System Engineer Technical Lead
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System Engineer Technical LeadTop SecretOn-site - Chantilly, Or Alexandria, VAEmail: ...@altaits.comALTA IT is looking for a System Engineer Technical Lead to join our team responsible for the integration, operations, and sustainment of various operational and in-development systems.This client has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the modernization of a geospatial product supporting mission critical operations. The candidate will provide leadership to invigorate technical innovation and must be willing to drive smart change to support a collaborative and innovative culture to provide our customer with optimal solutions that meet their strategic goals. A successful candidate will have experience with the Microsoft technology stack, AWS services, and related software and networking design and implementation.Responsibilities:Primary responsibilities will involve taking a leadership role in system assessment, recommendations, and solution implementation.Become a subject matter expert (SME) for the baseline, with the ability to communicate the system's features, architecture, roadmap, and limitations to a variety of audiencesDecompose requirements, use cases, and need statements into epics and features with clearly defined acceptance criteria that will be assigned to agile development teamsTake part in migration of a legacy systems to model cloud-based architectures, leveraging modern cloud native technologies.Ensure the security, reliability, and maintainability of internally facing applications and servicesAbility to clearly describe and analyze a problem and to articulate a solutionProvide hands-on technical support to the team (systems engineering, software development, testing)Execute analysis of alternatives (AoA) and prototypes to determine the design of new system features and capabilitiesParticipate and provide subject matter expertise in technical exchange meetings and other customer or stakeholder forumsManage the system requirements and maintain technical requirement documentsCreate and communicate design artifacts to the team to ensure applications and services are built to support the business and architecture objectivesProvide subject matter expertise and support agile development teams in the continuous integration of epics and featuresRequired Qualifications:Must possess an active Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain SCI post hireRequires a BS in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or closely related discipline and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant experience; OR 10 years of experience in lieu of degreeDOD 8570 Certification (Security+ or equivalent or higher)Experience with Microsoft .NET ecosystem tools such as VB .NET , C# , C++, Visual Studio, WPFFirm understanding of object-oriented design , data structures and design patternsExperience designing and developing UI/UX that simplify complex workflows while keeping designs flexibleExperience working with large code basesExperience writing testable softwareGIS experience and knowledge of roaster and imageryExperience with System (hardware, software and networking) Design and ArchitectureExperience developing a technical roadmapAbility to lead and prioritize systems engineering and architecture requirementsDatabase experience such as PostgreSQLWeb Application and application workflow experienceExperience preparing presentations and leading technical exchange meetingsExcellent communication skillsExperience briefing stakeholders at all levelsKnowledge of Systems, Architectural, SW Development and SW Sustainment methodologies and practicesProficient in software development projects or software integration projects in a service-oriented environment (Cloud, SOA, Web-Services) or virtualization environment.Experience with AWS architectures and technologiesFamiliar with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)Familiar with Git/GitLab or other source code control toolsFamiliar with System Engineering documentation creation (VDDs, diagrams, etc.)Familiar with team collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence)Preferred Qualifications:Experience leading systems engineering support for geospatial productsExperience writing, maintaining, and presenting architecture diagramsMicrosoft certification(s)AWS certification (e.g. Solutions Architect, Developer, DevOps Engineer)#M2