Operations Systems Engineer

Position Summary

MAG Aerospace is seeking an experienced Operations System Engineer that will assist in collaborating with system users, requirements owners, and developmental contractors to translate operational requirements into software requirements, designs, and implementations. The Operations System Engineer will support the internal Product Office Team planning and execution with the Defense contractor to posture for 24/7 uptime of the operational platform.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-growing team with multiple opportunities for upward advancement supporting C&S. The C&S program delivers critical capabilities to counter current and future threats, enabling the next generation of warfighting capabilities from sensor to Soldier worldwide. By applying game-changing cyber technologies through agile development methodology, we enable battlefield dominance for our Warfighters.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Participates in planning, coordinating, scheduling, directing, and controlling engineering and technical support activities applicable to network operations, program management, risk management, and integration of software tools/capabilities onto a variety of execution platforms.
• Participates in the development and execution of software and system test strategies.
• Reviews and assesses developmental contractor performance, schedules, plans, and estimates to ensure alignment with stakeholder requirements.
• Participates in government oversight of contractor software development activities, to include as a supporting team member in agile development paradigm activities (e.g., scrums, sprint retrospectives), and generating recommendations to the government Assistant Product Manager regarding development, development planning, development/test automation tools, requirements prioritization, test, evaluation, cross-system integration, and fielding/delivery, and post-delivery support of software-based systems.
• Provides integrated, multi-disciplinary solution recommendations for resolution of technical problems.
• Applies critical thinking and collaborative problem solving to identify and mitigate risk.
• Generates and briefs products to convey information to stakeholders.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Knowledge and Skills

• Experience assisting the government with technical oversight of vendor IT-developmental efforts.
• Experience with commercial computers (e.g., Dell), storage (e.g., NetApp), and networking (e.g., CISCO) server grade hardware.
• Experience with virtualized environments (VMs, VMWare).
• Familiarity with CI/CD best practices and tools (e.g., Git, Gitlab, Nexus, Jenkins).
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to generate and deliver focused briefings on complex topics to senior leaders.
• Ability to make recommendations for business process improvements with an understanding of technical problems and solutions as they relate to the technology needs.

Clearance

• Active TS/SCI Clearance.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor\’s degree required. Four additional years of relevant technical experience may be substituted for degree.
• 5+ years of direct experience with Information Systems Management, Cyber/Network Operations planning, or Military Operations coordination.
• 2+ years in cyber, Information Technology, or C4ISR systems.

Preferred Requirements

• Familiarity with the RMF process and security assessment technologies (e.g., Fortify, SonarQube, ACAS).
• Experience with Development Security Operation (DevSecOps).
• Experience with managing a software deployment via VMWare to provide development support services to a variety of end-users geographically spread across CONUS.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, Scaled Agile Framework).
• Experience developing Web services software.

Other Qualifications

• Ability to travel 25%.
• Ability to work in office/field/lab environments.

Special Note

The position is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to meet physical and medical requirements as needed by the position; including compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local jurisdictional requirements.

Government or customer site-specific requirements may include, but are not limited to, proof of full COVID-19 vaccination status, except in circumstances where a candidate is legally entitled to an accommodation.

Company Policy

MAG Aerospace (MAG) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. We encourage diverse candidates to apply to our positions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Click below for the “Know Your Rights” and “Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination” supplement posters.

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Benefits and Compensation

At MAG Aerospace, we value your contributions by providing our employees with a robust Total Rewards package that supports your total well-being. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in MAG\’s Total Rewards programs. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits as well as paid leave, professional development, and tuition assistance. 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 Rewards Program by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site: Salary at MAG Aerospace is determined by various factors including but not limited to location, the particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $0 to $170000 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of MAG\’s total compensation package for employees.

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