SME Systems Engineer

Work Location: National Capital Region and Tampa, FL

Type: Full-time, Hybrid

Start Date: June 2025

Clearance Requirements: Top Secret, SCI eligible

OBJECTIVE 

Dhara is currently seeking an SME Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in the National Capital Region, Florida or possibly a remote location with TS clearance and SCI eligibility. The qualified applicant will become part of Dhara’s vital role in safeguarding our nation’s information with MPCO. The MPCO assumes responsibility for modernization, management, integration, operation, maintenance, and sustainment of the MPE capabilities, including numerous legacy capabilities. The MPCO also provides DoD-wide enterprise-level development, integration, systems engineering, and synchronized delivery of mission capabilities and DoD-wide enterprise services that support interagency, multinational, coalition and combined C2I coalition information sharing requirements. These capabilities include cross-domain solutions, cybersecurity, and interoperability testing. The MPE is designed and optimized to meet the Commanders’ critical interoperability requirements across all warfighting functions and allow access to information by authorized users. The MPE also provides users access to common warfighter functions and mission applications with the goal of a standardized network infrastructure. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Designs, integrates, tests & fields, and maintains information system to include planning, estimating, defining and documenting the requirements for complex systems, equipment and software configurations.  

• Develops architectural concepts and cybersecurity requirements IAW RMF.  

• Supports engineering or architectural development in the design, testing, implementation, and sustainment of complex intelligence or information sharing systems.  

• Supports operations or military intelligence systems and military C2 information sharing efforts. May provide knowledge and experience with DoD Architectural Framework, FMN, NATOFMN, DISA (MNIS), JIE, JADC2, or DI2E. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and optimize complex MPCO systems. 

• Ensure that the MPCO capabilities are designed, implemented, and maintained at a high standard, while continuously improving and adapting to new challenges 

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS 

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or Systems Engineering.  Masters is preferred 

• Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility 

• A Subject Matter Expert (SME)-level person within a labor category has 15 years or more of experience performing work related to the labor category functional.  

• Ten (10) or more years of specific functional requirement and expertise pertaining specifically to the labor category or area of expertise, description and a component of the DoD relating to the PWS task areas being supported. 

• In addition to Senior-level staff experience requirement, SME-level person will assist in establishing procedures or standards, provide recommendations for procedural improvements, and contributing to efficiency and performance improvement. 

•  Must be familiar with applicable program management; cost / schedule / performance background and ability to develop materials and brief senior leaders on complex issues.