Position Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage comprehensive Systems Engineering efforts, overseeing the full lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment.
• Develop and refine system performance, availability, scalability, manageability, and security requirements for mid-to-large scale programs.
• Plan and integrate secure, compliant solutions based on legal, policy, and federal compliance directives.
• Lead agile and/or spiral development models to ensure iterative delivery of high-quality system components.

• Architect and optimize storage, retrieval, backup, and retention strategies across globally distributed, high-throughput multimedia systems.
• Design and implement storage area networks (SAN), data warehouses, and data marts.
• Develop and deploy storage solutions within clustered or cloud environments, including the development of distributed storage routing and querying algorithms.
• Work with internals of HDFS, Hadoop, and/or HBase/Accumulo (Big Table) to manage massive datasets.

• Integrate and extend COTS and GOTS products from multiple vendors into cohesive system architectures.
• Oversee ingest and processing systems for large volumes of multimedia and multilingual content, ensuring seamless audio playback and object retrieval for end users.
• Manage distributed peer-to-peer content storage and retrieval systems with scales exceeding 500 nodes.
• Utilize metadata indexing, summarization, data mining, and visualization analytics to enhance system utility.

• Serve as a primary technical lead interacting with users and participating in cross-Integrated Product Team (IPT) environments.
• Develop high-level technical documentation for system issues, architectural changes, and user training.
• Ensure all system engineering processes are documented to maintain rigorous federal standards.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• 20+ years of related systems engineering experience on programs of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline.
  • Five (5) additional years of SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and leading large-scale Systems Engineering efforts.
• Deep technical proficiency in distributed storage, HADOOP ecosystems, and high-throughput content systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record in metadata data mining and visualization analytics.
• Expertise in optimizing globally distributed text and multimedia retrieval systems.
• Experience integrating complex COTS/GOTS solutions within the Intelligence Community (IC).
• Strong background in legal and policy compliance for secure data environments.

Benefits

This position includes a competitive and flexible benefits package, including:

• Paid Time Off: PTO accrues at a rate of 13% of hours worked, which equals approximately 6 weeks, or 30 days, per year for a typical full-time employee.
• PTO Carryover: Up to 240 hours of PTO may be carried over from year to year.
• Retirement Contribution: 15% automatic company 401(k) contribution, including 3% safe harbor and 12% profit sharing/company discretionary contribution.
• 401(k) Vesting: No vesting period.
• Payroll Contributions: Employer 401(k) contributions are deposited every payroll.
• 401(k) Options: Pre-tax and Roth 401(k) contributions are available.
• PTO and Retirement Flexibility: Employees may have flexibility to adjust PTO and 401(k) contributions based on personal preferences, with appropriate pay rate offsets.
• Medical Insurance: Medical insurance available with significant company contribution.
• Medical Plan Options: Options include a CareFirst BlueChoice Advantage Platinum Plan with $0 deductible and a CareFirst BlueChoice Advantage High Deductible Plan with HSA.
• HSA Contribution: For employees enrolled in the High Deductible Plan, the company contributes 1/4 of the deductible to the employee’s HSA quarterly.
• Dental Insurance: CareFirst BlueDental Plus.
• Vision Insurance: CareFirst BlueVision Plus.
• Health Savings Account: Employees enrolled in the High Deductible Plan may contribute additional funds to an HSA up to IRS limits.
• Flexible Spending Account: Medical FSA contribution limit of $3,200 per year.
• Dependent Care FSA: Dependent Care FSA contribution limit of $5,000 per year for married couples filing jointly.
• Flexible Schedule: Flexible or alternate work schedules may be available as long as customer approval is received.
• Life Insurance: $50,000 life insurance and $50,000 AD&D coverage, paid by the company.
• Short-Term Disability: Coverage of 60% of pay, up to $1,000 per week, paid by the company.
• Long-Term Disability: Coverage of 60% of pay, up to $6,000 per month, paid by the company.
• Education and Training: Up to $5,000 per any twelve-month period for approved training, courses, books, materials, online courses, college courses, seminars, conferences, travel, and related costs.
• Company Apparel Allowance: $100 per calendar year toward company logo apparel.

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