Dark Wolf Solutions is seeking a highly experienced and energetic Systems Engineer to support the US Space Force, Space Systems Command, in performing operational maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radars critical to US and Allied strategic missile surveillance, warning, defense, and space surveillance missions. In support of the government customer, the SAIC Program Manager, and the Chief Engineer, the Systems Engineer is responsible for responsive and coherent planning, development and delivery of PARCS and UEWR radar hardware and software modifications in response to change requests and deficiency reports. This position will be a hybrid opportunity with onsite support as required by the customer at Peterson SFB Colorado Springs, CO. Candidates must be located physically in the Colorado Springs, CO area or surrounding areas.

Key Responsibilities:

Perform Systems Engineering activities related to Information Technology and Engineering including:
- Requirements definition
- Analysis and engineering
- System analysis and design
- Interface and data architectures
- Systems integration
- System operational performance analysis
Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software or engineering specifications.
Provide specific, detailed information for selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements

Required Qualifications:

9-years of relevant experience.
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
Developing and/or sustaining national security, no-fail mission systems.
Previous experience managing large-scale Agile or SecDevOps teams/projects, to include support to cost estimating, baseline and risk management, schedule development, performance monitoring and reporting.
Experience leading waterfall-to-agile transformations, designed to deliver Minimum Viable Products in a consistent cadence.
Experience with a broad range of system types: custom developed HW/SW, COTS/GOTS HW/SW, and specialty engineering of exotic material/limited supply items.
Experience in cloud-hosted development, integration, and test capability.
Experience with configuration and data management, hardware and software test & evaluation of classified systems.
Experience implementing cybersecurity solutions in existing, DoD systems.
Experience with implementing and sustaining distributed systems, virtual operating system environments, and virtual/augmented reality technologies.
Experience translating operational requirements into system requirements; and system requirements into technical requirements/performance standards.
US Citizenship and an active Secret security clearance or higher.

Desired Qualifications:

Experience managing large-scale Agile or SecDevOps teams/projects, to include support to cost estimating, baseline and risk management, schedule development, performance monitoring and reporting
Experience sustaining PARCS, or other Strategic Warning and Surveillance radar systems such as PAVE PAWS and UEWR.
Experience in systems engineering, Model-based Systems Engineering and related areas, to include managing teams/projects delivering solutions for missile warning or other national security space mission systems
Knowledge of the Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment mission and associated enterprise.
Experience maintaining national security mission networks

This position is located in Colorado Springs, CO.

The estimated salary range for this position is $140,000.00 - $160,000.00, commensurate on experience and technical skillset.

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