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Agile System Engineer – TS/SCI CI Poly

Department: Government Customer – Chantilly Location: Chantilly, VA

ACTIVE TS/SCI CLEARANCE WITH CI POLY REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION

Job Responsibilities

Provide Agile systems engineering support for the development, integration, modernization, and delivery of complex enterprise systems and mission-critical capabilities.

Support systems engineering activities across Agile development environments, ensuring technical requirements, system architectures, and operational capabilities remain aligned with mission objectives.

Develop, analyze, refine, and manage system requirements, including Epics, Features, User Stories, functional requirements, and interface specifications.

Collaborate with Agile development teams, product owners, program managers, and technical stakeholders to identify requirements, establish priorities, and coordinate system-level engineering activities.

Support Agile planning activities, including increment planning, backlog refinement, technical reviews, and solution demonstrations.

Maintain requirements traceability across system architectures, development activities, integration milestones, and verification and validation efforts.

Evaluate system architectures, interfaces, technical dependencies, and capability gaps to identify opportunities for improved interoperability, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Support the integration of enterprise services, cloud technologies, distributed systems, microservices, APIs, and automated deployment capabilities.

Coordinate cross-team engineering activities to ensure technical dependencies, system interfaces, and development schedules remain synchronized.

Support the planning and execution of system integration, testing, verification, validation, and readiness activities within iterative development cycles.

Review technical documentation, test plans, use cases, test results, and demonstration outcomes to assess system performance against established requirements.

Identify and assess technical risks, issues, and dependencies, recommending mitigation strategies and corrective actions throughout the development lifecycle.

Support configuration management, technical baseline reviews, change requests, and requirements management processes.

Apply Digital Engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts to support architecture analysis, requirements management, and technical decision-making.

Develop and maintain technical documentation, engineering assessments, Agile development metrics, and program status reports.

Support the transition of developed capabilities into operational environments, ensuring compatibility with enterprise architectures and mission requirements.

Required Qualifications

Experience performing systems engineering activities within Agile software development or enterprise IT environments.

Demonstrated experience developing, managing, and refining technical requirements, including Agile Epics, Features, User Stories, and system-level specifications.

Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and their application to systems engineering, integration, testing, and delivery activities.

Experience supporting requirements traceability, system architecture analysis, interface management, and technical documentation.

Familiarity with Agile planning activities, backlog management, technical reviews, and iterative development processes.

Experience coordinating technical dependencies and integration activities across multidisciplinary engineering or development teams.

Understanding of systems engineering lifecycle processes, including requirements analysis, design, integration, verification, validation, and operational transition.

Experience identifying technical risks, assessing system performance, and recommending engineering improvements.

Ability to collaborate effectively with Agile teams, product owners, government stakeholders, and technical leadership.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, technical documentation, and communication skills.

Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.

Desired Qualifications

Junior to senior positions available, depending on experience.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), or other federal government Agile systems engineering programs.

Knowledge of Agile frameworks and practices, including Scrum, Kanban, or the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

Experience using Agile planning and requirements management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, DOORS, or equivalent platforms.

Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Digital Engineering, and enterprise architecture frameworks.

Experience supporting hybrid and multi-cloud environments, enterprise services, microservices, APIs, and distributed systems.

Knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), DevSecOps, and automated testing practices.

Experience supporting Agile increment planning, solution demonstrations, integration testing, and system readiness assessments.

Professional certifications such as SAFe Agilist, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), INCOSE CSEP, or equivalent Agile or systems engineering credentials.

TENICA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.