Systems Engineer

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Markon is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to support an Intelligence Customer.

• Requirements Generation and Traceability: Eliciting, analyzing, and documenting user requirements, and defining and decomposing system requirements down to design specifications to ensure that the final product meets the user's needs
• Testing and Verification and Validation: Ensuring that system testing verifies the system meets requirements and satisfies the needs of the user and/or primary stakeholder.
• Interface and Integration: Develops standards and coordinates the integration of the system across multiple disciplines and with existing systems. This may include the development of a concept of operations and specific, non-functional requirements to ensure the system can be efficiently operated and maintained. It may also entail coordinating between technical and non-technical teams working on different aspects of the system.
• Trade Studies: Conducting analyses to evaluate different design options, assessing their feasibility, and recommending the best approach based on factors such as performance, cost, schedule, and risk
• Project Definition and Outcomes: Defining the project outcomes, system architecture, identifying key performance parameters, and assisting a project manager to estimate the schedule, cost, and resources necessary to successfully develop, acquire, and implement the system

• Active/current TS/SCI with FS Polygraph
• Bachelors Degree  in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline + 10 years of relevant experience
• Analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts/theories for various projects
• Technology Design - Adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs
• Ability to logically and systematically convert customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Ability to analyze and study complex system requirements, for example:
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, cost estimation, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
• Apply the concept of operations set of disciplines for the planning, analysis, design, and construction of information systems across a major sector of the organization
• Experience with activity and data modeling, transaction flow analysis, internal control and risk analysis, and modern business methods and performance measurement techniques

USD $170,000.00 - USD $200,000.00 /Yr.

The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.