Cyber Information Technologies Requirements Manager

About ARSIEM Corporation
At ARSIEM Corporation we are committed to fostering a proven and trusted partnership with our government clients.  We provide support to multiple agencies across the United States Government.  ARSIEM has an experienced workforce of qualified professionals committed to providing the best possible support.
As demand increases, ARSIEM continues to provide reliable and cutting-edge technical solutions at the best value to our clients.  That means a career packed with opportunities to grow and the ability to have an impact on every client you work with. 
ARSIEM is looking for a Cyber Information Technologies Requirements Manager. This position will support one of our government clients in Arlington, VA.

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with stakeholders, generate, prioritize, analyze, and validate detailed customer IT requirements. Determine whether those requirements are related to current CISA IT efforts and capabilities or constitute new requirements. Articulate the scope and function of existing capabilities and services to customers.
• Obtaining and aggregating aspects of unstructured and unorganized customer requirements, such as ideas and needs articulated in emails, chat messages, spoken during calls and meetings, and included in various types of documentation. 
• Hosting and leading structured facilitation sessions to generate requirements with customers and technical staff.
• Leveraging IT knowledge and skillsets, be able to “fill in gaps” and produce a comprehensive written requirement deliverable, and define a “definition of done”. Conduct technical feasibility and resource analysis of those requirements. 
• For requirements related to current CISA efforts, explain to customers the technical details of current capabilities offered by CISA, CSD, Threat Hunt (TH), and Engineering & Operations Services (EOS). 
• Confer with the applicable POCs and utilize IT and INFOSEC knowledge to determine an appropriate course of action for delivering specific IT requirements (e.g., may require a submission into the EOS change management process or other action). 
• Be able to recommend efficiencies and optimization of existing capabilities to meet customer requirements.
• For new requirements, confer with appropriate experts across CISA, including personnel internal to EOS and TH and external to TH, such as ME, CB, OTD, and OCIO. Obtain concurrence and approval from stakeholders, then submit those requirements to the EOS Requirements Management process. 
• Track the submission and, if necessary, submit it to the TH ReqMan process or other CISA processes.
• Completing steps in standard requirements management plans that focus on all stages of the project lifecycle.
• Interact regularly with stakeholders such as developers, engineers, network administrators, and customers to monitor the progress and delivery of requirements.
• Providing technical IT consultation on capabilities and products being built. 
• Trace requirements to work items and tasks, facilitate and conduct initial user acceptance testing if requested, document feedback and needed modifications, and validate the completion of those requirements. 
• Revise requirements as needed.
• Document requirements that are completed and/or unable to be met, including key metrics such as the level of resources and time needed to complete those deliverables. Retain the documents in designated repositories.
• Utilize the designated EOS Requirements Management platform (Jira/Confluence) to input, track, and display all requirements within the assigned project/portfolio and/or stakeholder.
• Attend regular meetings such as daily syncs with EOS staff, project teams, and customers, and be able to articulate updates, planned daily activities, and completed accomplishments. Provide routine updates to the EOS federal staff and stakeholders on work deliverables. During meetings, interface with key stakeholders and transcribe notes for further evaluation and action. 
• Time permitting, assist with modifying the underlying TECHMAN form fields and associated SOPs to enhance customer support.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, or related degree; or HS Diploma & 10 years of network investigations experience.
• 8+ years of direct relevant experience in cyber systems engineering 
• Knowledge in various IT fields that include but are not limited to systems and networking engineering, technical analytics, threat hunt incident response/ hunt deployment tools, cloud technologies, and databases.
• Experience with and technical understanding of cybersecurity attack-mitigation techniques and cybersecurity architectures
• Experience with Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) processes and practices, Change Management practices, requirements management, traceability, and associated tools
• Possesses or quickly develops a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines
• Must be able to work collaboratively across agencies and physical locations.
• Knowledge and experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or a similar lean Agile framework 
• Agile Systems Engineering and/or development experience
• DevSecOps or DevOps experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and/or familiarity with architectural views, including operational, technical standards, and system/services views and business, data, applications, and technology architectures using applicable standards (e.g., DODAF, FEAF)
• Experience and/or familiarity with software and system lifecycle methodologies (e.g., ISO, CMMI, ITIL, Agile, SAFe)
• Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS preferred)
• Experience and/or familiarity with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and security and privacy controls (NIST 800-37 and NIST 800-53)
• DHS experience.
• DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II
• Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)
• SAFe certification (SA, SP, SSM/SASM, RTE, POPM, SPD, ASE, or SPC)

Clearance Requirement: This position requires an Active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry on Duty (EOD) Suitability. TS/SCI is preferred.  Candidate Referral: Do you know someone who would be GREAT at this role? If you do, ARSIEM has a way for you to earn a bonus through our referral program for persons presenting NEW (not in our resume database) candidates who are successfully placed on one of our projects. The bonus for this position is 5,000,  and the referrer is eligible to receive the sum for any applicant we place within 12 months of referral. The bonus is paid after the referred employee reaches 6 months of employment.
ARSIEM is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other federally protected class.