Certification Systems Engineer, Lead

Certification Systems Engineer, Lead

Work with Booz Allen colleagues and government clients, from various DoD and other government agencies to systems engineers, and space and ground system platform acquisition programs. Help the Space Force integrate GPS system user equipment across a large stakeholder community and manage technical projects, including performance, cost, schedule, and risk. Lead and manage GPS security certification technical assessment processes for DoD acquisitions. Develop and enforce GPS user equipment security certification and assessment processes, including DoD cryptography, information assurance and cybersecurity, program protection and anti-tamper, and Military Standard Order procedures. Prepare, process, and review various technical assessment and evaluation documents to ensure compliance with government security certification requirements, processes, and policies. Provide acquisition knowledge and counsel to government acquisition offices.

• 10+ years of experience with DoD GPS sof tware and system engineering, including sof tware and hardware acquisition, development and integration, and data protection
• Experience performing security information assurance activities, including evaluating security architecture requirements, designs, and implementations for compliance
• Experience with secure sof tware programming, embedded systems security architecture, and multi-level security data protection
• Experience producing written assessment reports and presentations
• Experience using Micro sof t Office tools
• Knowledge of Application-Specific Integrated Circuit ( ASIC ) chip design, FPGAs, and integration into ASICs
• Ability to communicate technical details with internal and external customers, acting as a conduit between an engineering team, senior leaders, and clients
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree

• Experience with GPS and navigation technologies and systems
• Experience working with emerging technology programs
• Possession of strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• TS/SCI clearance
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or CS
• Completion of the Acquisition Professional Development Program ( APDP ) Level II or higher in Engineering or Program Management

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

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