Systems Engineer (OSS-INT)

XMSTART is looking to add an experienced and strategic full-time Systems Engineer to our team, in Chantilly, VA. This position is 100% Onsite. The candidate will provide subject matter expertise (SME) to support the planning, analysis, testing, and execution of Business Continuity Planning, continuity of operations (COOP) and resiliency capabilities.

Requirements

Security Clearance Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) or relevant field and nine (9) years or more experience; Master’s Degree in STEM or relevant field and seven (7) years or more experience

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain comprehensive COOP plans and procedures to ensure continuity of business functions and organizational command and control in the event of disruptions
• Conduct regular COOP drills and exercises to validate the effectiveness of plans and identify areas for improvement
• Document and track COOP plan updates and modifications
• Lead development and annual update of resiliency concept of operations, communicate resiliency efforts across mission enterprise
• Manage and maintain crisis action program and contingency locations
• Collaborate with senior government leadership, SETA team members for COOP and resiliency planning and exercises

Qualifications:

• Experience in Business Continuity Planning, COOP and resiliency planning and analysis and associated documentation
• Experience with systems engineering and project management
• Ability to work independently to support multiple government customers and large, complex projects to address organization’s needs.
• Self-starter, proactively addresses customer requirements without supervision; readily defines solutions for broad, abstract topics.
• Polished communicator (written/verbal), impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment; comfortable briefing or communicating with senior government managers.
• Master at collaboration and coordination with multiple stakeholders, consensus builder.

Desired/Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiar with Digital Engineering/Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and associated tools, Agile development, cloud technologies.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence