Systems Engineer Principal

Description Join a winning team!  Be part of a dynamic team that delivers excellence and quality for the NRO’s Mission Integration Directorate (MID).  SAIC is seeking to fill an opening for an Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) Pentagon (J3) Outreach Representative. The customer organization we support provides the outreach to staff representing the customer for assigned accounts that may include Joint Staff (J3).

Make a difference in securing our nation’s security through quality Outreach of NRO’s tools and capabilities.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
The ideal Representative will perform engagements across the Intelligence Community utilizing customer domain experience / expertise across all disciplines.

Embedded within the J3 to promote collaboration between Joint Staff and the NRO and preparing briefings for senior decision makers.

Author Joint Staff issue papers and daily status reports to satisfy Joint Staff critical information requirements (CCIRs).Facilitate communication, cooperation and National System technical collection expertise between the customer and its users, to include top ranking officials.

Provide expert advice, in-depth training, and exercise / operational support to IC partners by identifying customer capabilities that contribute to users’ success.

Provides strategic planning and senior staff support, including strategic and operational engagement coordination.

Executes customer strategic messaging, user needs tracking, business intelligence and data metrics capture, and customer relationship management and monitoring.

Frequent interaction with government, SETA, FFRDC, and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph.

Bachelor’s degree and 9+ year’s professional related experience.

Must be highly self-motivated; strong technical and leadership background; professional and tactful under pressure; effective negotiation and diplomatic skills. Must have excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, for coordinated communications with organization and representatives throughout the IC and DOD, including senior military and government civilian personnel and contractors.

Understanding of the intelligence community and customer domain, along with a strong Proven experience with technical fundamentals in IC space collectors, command and control, mission control, and mission processing.

Experience identifying user needs and gaps, identifying potential solutions, and assessing/analyzing alternatives.

Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and energetic environment.

Customer focused and capable of representing the customer in community forums.

Knowledge of SIGINT and GEOINT remote sensing systems, protection, and overall space and ground architecture including mission management and/or mission processing functions.

Job Field:
Engineering and Sciences Travel:
Yes, 10 % of the Time