Systems Engineer - Requirements Traceability

Job Type Full-time Description

Job Title:  Systems Engineer - Requirements Traceability

Job Location: Remote

Job Type: Full time 40 hours

Travel Requirement: Up to 30%

Security: Active Secret Clearance

Job Description:

Sherpa 6, Inc has an exciting opportunity for a Requirements/Systems Engineer in support the company in developing requirements traceability for specific customers and for companywide initiatives.  Sherpa 6 performs systems integration, develops advanced technologies within a CI/CD environment, and assists the Army in integrating these capabilities into Army units that significantly improves their warfighting capabilities.  This position will be customer and internally facing and is intended to significantly improve our requirements traceability, development collaboration, and establish processes necessary to achieve our CMMI certification.

Responsibilities:

As a requirements / systems engineer your primary responsibility will be to integrate requirements traceability across the Sherpa 6 enterprise. Initial focus will be on developing and integrating Sherpa 6’s selected tool of choice (Jama) into the existing Jira development environment. You will work with the Sherpa 6 software development team, and support customer requirements documentation and traceability needs.  You will facilitate the design, development, and integration of the cutting-edge technologies fielded to the US Army with requirements traceability that are integrated with our Jira based software development processes.  You will work with a team of SME’s, software developers, and document requirements directly to customer driven priorities. 

This position requires a passionate, knowledgeable person who thrives being a trailblazer and finds purpose in supporting the Soldier.

Requirements

Qualifications:

· BS in Engineering and / or 5 years of experience

· SME in the use of Jama

· Military experience – Army or Marine Corps preferred

· Excellent problem-solving skills in resolving issues with complex requirements traceability tracking

· Superior verbal and writing communication skills

· Must be a US citizen

· Must pass a background check and drug screening

Preferred Experience:

· MS is Systems Engineering

· INCOSE CSEP Certification

· Establishing an integrated Jama/Jira requirements traceability program

· Implementing the processes necessary for CMMI Level 3 certification

About Sherpa 6:

At Sherpa 6 we love to solve problems and provide the best solutions for our customers. Our approach to a problem is to find a user-focused and design-driven solution that is simple yet functional and effective. We are a group of enthusiastic forward-thinkers who are excited to build amazing solutions with bleeding-edge technology. We hire people who are forward thinkers, passionate about what they do, love to collaborate and want to constantly learn. We enjoy what we do and we're not afraid to put the extra effort in to accomplish the mission; call us Sherpas. As a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, we know what it means to serve.  We have made it our mission to be the leaders in solutions that protect and give our Warfighters the edge they need when put into harm's way. 

Background Screening/Check/Investigation: 

Successful completion of a background screening/check/investigation will/may be required as a condition of hire.

ADA: 

Sherpa 6 will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990.

EEO/AA: 

Sherpa 6 does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, height, weight, or marital status in employment or the provision of services and is an equal access/opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Benefits: 

We offer a competitive benefits package, covering the cost of medical for you and your family; we also offer dental, vision, health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan.  We believe that our employees can manage their workload and their personal life, therefore we extend a generous PTO policy.  This allows our employees to balance their lives as they see fit.