Electronic Systems Security Senior Engineer

Who You Are:

Versar has a unique opportunity for self-motivated security professionals, able to work independently to meet deadlines and response times, and in support of important missions within the Federal Government. Versar requires highly skilled, full-time, professional Senior Engineer.

*This position is contingent upon award.

What You'll Do:

• Conduct site surveys and studies to collect information relevant to performing requirements analysis.
• Assist in analysis, development, and transition of ESS complex requirement for existing and new technology implementations and integrations into ESS architecture, hardware, and software designs and interface specifications. Research and evaluate alternative solutions.
• Ensure new ESS under evaluation and/or consideration aligns with security operation's needs, policies, procedures, and the Customer mission, goals, and objectives.
• Plan and manage site ESS installations and conduct system acceptance testing.
• Assist in the development of cost benefit analysis; cost projections, lifecycle replacement and technology refresh plans, system designs, installation plans, configuration and quality management documentation, test and acceptance checklists, sustainment and maintenance plans, and other documentation relevant to establishing a baseline, robust, and evolving ESS program.
• Lead testing and validation work on complex ESS designs to assure that operational and functional requirements are met.
• Work with stakeholders to develop program test strategies.
• Manage performance of critical stakeholders and dependencies to ensure systems integration and compliance with requirements.
• Conduct program independent reviews and report results to the Customer
• Provide guidance for critical support of fielded hardware and software over the entire product lifecycle.
• Make recommendations for technology investments.
• Elicit, analyze, validate, specify, verify, and manage the needs of project stakeholders.
• Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, product analysis, task, and workflow analysis.
• Serve as the conduit between the project manager, customers, end users, vendor community and other stakeholders with related or interrelated processes and requirements.
• Management of the requirements specification and verifying the fulfillment of all requirements.
• Work with the project manager and/or project sponsor to document vision and scope.
• Write requirements specifications according to standard templates using natural language simply, clearly, unambiguously, and concisely.
• Decompose high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements, and then corresponding technical and operational requirements.
• Define quality attributes, external interfaces, constraints, and other nonfunctional requirements.
• Lead requirements analysis and verification, ensuring that requirement statements are complete, consistent, concise, comprehensible, traceable, feasible, unambiguous, verifiable, and that they conform to standards.
• Document as-is and to-be process flows.
• Participate in peer reviews and inspections of requirements documents. Participate in peer reviews of work products derived from requirements specifications to ensure that the requirements were interpreted correctly.
• Manage requirements traceability information and track requirements status throughout the project.
• Manage changes to baselined requirements through effective application of change control processes and tools.
• Identify business process improvement opportunities.
• Assist with the development of physical security requirements engineering policies, procedures, and tools.
• Write test plans, test scripts, organize and execute testing, and track issues to resolution.
• Provide timely status updates to project management.
• Supports and ensures adherence to Customer policies and procedures.

What You'll Bring:

• Minimum ten (10) years of experience designing, implementing, managing, architecting, integrating, and maintaining large-scale enterprise ESS to include, but not limited to, the following: PACS; IDS; CCTV; VMS; PSIM; FICAM; biometrics; LPR; and others.
• Certifications in four (4) of the following areas:
  • CSEIP (Certified Systems Engineer ICAM PACS)
  • PACS (Physical Access Control Systems)
  • IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems)
  • VSS (Video Surveillance Systems)
  • VMS (Visitor Management Systems)
  • CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
• Experience deploying and migrating ESS applications across IT networks, ports, and protocols ensuring compliance with security requirements.
• Knowledge and real-world implementation of federal mandates, guidance, policies, industry standards, and best practices related to ESS, PIV, and FICAM including, but not limited to, the following:
  • HSPD-12
  • OMB publications 05-24, M-11-11 and others
  • NIST FIPS 201
  • NIST SP 800-116, 800-53, 800-76, 800-79, and others
  • FICAM Roadmap and Implementation Guidance
  • UL 2050, 294, 1076, and others
• Experience in implementing both Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and custom development and/or systems integration projects.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Excellent customer facing skills and a demonstrated proactive approach to problem solving to include demonstrated experience in the below skillset:
• Interviewing-able to talk with individuals and groups about needs and ask appropriate questions to surface essential requirements information.
• Listening skills-able to comprehend what people say and detect what they may be hesitant to say.
• Analytical skills-able to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a more general understanding and distinguish solution ideas from requirements.
• Facilitation skills-able to lead requirements elicitation workshops.
• Observation skills-able to validate data obtained via various techniques and expose new areas for elicitation.
• Organizational skills-able to work with a vast array of information gathered during elicitation and analysis and cope with rapidly changing information.
• Interpersonal skills-able to help negotiate priorities and resolve conflicts among project stakeholders.
• Modeling skills-able to represent requirements information in various formats and context including graphical, visual, textual, and others.
• Experience with all phases of a typical project life-cycle including, but not limited to, business analysis, design, configuration, testing, data conversion, change management, and immediate post go-live support.
• Experience in supporting decision making and problem-solving processes leveraging analytical skills.
• Must be proficient in English, both written and verbal, to ensure effective communication and collaboration.
• Successful results of preemployment screenings, including federal background check, MVR, and drug screen.
• Comply with company drug and alcohol policy.
• Be authorized to work in the US or will be authorized by the successful candidate's start date.

Compensation

Expected Salary: $110,000 - $131,000 per year

Versar Global Solutions is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the Company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. The Company reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Location Requirements

The position will primarily work onsite in the Washington, DC metro area.

Who We Are:

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Versar Global Solutions provides full mission lifecycle solutions for challenges faced by our government and commercial Customers in the natural, built, and digital environments. With nearly 2,000 team members around the world, and a rich legacy spanning more than 70 years, Versar Global Solutions delivers a broad array of planning, analysis and risk management solutions, project and program management, operations and maintenance services, and information technology applications for environmental management and remediation projects, mission critical facilities and installations, and in support of readiness and contingency operations.

EEO Commitment

Versar Global Solutions is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Versar Global Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Versar Global Solutions expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran. Improper interference with the ability of Versar Global Solutions employees to perform their job duties is not tolerated.