System Engineer

The System Engineer is responsible for contributing to the development of domain architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas; contributing to the specifications of cloud-based or on-premises components, tiers and interfaces, for translation into detailed designs using selected services and products; supporting projects through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles; aligning solutions with enterprise and solution architecture standards (including security); assisting in scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for small-scale changes and assists with more complex change initiatives; following agreed standards and applying appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements; reviewing requirements for errors and omissions; prioritising requirements and documenting traceability to source; providing input to the requirements baseline; investigating, managing and applying authorised requests for changes to base-lined requirements, in line with change management policy; ensuring that stakeholders are aware of required resources and that they are made available; facilitating availability and optimum utilisation of resources; and monitoring and reporting on the progress of development projects.

The following skills are considered particularly important: 1. System-of-systems engineering and lifecycle management; 2. Requirements engineering and traceability, including use of structured tooling such as DOORS or equivalent; 3. Technical baseline and interface management; 4. Integration planning and verification strategy development; 5. Operational domain knowledge, particularly in AirC2, federated mission operations and NATO operational constructs; 6.

Human factors, usability analysis and user journey assessment. The service contractor will be required to have a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at a nationally recognised/certified university in a technical subject with substantial Information Technology (IT) content and 3 years post-related experience. As an exception, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that are of interest to the NCI Agency; namely, at least 5 years of extensive and progressive experience in the duties related to the functions of this post.

Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret.

Preferences: Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements; Knowledge of NATO organization, internal structure and resultant relationships.