Software Systems Architect

The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact in the DoD? You understand your customer's environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to communicate real-world customer needs into technical delivery makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused enterprise engineering solution.

As an engineer on our team, you'll work with Booz Allen colleagues and the U.S. Space Force to develop, rapidly deploy, and integrate the next generation of resilient space, ground, and user capabilities across the Space Enterprise to deter attacks and provide critical information to our warfighters to defeat our enemies in battle. Your customer will trust you to not only test, analyze, evaluate, validate, and verify these systems, but also identify areas requiring urgent mitigation up front and early, to develop this system with advanced technology solutions. Grow your skills by merging innovative engineering methodologies and cross-disciplinary coordination to create tomorrow's solutions. Join our team and be a part of transforming the U.S. Space Force to meet growing threats.

What You'll Do:

• Develop relationships quickly and easily with other teams and system owners, communicating the complexities of security with a wide variety of audiences, including senior management.

• Create and communicate software system architecture documentation to meet feature requirements.

• Guide the program development from prototype through operational fielding with government program management.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience working on a space, ground, software, or hardware system for a Major Defense Acquisition Program

• 3+ years of experience with systems engineering

• Experience mapping system requirements to physical and functional architecture and conducting configuration management of system configurations

• Experience with the development of technical specifications, interface control documents, integration plans and schedules, inter-service support agreements, system behavior diagrams, sequence diagrams, and network diagrams

• Knowledge of DevSecOps or Agile software development, and systems engineering standards, including IEEE 15288.1 and IEEE 15288.2

• Ability to be highly motivated and display a dynamic work ethic with a desire to contribute to the DoD mission

• Ability to construct systems engineering deliverables independently with data from various sources

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

• Top Secret clearance

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics field

Nice If You Have:

• Experience conducting or supporting space system Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs), Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), and System Verification Reviews (SVRs)

• Experience with high-complexity data systems and data management

• Experience performing systems engineering, integration, and testing on space systems

• Experience managing system delivery through the security accreditation and risk management processes, and managing technical schedules in Microsoft Project or similar tools

• Knowledge of Air Force ISP Guide, JCIDS Manual, CJCSI 5123.01G, DODI 8330.01, AFMAN 33-407, and DODAF

• Knowledge of DoD 5000.01 or 5000.02

• Ability to be self-motivated, work independently, and create and manage systems engineering-related tasking with minimal program management guidance

• TS/SCI clearance

• Master's degree in an Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related technical field

• INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certifications such as ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP Certifications

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Identity Statement

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Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you'll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you'll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.