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Our performance standard is “excellence,” with an outcomes-based, quality focus in our services and products, guided by our core values of honesty (in word and deed), relationships (confidence and trust with clients and partners), teamwork (shared goals, mission, and purpose), loyalty (allegiance to our client and team), and importance of others (work and win as a team).\nSimIS is currently recruiting for the listed position.\nThe DHS CBP Program Management Office Directorate (PMOD) serves as the Independent Test Authority (ITA) for CBP acquisition programs and requires comprehensive systems engineering and test and evaluation (T&E) support. SimIS seeks a Systems Engineer to conduct comprehensive systems engineering trade studies and technical analysis to support CBP's mission of achieving 100% border coverage through integrated surveillance technologies. 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