Description
Description
SAIC is seeking a qualified SCARS System Engineer to support the US Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation (AFAMS) program.
AFAMS is the premier agency responsible for implementation, integration, and development of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) and training and analysis standards that support the US Air Force (USAF), Department of Defense (DoD), and mission partners requiring these capabilities to support the Warfighter in full-spectrum operations. As the lead agent for M&S within the USAF, AFAMS gathers requirements, seeks out potential solutions, and integrates legacy and emerging M&S solutions across the USAF and the DoD.
The role of this position is to support the Simulator Division (WNS), Simulator Common Architecture Requirements and Standards (SCARS) Team at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. SCARS is a sustainment initiative designed to improve cyber security, commonality of simulation components, and reuse of models and data.
The SCARS initiative develops and uses common standards to support these goals through the use of a modular open-systems architecture. The SCARS Engineering Capabilities Board (SECB) is the government-industry forum that investigates, establishes, and assesses Standards, Interfaces, and Common Capabilities (SICC) for enterprise adoption under the SCARS initiative.
The SCARS Engineer will:
- Participate in regular SCARS Engineering Capabilities Board (SECB) meetings by attendance, preparing, presenting and reviewing briefings, providing feedback to government representatives, responding to action items, and executing follow-up tasks.
- Review requirements, standards, and architecture artifacts, including SySML models, in support of the SCARS initiative documenting the results as directed by the Government.
- Review assigned SCARS Prime and Affiliate Contractor deliverables and make recommendations to government program and engineering focal points.
- Review SCARS relevant Requests for Proposal and Configuration Control Board presentations.
- Provide timely and thorough recommendations and inputs fact finding questions and technical evaluations of SCARS Prime AND Affiliate proposals as directed by the Government.
- Support SCARS acquisition activities including SCARS Prime, SCARS Partner, and Affiliate Sponsor contracts and contract modifications. These activities include:
- Developing SCARS program roadmaps
- Preparing and presenting program and technical briefings to stakeholders.
- Coordinating SCARS requirements with SCARS Partners and Affiliate Sponsor program representatives.
- Evaluate SCARS site readiness based on Risk Management Framework artifacts, technical drawings and site survey data to support phased program planning and execution.
- Assess SCARS Affiliate training system readiness for the Implementation of SCARS standards and requirements in accordance with the Basic OPE Integration Standard, Common Security Controls Standard, and Certification Process Standard.
- Define, coordinate, and communicate the technical scope of individual SCARS initiatives, including SCARS standards and SECB approved pathfinder projects through RFP-ready documents, presentations, and summaries.
- Develop and present SCARS briefings and training packages that explain SCARS requirements, plans, architecture, and standards development as directed by the government.
- Support scheduling and execution of SCARS On Premise Equipment (OPE) Installation, Government Acceptance Testing. Affiliate and Enterprise Testing as directed by the government.
Qualifications
- Represent SAIC to the customer and work with the SAIC program management team to ensure the requirements are met.
- Possess requisite SCARS experience.
- Must be a US Citizen and actively possess a Secret security clearance.
- Bachelor's degree and fourteen (14), Master's degree and twelve (12) years; or relevant years of experience in lieu of degree.
The following skills are desired:
- Experience with Air Force or DOD acquisitions, program planning, and coordination, including use of Microsoft Project and Excel to support these activities.
- Knowledge of Air Force Flight Training Simulator systems, subsystems, components, and interfaces.
- Strong knowledge of systems engineering and standards processes, based on the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SeBoK).
- Knowledge and experience with cloud technology, software virtualization and containerization, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), SysML and Digital Engineering (DE).
- Strong understanding of Risk Management Framework and Cyber security approval processes.
- Knowledge and experience with Wide Area Network technology and operations.
- Knowledge of Power BI, Database Management, and Data Analysis and Visualization.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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