Systems Integration, Advisor

Responsible for the integration, installation, testing, evaluation, documentation and verification of end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle. System integration is defined as the process of operationally connecting separate computer subsystems or software applications into a single larger system, allowing each solution to functionally work together. Installation processes are executed and refined while developing step by step procedures that can pass on to customers. Ensures system testing meets or exceeds system specifications. Develops standards, practices, and test procedures to verify system requirements and exercise all user interfaces. Verifies system documentation against the actual execution of the system and reports inconsistencies back to engineering for corrections. Participates in design reviews of components to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation. Evaluates the performance of the system, developing special test jigs as necessary to gather pertinent performance data, working closely with System Engineers to understand where performance improvements can be developed. Develops and performs overall system verification steps that are created over the life cycle to sell off the end-to-end system to the quality team and the customer. Creates and executes special procedures to verify and validate enhancement and defect fixes to the system. Follows and refines testing practices, policies, and procedures to best optimize the overall system verification process. Position is based out of Sterling, VA with some local travel anticipated.

• Schedule and facilitate weekly team meetings, capture detailed minutes and follow-up on actions
• Manage project logistics to include purchasing, shipping and inventory
• Maintain master integrated schedule, deploy operations, maintain complex field systems and eventual deinstallation missions
• Develop and execute system test plans and facilitate project through customer milestones to achieve/maintain system accreditation
• Provide support to forward deployed teams
• Coordinate with liaison partners, internal/external team members at various levels of leadership on field operational elements

• Experience with customer and working knowledge of customer hardware and software systems
• Adept at coordinating weekly team meetings (reservations, agenda and capture minutes)
• Familiar with customer logistics systems for purchasing, shipping and inventory management
• Ability to maintain, deconflict, and refine the master integrated project schedule to plan and execute operations involving complex field systems, from installation and upgrades to eventual de-installation
• Experence with developing and executing system test plans and familiarity with customer system accreditation process
• Ability to provide SME level support in real-time to forward deployed teams
• Experience with signal collection programs
• Solid understanding of customer organization, culture, partnerships and stakeholders
• Solid understanding of customer programmatic, operational and technical standards and processes
• Ability to coordinate with liaison partners
• Previous experience with field operational elements
• Excellent communication skills with tangiable examples of working with internal and external team members
• Excellent interpersonal skills with experience using the power of persuasion to progress large and complex tasking
• Works well independently, self-motivated, but also ability to work with cross-functional teams

Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with Ph.D.

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