2HB Software Designs

Monitoring and Metrics Thread Systems Engineer

Description of Position

Job Description:

 Provide TE1 forward-deployed systems engineering support for full life cycle, end-to-end systems engineering for TURBULENCE threads -- from capability definition/planning through deployment, operations & maintenance (O&M) and sustainment. The TU Thread SE will work under the direction of the Lead Thread SE to support tasking including, but not limited to:

·        Concept of Operations (CONOP) development and analysis;

·        Identification and prioritization of planned capabilities based upon the CONOP and any identified T1 Mission Effect/Architectural Enhancements, including identification of applicable deployment baselines (Unilateral, Unilateral Legal, etc.);

·        Identification of the targeted spin for each activity (development, I&T, and deployment); documentation of support (tasking, requirements) to be performed by contributing project);

·        Definition of testable system requirements (including documentation of requirements and required attributes in

Rational RequisitePro);

·        Documentation and reporting of measures for success for the capability for each spin;

·        Identification of any applicable assumptions/dependencies/constraints;

·        Identification of interface implications (including identification of details for new, modified, and deprecated interfaces, message schema versions/changes, and any applicable issues related to forward/backward compatibility and impacts on downstream systems);

·        Identification of any requirements or concerns related to security and legal & policy;

·        Identification and documentation of the test strategy (including test considerations such as specialized hardware, configurations, test tools, data flows, data characterizations, and constraints); risk identification, assessment and mitigation planning; and generation of an integrated schedule for the thread's activities for each spin;

·        Development of NSA Way Gate 1 artifacts (e.g., Thread Strategy documents, Thread Plans, etc.);

·        Management of Thread requirements using the Requisite Pro repository;

·        Collaboration with T15 Requirements Management, following documented business rules for requirements development, agreement, and baseline change management;

·        Collaboration with the TU Interface Team (TuIT), providing interface details and interface implications for the current and planned spin based upon requirements;

·        Collaboration with thread, requirements, and T152 1& T teams to determine criteria and, including planning for Gate 3 delivery of planned capabilities for 1& T and identification of plans for resolution and 1& T of fixes for approved DRs;

·        Contribution to the development of transition plans for enabling capabilities and fielding fixes for DR's that have been successfully integrated and tested and are ready for operational deployment;

·        Collaboration with T17 for site deployment(s), monitoring and sustainment;

·        Facilitation of effective and timely communications and information flow among the thread team, customers, solution providers, and other stakeholders and partners through: weekly thread meetings; maintenance of the thread wiki; preparation of materials for quarterly T1 Spin Reviews and bi-monthly ME/AE briefings; and participation in other cross-organizational sharing and outreach sessions with S2, T1x, Mission Advisory Groups, etc.

 

The Monitoring SE primarily works with the TUMMS and NEWHORIZONS projects to establish and improve the health & status monitoring of Turbulence. This involves working with all of the Turbulence projects as well as many other NSA Corporate systems to plan, coordinate, and maintain generating, sending, storing, and visualizing measurements. The Monitoring SE documents these plans in a Gate 1 Concept document for the Monitoring Thread Strategy. Most of the strategy is closely coupled with the responsibility of deriving NCC functional requirements into meaningful system requirements as well as support requests and user scenarios. The Monitoring SE is responsible for supporting the full life cycle by bringing together the projects with each other as well as with the integrators, testers, deployment, and sustainment personnel as required.

The Thread SE works closely with the Government Thread Lead and the Lead Thread SE to work with thread participants and cross-functional teams to ensure that the activities planned for the spin are proceeding on schedule and monitors the spin/baseline TU capability development process from solution hand off (Gate 3) through completion of T15 system test (Gate 5) and handoff to T17 for operational deployment.

The Thread SE collaborates and shares information with other ESEAlTE-1 SE resources and promotes the use SE best-practices to ensure the success of the Thread as well as success of adjacent ESEA engineering initiatives.

Additional Requirements

Individual Capabilities Required:

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Communications, Computer, or Electrical), Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or similar degree and meets the experience requirements, or equivalent documented combination of training and experience. Minimum fifteen years experience in a technical role with at least five years as a Systems Engineer. The individual must be proficient in MS Office technologies.

This is a hands-on position requiring strong SIGINT knowledge. The position requires extensive hands-on systems engineering and integration experience. The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of the customer organization and the SIGINT systems to be integrated by the Thread.

The candidate must have the ability to work with TE1, T1x, and T15 government leaders to ensure the success of the Thread. The individual must be proactive, able to converse and coordinate with various project members and work with external entities to resolve ambiguities and questions regarding thread capabilities and activities and the team's progress in satisfying them. Demonstrated experience with managing multiple stakeholders to reach mutual agreements on goals, objectives, program/domain capabilities, interfaces and milestones. Individual must possess flexibility and personality skills to work within a high-profile, high-pressure, multi-contractor environment.

Applicants selected must already possess required security clearances.

Individual Capabilities Desired:

·        Working knowledge of TURBULENCE, AMoD, and NCC and how these activities interact with T1x organizations.

·        Hands-on experience in development, I&T and/or deployment of SIGINT systems.

Proficiency in Rational RequisitePro, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Linux, HTML. 

Security Clearance: Top Secret with Lifestyle Polygraph

Location: MD, Laurel/Ft Meade area

Salary: Salary commensurate with experience.

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