Senior Systems Engineering - Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted. 

The Space and Intelligence Division provides professional services to the US Space Force, Combatant Commands, Intelligence Community, and NASA. Our work includes enterprise architectural assessments, systems engineering and integration, test, planning and execution, cost estimating and analysis, acquisition support, and cybersecurity.  We are trusted partners developing approaches and concepts to meet emerging high priority needs, assessing cutting-edge technologies, and supporting capabilities for our National Defense.  Come join the fastest growing Division at Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.!

The Intelligence Programs Group, part of Systems Planning and Analysis Inc.’s Space and Intelligence Division, is a specialized provider of systems engineering and trusted advisory services to the Space and National Intelligence community.  We utilize mission-proven, data-driven advisory tools and capabilities.  We provide highly technical support to ensure the government acquires cutting edge technology necessary for our National Defense.  Our portfolio includes the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).  Come where you will be part of our high-caliber team!

SPA has an Senior Systems Engineering position opening. 

As a member of the COLOSSUS Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) program providing Enterprise Planning and Management support to the customer’s groups and offices, you will be aligned to a specific customer organization and serve as a trusted agent to the aligned organization, responding to requests for reports, briefings, talking points, as well as technical status on actions at their aligned organization level. You will facilitate collaboration across organizations and contracts necessary to ensure the equities of others are considered in the development of work products, as well as supporting other desired organizational outcomes. You will act as a contractor point of contact for office tasks and proactively ensure responses meet deadlines. You will be expected to develop executive-level communications and correspondence with a high degree of comprehensiveness, accuracy, and timeliness of written information.

The successful candidate will:

• Support office leadership with general SETA support (white papers, briefings, action responses, coordination support).
• Provide system engineering expertise in requirements, readiness and IT architecture development.
• Track and status action items.
• Support program-based action item resolution, and provide updates on open actions to group leadership.
• Develop and coordinate customer organization’s weekly activity reporting.
• Solicit and consolidate inputs from multiple sources (Government, FFRDC, SETA, developer, etc.) and produce high-quality action item responses, reports, briefings and/or plans in accordance with the customer formats and guidelines for internal and external consumption upon government approval.
• Gather information and draft background and talking papers on selected topics of interest to customer and group leadership.
• Facilitate preparation and coordination of customer leadership’s briefings to governance boards/forums.
• Produce high-quality presentation materials, to include multimedia products and executive-level communications and correspondence with a high degree of comprehensiveness, accuracy, and timeliness of written information.
• Provide insights and advice to customer organization across a broad range of business, mission, and technical issues, taskings, and advisories.
• May be requested to surge and flex in support of tasks and projects across the broader COLOSSUS scope according to their specific, personal expertise and capabilities.

Required Qualifications:

• MS with 8+ years or BS with 10+ years of experience with Enterprise level systems engineering to include requirements, readiness, acquisition, program management, and budget
• Active TS/SCI clearance, with CI Poly
• NRO or NGA familiarity

Desired Qualifications: 

• Able to lead teams and facilitate meetings with Executive level leadership
• Change Management Database (CMDB), Digital Engineering, and Cybersecurity experience
• Working knowledge of contingency operations
• DoDAF or other frameworks, CAMEO, or other modeling tools