System Engineer - Acquisition Security Clearance

Position: System Engineer - Acquisition with Security Clearance
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System Engineer - Acquisition System Engineer - Acquisition Belong. Connect. Grow. with K ! K 's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country's most critical role - protecting our national security. Why Join Us?

* Innovative Projects: K 's work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

* Collaborative Environment:
Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

* Impactful Work:
Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense. K  is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to be part of our team supporting our customers in Chantilly, VA that delivers mission-critical capabilities directly supporting intelligence-gathering missions from overhead systems. The Systems Engineer serves as an advisor to support the Government in defining new mission requirements, performing classic Systems Engineering sub-tasks such as Requirements, Configuration Management, Integration, Verification, Validation and Test (IVV&T), Risk and Readiness.

This position envisions representing the Government team and working with development contractors in performing all aspects of agile software development, CI/CD pipelines and deployment of mission software to operations. The Ground Enterprise embraces innovation and agile software development in a relentless effort to meet intelligence needs and shorten the timelines to provide actionable critical information to US Government decision-makers. This is a contingent position based upon contract award Specific responsibilities may include:
* Pre-Award Acquisition Support:
Provide advice recommendations, and document preparation support to multiple disciplined offices in all areas of the acquisition pre-award phase, to include:

* Statement of Works (SOWs), Statement of Objectives (SOOs)

* Acquisition Strategy Support

* Cost Estimates

* Market Research & Market Surveys

* Quality Assurance Plans

* Requests for Proposals (RFPs)/Request for Quotations (RFQs)

* Source Selection

* Other miscellaneous pre-award documentation

* Award/Selection Support:
Provide source selection support to include reviewing contract award documents and contract award acquisition support

* Familiarity with overall GEOINT ground customer, technical familiarity with mission control and/or processing of one or more GEOINT systems.

Minimum qualifications:

* Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

* Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field (Master's degree preferred)

* 5+ years of experience in systems engineering

* Strong knowledge of mission planning and scheduling systems

* Experience with system-to-system interfaces and integration

* Experience with Agile and Dev Ops methodologies

* Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders and development teams

* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

* Strong communication skills Belong, Connect and Grow at K  At K , we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team's philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow.

We Deliver - Together. K  is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.