Systems Engineer

Arcfield is looking for a SYSTEMS ENGINEER to join a skilled, highly respected and long-standing team supporting operational systems and environments. The successful applicant will generate and execute testing procedures to verify the operational performance of end-to-end systems. They will also review test plans to ensure they meet operational objectives and will participate in the testing process to validate the satisfaction of mission requirements. They will collect and analyze data, produce metrics and trending information, and engage in end-to-end monitoring of complex intelligence systems. Activities include:

• Support monitoring of enterprise data processing, and the associated infrastructure, to provide timely detection of potential errors and system issues
• Conduct first-level analysis of testing results, coordinate and/or perform detailed in-depth analysis of the results
• Identify any degradations in system performance. Support notifications to the government and associated personnel. Perform and/or support root cause analysis of observed issues
• Create and manage discrepancy reports, trouble tickets, or other forms of notification; Track through to resolution; Verify fixes are satisfactory
• Support routine and ad-hoc scheduling of enterprise engineering tests
• Monitor planned outages and other activities which may impact system performance and data accuracy and report findings or issues to the government
• Plan, coordinate, and execute engineering tests following outages and events that may have impacted system performance or data accuracy
• Author Engineering Test Support Requests (ETSR) and design, plan, and conduct engineering evaluation test in support of enterprise operation and system deliveries
• Prepare engineering test reports and findings
• Ensure approaches to analysis are based on accepted scientific and mathematical practice

Required:

• BS 8-10, MS 6-8, PhD 3-5
• Active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph
• Strong analytical skills, intelligence community domain knowledge, and demonstrated understanding of user needs and operational environments
• Demonstrated success in team environments; good presentation and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to clearly explain technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences

Desired:

• Experience in the National Intelligence Community
• Preference for degrees in a technical field (e.g. physics, electrical/systems engineering, math)
• Ability to incorporate AI aspects to streamline daily functions
• Knowledge of common codebases such as Python, Xmidas, and Git
• Knowledge of Atlassian tools such as Confluence and Jira

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.