NextGen Federal Systems

Systems Engineer

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Washington, DC

In-Office

Information Technology • Software • Consulting

NextGen delivers transformative software and IT solutions to defense and intelligence agencies across the country.

The Role

NextGen Federal Systems is looking to hire an Systems Engineer to support our efforts with US Customs and Border Protection's Office of Acquisition in Washington, DC.

The Systems Engineer will provide technical expertise in systems engineering, requirements analysis, and lifecycle management for complex acquisition programs. This role involves collaborating with program managers, contracting officers, and technical teams to ensure systems are designed, developed, tested, and deployed in accordance with mission requirements, regulatory compliance, and acquisition best practices. The Systems Engineer will play a key role in the planning, execution, and sustainment of acquisition programs by ensuring that systems meet performance, cost, schedule, and risk objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide expertise and technical assistance across systems engineering and acquisition lifecycles for all acquisition program levels. Support planning, implementation, and execution of systems engineering activities. Perform requirements development and System Engineering Life Cycle (SELC) planning, technical reviews, and technical activities throughout program lifecycles. Develop models of systems processes, simulations, analyses, and reporting supporting program decisions and enterprise-level strategic directives and initiatives. Prepare and present authoritative advice and recommendations to a variety of audiences including scientific professionals, non-technical senior leadership, and equipment end-users. Oversee Test and Evaluation (T&E) lifecycle processes and deliverables (including Operational T&E) and develop, advise, and test new approaches and theories. Perform integrated Logistics and Sustainment (L&S) lifecycle activities across policy, planning, implementation, assessments, workforce development, technical assistance, training, and asset management. Execute planning, tool development, and integration and generation of artifacts to expedite program and enterprise efforts. Generate and review policy, process, and procedural documents to support efficient execution of tasks; provide input into agency-wide acquisition policy and support workforce development. Assist the development, oversight, and execution of strategies to support the transition to Digital Engineering (DE) and Modeling and Simulation (M&S) in acquisitions. Provide expertise in support of Federal IT and non-IT programs throughout the acquisition lifecycle framework activities and documentation requirements.

Required Qualifications

Ability to obtain and retain a DHS Suitability and/or CBP Background Investigation
Bachelor's degree and 10 years of experience with a background in acquisition management and systems engineering
Possess understanding of the DHS or DoD SELC and DHS Management Directive 102-01, DoD 5000, and Federal Acquisition Institute guidelines and acquisition support for complex system acquisitions

Desired Qualifications

Master's degree with Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) and 2+ years of experience managing a systems engineering team for a large Level I or II DHS Program
Active DHS Suitability, CBP Background Investigation and/or Top Secret Clearance
Digital Engineering (DE) and Modeling and Simulation (M&S) experience in acquisitions

About NextGen: NextGen Federal Systems is an innovative technology and professional services provider specializing in advanced software solutions and comprehensive mission and business support services. We work in close collaboration with our Customers to truly understand their business and mission goals. Our approach is to design, build, implement, and manage solutions that measurably improve our client’s organizational performance. We have established and foster a corporate culture where we: Treat employees with fairness and respect regardless of their position, sexual identity, race, or tenure; Communicate the importance of our mission and our employees’ contributions to it, ensuring they understand how their job role contributes to the greater good; Openly promote and communicate our ideas for change and adaptability; Strive to achieve results as an organization; Hold employees accountable to their commitments and provide incentives that encourage positive and productive behaviors; Value the talents and contributions of our employees as the key factor for our success; Create an environment where people can engage at all levels; Encourage people to take risks and allow them to make mistakes.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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The Company

HQ: Morgantown, WV

257 Employees

Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

NextGen is an award-winning IT solutions and services provider. NextGen is a fast-growing company that employs agile and mature processes in areas of innovation, research and development, program management, systems engineering, and technology commercialization. Current customers include the Department of Defense, Federal Government, and commercial companies.

NextGen utilizes a mixed model consisting of Services and Solution Development in support of customer goals. Our core areas of expertise include Software Development, Research and Development, Enterprise IT Systems Engineering, and Cyber Security & Data Management. NextGen obtained ISO 9001 certification and achieved CMMI-DEV and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraisal. Recent and steady growth led to our recognition by INC 5000 as the 211th (2016), 440th (2017), 1096th (2018), 1703rd (2019), and 2437th (2020) fastest-growing company in the US and 19th fastest growing IT Services Company in the US. NextGen has offices near Aberdeen, MD; Ft. Meade, MD; Dayton, OH; O’Fallon, IL, and Morgantown, WV.

We understand the paradigm shift of doing more with less; developing, operating, and supporting complex systems and missions while keeping pace with changing technologies; and providing high-quality working solutions to analysts and warfighters supporting the Federal Government. We aggressively manage internal costs to ensure competitive salaries for top talent while ensuring cost-effective delivery to our customers. As the demand for quality increases, NextGen is well-positioned to tackle the most intricate challenges facing the defense and intelligence communities today.