Systems engineer - full performance

Systems Engineer - Full Performance

Summary: Enterprise System Engineer serve to maintain a strong awareness of technical trends in information technology, develop and maintain a strong awareness of on-going IT projects, and business unit requirements; be able to 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.

Work involves being able to develop end-to-end cost analysis for projects; ensure systems being developed comply with the enterprise technical architecture; help project and program teams prepare for CIO Project Management Program control gates; and keep 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 so information can be shared.
• Design software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses and manages their implementation.
• Develop analytical and computational techniques and methodology for problem solutions.
• Develop and apply organization-wide information models for use in designing and building integrated, shared software and database management systems.
• Develops 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 schedule.
• Review existing programs and assist in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improve current techniques.
• Supervise software configuration management.
• Expand or modify system 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 and 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 problems.
• 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.
• Tests, debugs, and refines 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.
• Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods.
• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Considerable knowledge of Project Management concepts and principles.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
• Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology.
• Knowledge of the Intelligence Community.
• Knowledge of the project management processes, procedures and tools.
• Operations Analysis — Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
• 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.
• Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Technology Design — Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
• Troubleshooting — 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, e.g. someone may have 20 years of professional experience; however they may only be qualified as Full Performance based upon the expertise needed to perform the work within that category.

Minimum Experience

Full Performance: Someone that is fully capable of delivering capabilities related to a particular skill, language, system, or technology. Requires a minimum of 3 years of experience specific to the skill.