Computing Systems Engineer Security Clearance

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Candidate must have an active TS/SCI w/Poly. The role focuses on high‑performance computing (HPC) for a national security program involving commercial cloud technologies, HPC, and enterprise architecture. The program is tactically important to the National Security of the United States and the work on these missions is often recognized for its results.

• Analyze user requirements, concept of operations documents, and high‑level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.
• Analyze system requirements and lead design and development activities; guide users in formulating requirements, advise alternative approaches, and conduct feasibility studies.
• Provide technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology; incorporate new plans, designs, and systems into ongoing operations; develop technical documentation.
• Develop system architecture and system design documentation; guide system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans.
• Interact with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts; ultimately responsible for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables.
• Communicate with program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives; provide system engineering services and support to the HPC system design and engineering organization in support of the HPC CAPBILITIES program.
• Support the team's efforts to develop and maintain the architectural direction and methods of HPC systems to include compute, memory, interconnect, network, and storage architectures to meet current and future mission requirements.
• Support the development, test, and integration of commercial and custom HPC computing solutions as needed to support the overall HPC mission.
• Provide rigorous end‑to‑end systems engineering services through the entire HPC development and acquisition life cycle.
• Develop a program‑level requirements management process and establish a requirements baseline tailored for each system.
• Contribute to and/or deliver system engineering documentation at both program and system levels.
• Develop a risk management process, including a risk management plan and risk register.
• Propose and evolve HPC architectural concepts and features such as:
  • Ensure consistency with strategic plans and commercial vendor roadmaps.
  • Analyze and document alternatives among competing architectures.
  • Justify architectural elements based on mission applications and proxies.
• Deliver documentation of architecture, including description of unique architectural features and diagrams that illustrate structure and functions of the architecture.
• Specify, recommend, and/or analyze various aspects of HPC systems including:
  • Processor and/or accelerator technology, features, and performance.
  • Interconnect and network performance, fabric topology, technology, features and performance, including applicability for specific algorithms of interest.
  • Memory capacity and bandwidth.
  • Storage hierarchy, capacity, technology, and performance.
  • HPC‑facing network structure, technology, features, and performance.
  • Manufacturability, reliability, availability, serviceability, sustainability.
• Establish, expand, and/or focus the mission‑application performance of each architecture concept, supported by abstract modeling where appropriate.
• Specific skills of interest may include:
  • Ability to use the Atlassian suite (JIRA, Confluence, etc.).
  • Capability to use CAMEO.
  • Certifications such as CompTIA Security+ or CompTIA Network+.

• High School Diploma or GED plus fourteen (14) years of general system engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university plus six (6) years of systems engineering experience.
• Master’s degree in a qualified engineering field or related discipline from an accredited college or university plus four (4) years of systems engineering experience.
• PhD in a qualified engineering field or related discipline from an accredited college or university plus four (4) years of systems engineering experience.

The proposed salary range for this position in Maryland is $150,000 to $185,000. The comprehensive benefits include healthcare, retirement plan, paid disability and life insurance programs, employee assistance program, paid and unpaid leave programs, education assistance, and wellness initiatives.

Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets.