Expert Requirements Engineer - ANSER

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

ANSER enhances national and homeland security by strengthening public institutions. We provide thought leadership for complex issues through independent analysis, and we deliver practical, useful solutions. ANSER values collaboration, integrity, and initiative and we are client focused in all that we do. Because we were established for the purpose of public service and not for profit, we measure our success in the impact of our service.

SPECIFIC JOB DESCRIPTION:
As an Expert Requirements Engineer you will apply a structured approach to the design and implementation of systems and processes. You will capture and translate mission and customer requirements in order to transform them into capabilities, testing, and validation of services.
Requirements Engineers analyze and allocate requirements to systems architecture components and oversee the development, testing, and validation of systems and services. You will also coordinate the integration of systems and services into enterprise architecture and oversee deployment. You are responsible to the program Chief Engineer and the engineering team to achieve desired outcomes for the customer.

Day-to-day Responsibilities Include:

• Decomposing and allocating strategic level requirements/needs from ECDs, SOCs, ICBDs, CDDs, and Agency CONOPS, as appropriate.
• Maintaining consistency with the Agency’s requirements process and CIO-T strategy while developing engineering artifacts, requirements documentation, and business cases.
• Implementing strategic plans and programs in coordination with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Building and maintaining collaborative relationships with NGA Integrated Program Offices, segments, matrixed technical offices, other NGA acquisition offices, and process stakeholders.
• Interfacing with the Agency Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) system.
• Developing and maintaining a Requirements Traceability Verification Matrix (RVTM) for the program to ensure all requirements are allocated and tested as needed.
• Developing and maintaining program performance measures.
• Developing, communicating, and participating in systems engineering projects or boards; applying in-depth knowledge to committees and working groups that plan, collaborate, and execute systems programs and initiatives.
• Ensuring management is informed of all issues, risks and opportunities in a timely manner.
• Use the Joint Architecture Reference Models (JARM) to describe, analyze, and identify potential architectural service gaps, support AOA, leverage existing resources, and assist with invest and divest decisions for the program and the agency.
• Capture strategic Sensor Program requirements from associated Concept of Operations Documents.
• Guiding Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level Requirements Engineers.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or related equivalent additional experience.
• Expert-level experience working in a Requirements Engineering discipline or a closely-related field that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the tasks associated with this work.
• Experience tracing program/project requirements to the source requirement such as the Joint Architecture Reference Models (JARM), and JARM Technical Service Types (TSTs) for duplication analysis and gap analysis.
• Experience with tools such as JIRA, CONFLUENCE, and Tableau for tracking requirements, documentation, and backlog progress.
• Ability to coordinate with users and stakeholders to develop Sensor program requirements for new and changing mission needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
• Knowledge of the geospatial intelligence mission and its contributions to the Intelligence Community.
• Familiarity with NGA’s Request for Change (RFC) process to validate and assign program requirements to NGA segments.
• Familiarity with agile development to include participation in scrums, development of solution epics, lean business cases, program epics, user stories, and features.
• Scrum master experience.
• Experience using DOORS Next Generation (DOORS NG) to manage requirements and interface with Enterprise Requirements Management.
• Previous NGA and/or NSG/ASG program/project work experience.
• Previous IC or DoD program/project work experience.

DISCLAIMER:

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with ANSER, please call 703-416-2000 or e-mail Recruiting@anser.org.

ANSER is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek individuals from a broad variety of backgrounds with varying levels of experience who have a desire to do meaningful work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.