Senior Systems Engineer

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer 

Job Location:  MacDill AFB, Florida 

Trace Systems is seeking a cleared Senior Systems Engineer to join our team on-site at MacDill AFB, FL.  The ideal candidate will support will generally be provided Monday through Friday, between 0630-1730.  Additional on-call support may be required after hours.

The Senior Systems Engineer position at MacDill AFB, FL supports the Global Solutions Management-Operations II (GSM-O II), Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE). The JCSE team provides en-route, early entry, scalable C4 support to Regional Combatant Commands, Special Operations Command and other agencies. In this role, you will be responsible for new capability requirements and design, system assessments, and providing hands-on engineering support. Key elements of this position include: conducting analysis and assessments on new emerging technologies; developing and recommending functional design solutions to meet stakeholder requirements; providing Tier III support to the Joint Network Operations Center (JNOC);  develop, engineering, and recommend hardware and software solutions; and conduct cybersecurity mitigations on design solutions to comply with Risk Management Framework (RMF) cybersecurity requirements.

Responsibilities include:

• Review new capabilities and assess current capabilities for areas of improvement in support of the JCSE end-to-end enterprise infrastructure.
• Assist the government with identifying any derived design objectives, technical specifications, performance requirements, and interoperability specifications to ensure the system design will meet stakeholder end-to-end requirements.
• Provide hands on experience improving and maintaining the enterprise infrastructure, as well as support execution of new system increments.  
• Assess systems for limitations, gaps, shortfalls, or end of support products that could impact critical C2 mission support.
• Identify enhanced mission support and emerging technologies that will make the enterprise operate more efficiently.
• Assist the government with development, updates, and review of program/project Systems Engineering Plan (SEP), Information Support Plan (ISP), and Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) on new or emerging technologies or capabilities.
• Develop, review, and update briefings, papers, or spreadsheets in support of this task. 
• Plan and coordinate internal and external working groups with JCSE stakeholders to support the engineering process. Attend modernization program reviews and document comments, needs, and gaps from the JCSE stakeholders.
• Support the customer with management and technical synchronization of cost, schedule, and performance associated with the technical solutions being proposed or procured to meet stakeholder requirements.
• Ensure the system design adheres to industry standards, DOD standards, DOD policies, DOD instructions, DOD directives, cybersecurity policies, and best commercial practices.

• Security Clearance:  Active, in-scope US Government issued TS/SCI clearance

• Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, US Citizenship required.

• Position requires 8-12 years of relevant experience
• CCNP required
• Position also requires a current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification

• Experience with analysis of operational, functional, and performance requirements and the system design, test and implementation of initial capabilities. 
• Insight into JCSE coverage and capacity requirements for the end-to-end enterprise infrastructure (ex. SATCOM Gateway Baseband, transportable SATCOM terminals, terrestrial transport, NIPR data/voice/video, SIPR data/voice/video, MILSATCOM Bandwidth, COMSATCOM Bandwidth, deployable baseband).
• Experience in the development, updates, and review of program/project Systems Engineering Plan (SEP), Information Support Plan (ISP), and Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) on new or emerging technologies or capabilities.
• Prior experience in the planning and coordination of internal and external working groups 
• Experience developing, updating and maintaining engineering documents
• Experience providing risk analysis and recommendations for mitigating identified cybersecurity risks or threats to networks.

• BS Degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6-10 years of relevant experience. Specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.

Trace Systems Inc. was founded to support and defend our nation's security interests at home and abroad–– whenever and wherever. We provide enterprise IT, engineering, full life-cycle communications, cybersecurity, cloud and virtualization services and solutions to the United States Department of Defense and other federal agencies.  

To Apply: We invite you to put your talents to work by joining a growing team of dynamic professionals here at Trace Systems! Be part of a culture at our leading-edge company where you can achieve great things while fostering a satisfying and rewarding career progression. To learn more about our current openings, text ‘tracejobs’ to 97211 or apply directly through our website at: www.tracesystems.com. #jointracesystems

Trace Systems is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, disability, veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.