Senior Systems Engineer - Product Owner (TS/SCI) - MKS2 Technologies
Richardson, TX
About the Job
MKS2 Technologies, LLC, an award-winning high growth small business, creates innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Instructional Design and Training, Software Engineering and IT Support Services to improve the security and well-being of our clients. Our commitment to excellence and our "Mission First" orientation has resulted in steady growth and an expanding client base across government agencies. We have employees nationwide and for the past three consecutive years were named one of the fastest growing Veteran-owned companies in the nation. Please take a moment to browse through our website and learn more about what it means to serve with MKS2.
*ALL APPLICANTS MUST HOLD AN ACTIVE TS/SCI CLEARANCE*
Job Title: Sr. Systems Engineer – Product Owner
Location: Richardson, TX (ON-SITE 8AM-5PM)
Pay: $140,000 - $170,000 w/ benefits package
Security Clearance Requirement: Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Security Clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is mandatory due to security clearance eligibility.
Job Description:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer – Product Owner, to join our engineering team. In this role you will be responsible for the continued development of an advanced, leading-edge, software system providing excellent technical guidance and team communication. As the Senior Systems Engineer – Product Owner (SE – PO) you will function in a technical role in a SAFe Agile development environment and effectively work and communicate with all levels of Program Leadership, Customers, and Engineers on the Program team. As a SE - PO, you will collaborate with our client's systems engineering and subcontractor teams to design and develop software. The SE – PO assists in providing technical direction and clarification to subcontractors during the entire software development lifecycle; from conceptualization and design to development, testing, deployment, and operations. The SE – PO performs solution decomposition from customer epics, to capabilities, to features, to stories according to SAFe practices. The SE – PO will apply systems engineering expertise in particular to feature designs to reduce overall risk to the software development lifecycle. The SE – PO will engage with customer user representatives to gather user needs and incorporate into the feature designs. The SE – PO will also engage with SMEs from other disciplines to fully understand the solution and document the designs.
Must Have Qualifications:
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security TS/SCI security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience
• Experience working in an Agile development team environment with multi-discipline engineers and stake holders, developing system solutions to meet customer requirements
• Experienced with requirements decomposition and experience with CONOPS development
• Solution oriented, strong communication skills, excellent problem-solving and time management skills
• Extensive systems engineering experience, including support to development of large software systems, as Technical Lead or with subject matter expert experience; and extensive engineering experience working in the full software development lifecycle using Agile methodology that ensures high quality software is built and released to end-users quickly and within cost and schedule parameters
• Experience using Agile tool sets (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.), and evaluation of COTS
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience working with or developing MBSE and DoDAF operational views for design detail
• AWS cloud experience - AWS cloud technology knowledge and implementation
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) knowledge and experience, as a System Engineer or working directly in such roles
• Experience using modeling resources and methodologies like Cameo, Enterprise Architect, Rhapsody, is a plus
• CompTIA Security + Certification – Linux
• Experience with the Cloud technologies and Cloud migration, Containerization and databases, Automation (Build, Deploy, Test)
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: MKS2 Technologies is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.