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Buchanan and Edwards is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to support a customer's mission focused program within a challenging, dynamic environment located in the Chantilly/Herndon, Virginia area.
A challenging and dynamic work environment isn't all that BE has to offer. When you join BE, you become an integral part of our team. Not just an employee number, but a valued opinion with a voice that carries and drives change and innovation. You'll have access to some of the most well-respected IT industry leaders in virtually every field and learn new tools and techniques while expanding your knowledge and skillset. We're dedicated to helping you develop your career, and our culture applauds outside-the-box thinking and initiative. Our employee-focused leadership team knows that your success is our success and empowers employees with the necessary tools to excel. Join us as we continue to move the future forward, together.
Clearance
TS/SCI w/ Poly
Responsibilities
Provide technical expertise throughout the Project Lifecycle including design, engineering, configuration, test planning/development. test execution, and performance optimization
Develop a project plans for Mission requirements
Support Engineering lifecycle agile development projects and milestones
Effectively understand and communicate orally, in writing, and interpersonally to various customers and audiences.
Translate and convey detailed technical information to non-technical individuals.
Conduct Risk Assessment - Technical vs Cost
Assist the Sponsor with establishing and executing processes and procedures for managing system definition, development and Operations
Participate with Sponsor and /or Partner organizations to provide input on strategic plans and architecture framework
Advise and provide ways for the Sponsor to use Sponsor and commercial Cloud computing services
Qualifications
Minimum of 10-14 years of experience (within the last 10 years) in systems engineering
Demonstrated experience defining and architecting end-to-end data flow architecture and data management systems
Experience providing support in current customer environment for All Systems Engineering efforts to include high and low
Ability to monitor system availability and performance per established procedures and thresholds
Capability to improve ingesting processing and to improve technologies being used
Skilled in formulating techniques for quality data collection to ensure adequacy, accuracy, integrity and legitimacy of customer data
Experience performing data center architecture and design, consolidation, optimization, administration, engineering, and management of private and hybrid cloud environments
Demonstrated ability to develop a project plan.
Experience utilizing software issue tracking tools such as JIRA
Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. (BE) is an Information Technology and Professional Services consulting firm located in Arlington, VA. BE is a diversified high-technology services company, providing government, commercial and nonprofit agencies technology solutions and organizational management services to ensure mission success. Serving the federal sector since 1998, we base our solutions on an in-depth understanding of our clients, their mission and the unique challenges they face. BE is the winner of the 2015 Microsoft U.S. Federal Solution Partner of the Year award, a 2015 and 2016 Washington Post Top Workplace and has been an Inc. 500/5000 awardee for six consecutive years. Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. is dedicated to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We are committed to crafting a workplace that endorses creativity and innovation, and promotes engagement through open communication, acceptance of new people and ideas, and a supportive team dynamic. Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. is an equal Opportunity Employer-Minorities / Women / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation. Buchanan & Edwards is an E-Verify employer.