation
The system engineer will interact with the agile development teams regarding technical considerations, risks, and issue closure associated with the system capabilities and features
The candidate must also possess the ability to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, effectively network, and communicate to the appropriate levels of the organization and support schedules and delivery milestones
Perform engineering activities utilizing agile tools: JIRA, CONFLUENCE, JAMA
Perform engineering activities utilizing Cloud environments, tools, and associated procedures
Qualification
Required
Typically requires a bachelor's degree in science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and 8 years of prior relevant experience, OR an Advanced degree and 5 years of relevant experience
Experience performing engineering activities within the full software development engineering lifecycle utilizing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) development methods as a System Engineer
Experience with requirement creation as well as decomposition of capabilities into features and the development of acceptance criteria for software and test development teams to ensure all requirements have a path for verification via acceptance criteria
Experience documenting systems interfaces, network routing details and developing system architecture artifacts
Experience in agile development activities, including requirements specification and integration test and verification activities (full life cycle)
An active and transferable TS/SCI U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Preferred
Experience in Intelligence Community IC) GEOINT, including familiarity with common data formats and products
Experience in SIGINT, GEOINT, or Multi-INT IC background analysis with end user mission experience
Experience in a technical leadership role of a large multi-disciplined engineering team
Experience with cloud - based system and S/W architectures
Experience with requirements management and / or backlog management and grooming in JIRA
Experience in Multi-INT Sensemaking, Orchestration, and Processing concepts
Experience in development of containerized software system architectures
Experience using MBSE processes and tools to digitally capture systems design and elaboration in Cameo or similar tools
Benefits
A full suite of the traditional Medical/Dental/Vision insurances
A 401(K) plan with a company match
Tuition and training assistances
Paid vacation/leave
A fitness reimbursement program
College savings plan
Commuter benefits
Financial advisory services
Flex spending accounts
Health savings accounts
STD/LTD coverage
Life and AD&D insurance
Employee assistance programs
Life financial planning assistance
Legal resources
Company
Cornerstone Defense
Cornerstone Defense specializes in cloud architecture, enterprise & network engineering, systems & network security services.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Brian Sammons
Chief Financial Officer
Reilly Leonard
Chief Operating Officer
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