Senior Systems Engineer; TS​/SCI

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Viv Soft is a mission-driven technology company specializing in Cloud, Dev Sec Ops , Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Experience. We are a diverse team of innovators focused on creating open, scalable, and automated solutions that drive digital transformation in federal space. Our work culture fosters collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.

The Expert Systems Engineer (Platform Engineering) plays a senior leadership role supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the broader Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE). This position provides expert-level systems engineering across the National System of Geospatial‑Intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial‑Intelligence (ASG), and Federal partners to ensure the timely, resilient, and accurate delivery of GEOINT capabilities. The role requires deep expertise in systems engineering of complex systems‑of‑systems, cloud and service‑oriented architectures, and the integration of AI/ML, automation, and advanced analytics across enterprise platforms.

The Systems Engineer will guide technical strategy, oversee engineering teams, and advise government leadership on architecture, requirements, and emerging technologies.

• Assist the Government in performing end‑to‑end systems engineering activities including requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, resiliency, reliability, services development, integration, testing, evaluation, maintainability, and systems analysis.
• Support systems engineering efforts across the NSG, ASG, NGA, DIE, and other Federal agencies.
• Plan, analyze, and ensure traceability of mission, user, system, and architecture requirements.
• Review and assess cloud service capabilities, workflows, scheduling constraints, and performance limitations.
• Advise the Government on proposed architecture and solution design changes based on requirements analysis and emerging technologies.
• Translate mission and customer needs into actionable system and capability requirements.
• Support allocation of requirements across system architectures, platforms, and executing programs.
• Assist with and lead systems integration activities across programs and platforms.
• Lead or support Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Courses of Action (CoAs), trade studies, and engineering assessments.
• Provide strategic technical planning support including performance engineering, risk management, interface design, and project management.
• Advise senior Government leadership on the alignment of vision, strategy, plans, requirements, processes, and capability development.
• Lead and coordinate the integration of AI/ML capabilities across NGA programs, the DIE, and the Intelligence Community.
• Demonstrate deep understanding of NGA, DIE, NSG/ASG, and NRO enterprise environments.
• Oversee and coordinate the work of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level Systems Engineers.

• Requires either a Master’s degree in Systems Engineering with 15+ years of experience, or a Bachelor’s degree with 18+ years of experience in a related technical or STEM discipline.
• Expert‑level experience supporting DoD and/or Intelligence Community (IC) acquisition processes.
• Strong experience with requirements engineering processes.
• In‑depth knowledge of PPBE/PPBES processes.
• Proven experience in systems engineering for large, complex Systems‑of‑Systems or cloud/service‑oriented architectures.

• Doctorate in Systems Engineering or a related technical or scientific discipline.
• Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes, tools, and languages.
• Software Development Framework certifications.
• INCOSE Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification.
• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.
• Membership or leadership participation in professional organizations such as ACSM, ASCE, ASPRS, OGC, SAREM, or USGIF.
• Experience supporting geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) missions.
• Experience engineering solutions using cloud‑based technologies, structured and unstructured big data, and automation, augmentation, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in one or more domains, including photogrammetry, remote sensing, image science, information sciences, geographic information systems (GIS), geomatics, or related fields.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off (Flexible/Combined PTO, Bereavement Leave, 11 Company Paid Holidays)
• 401K Retirement Plan with employer match
• Professional Development Training Reimbursement
• Flexible/remote work schedule.