Senior Systems Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer - Business Systems Risk and Integration

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support the integration, deployment, and risk management of a large portfolio of business-enabling systems. This position will work with program leadership and technical stakeholders to identify, evaluate, and reduce risks throughout multiple integration and deployment phases.

The successful candidate will bring a strong systems-engineering foundation, experience conducting technical and programmatic risk assessments, and familiarity with commercial business systems, cloud environments, and enterprise system implementations.

Key Responsibilities

• Support program leadership and the Integration Lead in developing and executing risk assessments for enterprise business-system initiatives.
• Identify technical, programmatic, integration, deployment, schedule, security, and operational risks.
• Group and prioritize risks according to planned integration and deployment phases.
• Develop risk statements, impact assessments, mitigation strategies, and recommended courses of action.
• Maintain risk registers and track mitigation activities through closure.
• Evaluate risks associated with commercial off-the-shelf products and enterprise software solutions.
• Facilitate Integrated Product Teams and working groups focused on reducing risks in current and future system increments.
• Coordinate with engineering, acquisition, security, cloud, financial, and program-management stakeholders.
• Assess dependencies and integration challenges across a portfolio of more than 20 business-enabling systems.
• Support technical reviews, implementation planning, research, and decision briefings.
• Document findings, recommendations, action items, and risk-management decisions.
• Provide systems-engineering guidance throughout the system integration and deployment lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

• Significant experience in systems engineering, system integration, enterprise technology implementation, or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience conducting risk assessments and developing risk-management strategies.
• Experience supporting complex system integration or deployment initiatives.
• Ability to assess technical and programmatic dependencies across multiple systems and stakeholders.
• Experience leading or facilitating Integrated Product Teams, technical working groups, or risk-review sessions.
• Strong analytical, research, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical risks and recommendations to both technical teams and senior leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale business-system transformation programs.
• Familiarity with commercial enterprise platforms such as:
  • Oracle PeopleSoft
  • CGI Momentum
  • SAP NS2
• Knowledge of cloud architecture and cloud-security principles.
• Experience evaluating risks associated with commercial off-the-shelf software.
• Familiarity with phased system integration, deployment, and incremental implementation methodologies.
• Experience supporting government acquisition, financial-management, or enterprise-resource-planning environments.