Sr Systems Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Sr Systems Engineer with Security Clearance
Title:

Sr Systems Engineer 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 an IT Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join an elite Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory team supporting customer innovation labs from Chantilly, VA. It requires a proactive, detail-oriented IT SME with strong organizational skills and polished communication skills.

The successful candidate will contribute to the success of the customer and team by:
* Providing IT and cybersecurity support to the customer as part of a multinational AI project

* Providing subject matter expertise on IT networking, security, auditing, and other emerging IT/cyber related technologies (including AI)

* Advising customer leadership on the efficacy of planned project initiatives in terms of cost, schedule, performance, and risk

* Advise customer leadership on maximizing efficiency across all IT aspects of this project related to power, space, cooling, hardware, software, and licensing

* Identifying and representing customer AI/IT/cyber equities in evaluating impacts to the project driven by IT security requirements, multi-IN compliance issues, and multipartite information-sharing requirements Work Environment:

* Location:

On-Site

* Travel Requirements:
Minimal 0-20%

* Working Hours:

Standard Qualifications

Required:

* Clearance:
Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph

* Education:

Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) and 12 years or more relevant experience; master's in STEM field. STEM is a contractual requirement.

* Technical

Experience:

Hands-on experience working with AI and operating in Dev Ops, and/or Dev Sec Ops , and/or agile environments

* Requirements

Experience:

Hands-on expertise gathering and identifying actionable requirements for requested capabilities

* IT Infrastructure

Experience:

Hands-on experience with IT infrastructure design and implementation (power, space, cooling, connectivity)

* Ability to identify engineering opportunities to customer decision makers

* Demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage multiple tasks and effectively interact with developers, USG customers, other SETAs, and USG project managers.

* Polished communication skills (written/verba); impeccable interpersonal skills and judgment; and confidence in presenting analysis and recommendations to all levels of USG

* Hands-on JIRA and Confluence experience for project and internal team communications

* Expertise in MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Word, Access, Project) Qualifications Desired:
* RMF experience with Top Secret//SI compartmented environment accreditation, security control assessment, and ATO process

* Experience with coalition/multinational security architectures, cross-domain solutions, information sharing agreements, and sovereign policy considerations

* Experience developing security documentation (SSP, SAR, POA&M) and familiarity with NIST, ICD 503, IC security standards, and HPC/AI-ML infrastructure security

* Hands-on cyber experience, including active cyber certification at the Intermediate or Advanced level per DoD9=8140 (i.e., Security + CE, CISSP, CASP CE, etc.)

* At least 3 years supporting a Big 5 customer

* Hands-on experience in a large AI data center environment

* Experience developing briefings and other analytic products on short (less than 8 hour) deadlines

* Experience and comfort with supporting SES/SIS/FO/GO level…