Systems Engineer - Full Performance

Company: Beyondsof
Location: Herndon
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

Systems Engineer - Full PerformanceSummary:Enterprise System Engineer serves to maintain a strong awareness of technical trends in information technology, develop and maintain a strong awareness of ongoing IT projects, and business unit requirements; apply the project management model (e.g., Spiral, Waterfall, Agile) selected for a given development effort; and provide analysis, design, development, deployment, and lifecycle support for innovative hardware systems and applications. The work involves developing end-to-end cost analysis for projects; ensuring systems being developed comply with the enterprise technical architecture; helping project and program teams prepare for CIO Project Management Program control gates; and keeping senior management apprised of project or program status. Assignments may include leading teams consisting of contractor personnel.Duties, Tasks, and Responsibilities

• Analyze and study complex system requirements.
• Analyze functional business applications and design specifications for functional activities.
• Apply business process improvement practices to re-engineer methodologies and principles and business process modernization projects.
• Apply the concept of operations set of disciplines for the planning, analysis, design, and construction of information systems across a major sector of the organization.
• Apply, as appropriate, activity and data modeling, transaction flow analysis, internal control and risk analysis, and modern business methods and performance measurement techniques.
• Assist in establishing standards for information systems procedures.
• Confer with clients regarding the nature of the information processing or computation needs a computer program is to address.
• Consult with management to ensure agreement on system principles.
• Coordinate and link the computer systems within an organization to increase compatibility and ensure information can be shared.
• Design software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses and manage their implementation.
• Develop analytical and computational techniques and methodologies for problem solutions.
• Develop and apply organization-wide information models for use in designing and building integrated, shared software and database management systems.
• Develop block diagrams and logic flow charts. Translate detailed design into computer software. Enhance software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency.
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Estimate software development costs and schedules. Review existing programs and assist in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improving current techniques. Supervise software configuration management.
• Expand or modify systems to serve new purposes or improve workflow.
• Manage software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, other accepted design techniques, and Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools.
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, cost estimation, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Perform strategic systems planning, business information planning, business analysis. Prepare required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation.
• Provide staff and users with assistance solving computer-related problems, such as malfunctions and program issues.
• Provide technical direction to programmers to ensure program deadlines are met.
• Provide technical guidance in software engineering techniques and automated support tools.
• Test, maintain, and monitor computer programs and systems, including coordinating the installation of computer programs and systems.
• Test, debug, and refine the computer software to produce the required product.
• Use object-oriented programming languages, as well as client/server applications development processes and multimedia and Internet technology.Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Ability to convey technical information to non-technical individuals.
  • Ability to develop a project plan and workflow based on a project management model.
  • Ability to effectively understand and communicate orally, in writing, and interpersonally to various customers/audiences.
  • Ability to identify technology gaps in current capabilities and processes.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve both technical and non-technical issues.
  • Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
  • Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods.
  • Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
  • Considerable knowledge of Project Management concepts and principles.
  • Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
  • Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
  • Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
  • Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology.
  • Knowledge of project management processes, procedures, and tools.
  • Project planning and management skills, including scope of work, time estimation, and resource assignment.
  • Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts/theories for various projects.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to resolve problems in a professional manner, lead working groups, negotiate and create consensus.
  • Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
  • Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
  • Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.Minimum Education
    • General equivalency guidelines for education, certifications, and experience are provided below; however, these guidelines do not immediately qualify someone at a particular level. Skill levels for an individual are based upon a combination of education, training, and experience.
    • General professional years of experience may be substituted for specialized years of experience at a ratio of three (3) years of general experience within an occupation for one (1) year of specialized experience.
    • Relevant certifications will be considered equivalent to three (3) months of specialized experience.
    • An Associate's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline related to the specific skill will be considered equivalent to eighteen (18) months specialized experience.
    • A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline related to the specific skill will be considered equivalent to three (3) years specialized experience.
    • A Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline related to the specific skill will be considered equivalent to two (2) years specialized experience.
    • A Doctorate in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline related to the specific skill will be considered equivalent to two (2) years specialized experience.Minimum ExperienceFull Performance:
      • Someone that is fully capable of delivering capabilities related to a particular skill, language, system, or technology.
      • Requires a minimum of three (3) years of experience specific to the skill.
      • Ability, training, and actual work experience with the specific computer language, systems, and/or technology is significantly more important than the number of years of experience.
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