Apogee is seeking a System Integration Engineer supporting the Architecture and Engineering Group at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency at Fort Belvoir, Virginia This work is located on-site and provides full lifecycle acquisition management for complex government programs to deliver secure, interoperable architectures and engineering solutions—spanning enterprise geospatial software to multi-national information-sharing platforms—ensuring NGA equities are seamlessly integrated across the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC). The role involves an extraordinary degree of specialized knowledge or expertise performing highly complex and ambiguous assignments that normally require integration and synthesis of a number of unrelated disciplines and disparate concepts.
This is a full-time position located on-site at a government facility in Fort Belvoir, VA.
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Responsibilities- Assist System Program Office government personnel in the management of cost, schedule, and performance, of OUSD(I&S) DCGS/PED activities
- Support government personnel by attending, hosting, and/or facilitating meetings to assess status and issues related to the cost, schedule, and performance of the DOD or NGA-sponsored experimentations, exercises and demonstrations.
- Support government personnel by managing cost, schedule, performance of , Limited Objective Events (LOEs), and DOD or NGA-sponsored experimentations, exercises, and demonstrations
- Review deliverables (specifically, but not limited to ES Reports), track action items, and provide recommendations to ensure alignment with government direction.
- Integrate programmatic, technical, policy, and other feedback from internal and external organizations to provide analysis, expertise, options, recommendations, ideas and recommendations to government personnel.
- Manage NGA internal engagement in support of OUSD(I&S) DCGS/PED activities
- Manage engagement in support of OUSD(I&S) DCGS/PED activities.
Minimum Experience:
Citizenship: Must be a US citizen Clearance: TS/SCI level clearance with Counter-Intelligence Polygraph (within last 5 years or within 90 days of hire)
Education/Years of Experience: MS/MA, computer science, software engineering, software architecture, AI/ML, Cybersecurity or related field.
- Exercise a solid working knowledge and capability of Microsoft Office tools, specifically PowerPoint, Word, and Project.
- Industry leader with exceptional expertise relevant to field, compliant with GSA standards.
- Demonstrated management of cloud-based IT infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS),
- Demonstrated specialized experience working with tactical sensors and tactical data integration with DoD, NGA or US/Coalition Mission Partners,
- Demonstrated specialized experience in applying system engineering processes, particularly requirements analysis, interface definition, and detailed implementation planning of large complex systems,
- Demonstrated specialized experience with NGA or DoD organization acquisition processes and procedures.
- Demonstrated specialized Tactical Collector ISR, with new/emerging collectors, DoD/Coalition ISR military experience, and DCGS experience.
Preferred Qualifications:Certifications: Professional Software Engineering Master Certification (PSEM), AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Developer; Certified ScrumMaster (CSM); CompTIA Security+ or CISSPEducation: Masters+ Years of Experience: 18+
- Demonstrated understanding related to the execution of NGA’s role in strategic and tactical efforts to integrate tactical ISR into the NSG architecture including Coalition partners.
- Demonstrated functional knowledge about NGA libraries, data storage, and development and implementation of initiatives.
- Demonstrated specialized experience with program integration, integrated library data architecture, scheduling, requirements and configuration management, risk management, metrics development and analysis, Earned Value Management, verification and validation test activities and commissioning, turnover and acceptance activities.
- Demonstrated total experience with tactical system/project/program management expertise with specialized experience in rapid execution of tactical data projects with a focus on interoperability, testing/demonstrations, tactical data ingest, processing, exploitation/analysis, storage, retrieval, dissemination and associated infrastructures.
- Ability to work independently and as a team member under tight deadlines with changing priorities.
- Ability to work proactively given goal-oriented guidance and adapt to changing requirements and management directives while working across divisions, offices, directorates, and interagency lines.
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing priorities.
- Demonstrate the ability to think strategically and can deconstruct complex problem into specific components and develop a structured approach within the context of the receiver of the information.
Additional InformationLocation: Fort Belvoir, VA (on-site at government facility) On-site/Hybrid/Remote: On-siteTravel: 10%
Skills Required
- U.S. citizenship
- TS/SCI security clearance with Counter-Intelligence Polygraph within the last five years or within 90 days of hire
- Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, software architecture, artificial intelligence/machine learning, cybersecurity, or a related field
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Word, and Project
- Experience managing cloud-based IT infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services
- Experience with tactical sensors and tactical data integration involving DoD, NGA, or U.S./coalition mission partners
- Experience applying systems engineering processes, including requirements analysis, interface definition, and implementation planning for complex systems
- Experience with NGA or DoD acquisition processes and procedures
- Tactical Collector ISR, emerging collector, DoD/coalition ISR military, and DCGS experience
- Professional Software Engineering Master Certification
- AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Developer certification
- Certified ScrumMaster certification
- CompTIA Security+ or CISSP certification
- Master's degree and 18 or more years of experience
- Experience with program integration, data architecture, scheduling, requirements and configuration management, risk management, metrics, Earned Value Management, verification and validation, commissioning, turnover, and acceptance
- Tactical system, project, or program management experience involving interoperability, testing, demonstrations, tactical data ingest, processing, exploitation, analysis, storage, retrieval, and dissemination
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