Space Force - Enterprise Services System Engineer

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree, plus a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense Secret security clearance required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

ROLE AND POSITION OBJECTIVES:

As an Enterprise Services systems engineer for the SDA GMI program, you’ll be a member of a cross-functional team responsible for developing and deploying the state-of-the-art ground operational systems.

As an Enterprise Services System Engineer, you will:

• Develop, update, and sustainment of Enterprise Services system-engineering documentation supporting network, cloud, DMZ, and hybrid infrastructure capabilities.
• Author and maintain system specifications, architecture descriptions, design documents, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Architecture Description Documents (ADDs), network diagrams, and related technical baselines.
• Translate stakeholder needs, operational concepts, and technical requirements into clear, complete, and traceable system-engineering artifacts.
• Develop and maintain ICDs for network, cloud, external mission partner, Operations Center, Ground Entry Point, SVV, and enterprise-service interfaces.
• Work closely with Network, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Operations, Integration and Test, Systems Engineering, and external stakeholders to collect technical inputs and resolve documentation issues.
• Ensure documentation accurately reflects the deployed environment, approved architecture, planned capability increments, interfaces, configurations, and technical decisions.
• Support requirements decomposition, allocation, traceability, verification planning, and updates to requirements traceability matrices.
• Participate in technical interchange meetings, design reviews, architecture working groups, DRRs, and configuration-control activities.
• Coordinate document reviews, adjudicate comments, maintain version control, and route documents through required approval and release processes.
• Ensure documentation supports the PWSA Tranche-based development approach by documenting current-state, planned-state, and future-state architecture evolution.
• Identify documentation gaps, outdated artifacts, interface inconsistencies, and technical dependencies; develop plans to address them.
• Support development of technical estimates, schedules, work plans, and backlog stories for documentation and systems-engineering activities.
• Provide Systems Engineering leadership for documentation priorities, quality standards, completion criteria, and delivery commitments across the Enterprise Services team.

What sets you apart:

• Prefer minimum 15 years of recent experience designing, integrating, or sustaining complex distributed software systems
• Prefer minimum 9 years of recent experience working satellite-ground systems or similar national-security mission programs
• Minimum 5 years of recent experience working in cloud or hybrid-cloud enviroments
• Demonstrated experience developing system-engineering documentation for complex network, cloud, or hybrid-cloud environments.
• Experience supporting SDA, PWSA, or GMI programs
• Familiarity with cloud networking and services, preferably AWS GovCloud and/or AWS SC2S, including VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, load balancers, security groups, and Infrastructure as Code concepts.
• Creative thinker motivated to apply technical standards and methodologies to develop solutions
• Active DoD Secret security clearance, with the ability to maintain the clearance required for the program
• Collaborative team player with the ability to provide technical leadership and position others for success
• Strong presentation and communications skills with experience in the art of negotiation and the ability to meet challenging customer requirements with win-win solutions
• Commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others
• Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation

Our Commitment to You:

• An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
• Research oriented work, alongside award winning teams developing practical solutions for our nation’s security
• Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule)
• Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health & wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more
• See more at gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits

Workplace Options: This position can be fully on-site or work a minimum of three days in the Scottsdale GD facility.While on-site, you will be a part of the SDA team located in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Combined Salary Range

Company Overview

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans