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OPIR Systems EngineerKBR is seeking a highly qualified OPIR Systems Engineer. GED delivers mission-critical capabilities that enable a plan and execute intelligence-gathering missions from overhead systems and process the resulting collected data into useful information distributed to IC and DoD users.
As a Senior OPIR Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for providing Joint Intelligence Community Government project leads with the planning, organizing and management of the integration and sustainment of OPIR ground systems into the operational site.
Responsibilities:
Support OPIR Mission Management, tasking, collection, processing & dissemination
Support integration with DoD Space Based Infra-Red System (SBIRS)
Experience providing OPIR mission knowledge and expertise to support all aspects and phases of the system engineering and acquisition of an OPIR ground (I) Acquisition
Assist the Government with overseeing delivery activities from RFC review through Operations Acceptance Review (OAR)
Function as the interface between the system users, the program office, and the systems developers to ensure that requirements and user needs are met
Maintain awareness of and technical familiarity with new programs in development planned for delivery to the site to include potential impacts on existing legacy systems
Interacts with program office and developers to maintain cognizance of delivery status
Guides development programs under the Program Sustainment and Integration (PSI) government lead’s purview
Maintain strong working knowledge of established integration standards (e.g., NRO Site Integration Standards (NSIS), Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED) Integration and Readiness Guide, and Cloud Adoption Guide to verify and report on compliance by delivering organizations
Participate in document review, technical meetings, testing activities, and milestone meetings as directed to identify, report, and resolve any potential integration issues
Supplies technical recommendations to the government lead for milestone decisions (ORR, TTO, OAR, etc.)
Work with site operations personnel during Operational Readiness Demonstration (ORD) periods to ensure delivered products meet user needs
Participate in and respond to identified actions from ORD status meetings
Employ Agile (SCRUM) techniques, including Scaled Agile Frameworks for Enterprise (SAFE) to create and status stories and epics for PSI specific activities included in the program office agile development tracking.
Support a development/security/operations (DevSecOps) development and operating paradigm/CONOPS.
Support the Government in facilitating the integration of related DoD and C2S capabilities
Responsible for tracking progress and compliance with acquisition/integration milestones and installation delivery requirements for all GED Integrated System Program Office (ISPO) delivered capabilities
Support the Government in directing and monitoring activities related to anomaly resolution; provide verbal and written updates to site and program office management
Monitor outage reports and discrepancy system for new and ongoing problems
Assist program developers with setting priorities for the content of software deliveries based on operational needs/priority requests
Generate activity reports, anomaly reports, and monthly metrics for discrepancy reports as requested
Build informational and decisional briefs and documents as requested
Participates in program management reviews
Required Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience or PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience
Strong verbal/written communication skills and facilitation skills to effectively lead discussions across multiple groups
Working knowledge of AGILE Scrum, SAFe DevSecOps software development methods
Working knowledge of IC principles, procedures
Desired Qualifications:
Experience with existing OPIR systems
Space-Based Infra-Red Satellite/System (SBIRS) Defense Support Program (DSP) Integrated ONIR TCPED System (IOTS) GEOCOMPASS
Familiarity with National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) CONOPS, programs, Outreach.
Technical knowledge of ONIR/OPIR communications and operational interfaces, specifications, CONOPS.
Operational field experience with deployed OPIR assets, field deployments and sustainment.
Clearance Requirement:
Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with a Polygraph
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