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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Systems Engineer to join our team! In this role, you will serve as the engineering team's Systems Engineering Lead, ensuring engineering process compliance and standards across the project team. This involves ensuring complex software system requirements from multiple sources are documented, tracked, deconflicted, and verified; configuration management processes are followed; engineering documentation is complete and accurate; and engineering deliverables meet quality standards. You will work side by side with network, cloud, software, and systems engineers supporting a hybrid environment spanning on-premises infrastructure and multiple cloud environments.
This is a hands-on engineering role with a quality and compliance focus. This is a mission-critical program where your work directly contributes to matters of national security. You will help the team evolve a TRL-5 prototype system into a TRL-8 product in support of a classified customer pilot deployment as part of a newly formed and growing cyber solutions line of business.
What You'll Be Doing- Adapt and implement sound systems engineering practices to guide the engineering team through the systems design and development process under the auspices of the Technical Director
- Help develop and implement engineering management plans and processes as required
- Working with the PM, QA, and Security, establish and enforce engineering, quality, security, and safety standards in all engineering phases with an eye toward risk reduction, opportunity enhancement, team efficiency, and customer satisfaction
- Define and guide the effort to develop and maintain system design documents, product documents, interface control documents, configuration baselines, architecture diagrams, and technical manuals as needed
- Manage the requirements collection, deconfliction, allocation, validation, tracking and documentation processes
- Participate in design reviews, test events, and configuration control boards (CCBs) to assess solutions and the impact of requested changes, mentor junior engineers
- Advocate and facilitate the continual application of risk and opportunity management, continuous improvement, quality, configuration management, and security practices among the team
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline; additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- 10+ years of systems engineering or related experience, with demonstrated experience leading the systems engineering effort for complex systems
- Experience with classified system’s hardening and protection, RMF framework, NIST policies, and cybersecurity protection practices
- Working knowledge of Linux (RHEL) environments, virtualization, cloud computing, and TCP/IP networking
- Adept at balancing multiple simultaneous streams of requirements and priorities while considering the impacts on design, implementation, maintenance, support, and operations
- The ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly and concisely for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Team player, insatiable curiosity, and willingness to lean forward, take calculated risks, and defend your position
- Active TS security clearance with SCI eligibility, may require the ability to obtain a polygraph
- Working knowledge of offensive and defensive cyber tactics
- Experience documenting systems in accordance with DoD or IC documentation standards and data item descriptions (DIDs)
- Familiarity with Government cloud environments
- Experience working in SCIF or other classified/air gapped environments
- Familiarity with configuration management practices and tools (Git, SharePoint versioning, Confluence)
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $148,300.00 - $266,900.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- 10+ years of systems engineering or related experience
- Demonstrated experience leading systems engineering for complex systems
- Experience with classified systems hardening and protection, RMF framework, and NIST policies
- Working knowledge of Linux (RHEL) environments
- Experience with virtualization and cloud computing environments
- Working knowledge of TCP/IP networking
- Ability to manage requirements collection, deconfliction, allocation, validation, and tracking
- Experience establishing and enforcing engineering, quality, security, and configuration management processes
- Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility
- Ability to obtain a polygraph (may be required)
- Working knowledge of offensive and defensive cyber tactics
- Experience documenting systems per DoD or IC documentation standards and DIDs
- Familiarity with Government cloud environments
- Experience working in SCIF or classified/air-gapped environments
- Familiarity with configuration management tools and practices (Git, SharePoint versioning, Confluence)
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
