Job Type: Full-Time

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Polygraph

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.

Job Summary:

Castalia Systems is seeking a Systems Engineer in the Chantilly, VA area.

The Systems Engineer (SE) will be a member of the Sponsor’s ERP Management Division (EMD), Payroll Migration Team, providing IT support to the government Program manager managing a high-priority, large-scale effort to migrate the Sponsor’s payroll to a shared service provider.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Serving as a lead for technical discussions with interface partners in assessing the current and future state of payroll applications.
• Analyzing the current state of all the Agency’s payroll applications, systems, and interfaces.
• Assisting in identifying and documenting the payroll business processes, and assisting in data mapping of current state payroll systems to future-state payroll systems.
• Assisting in documenting all the internal and external payroll interfaces associated with the payroll applications/systems.
• Design the future state of all the Agency’s payroll applications, systems, and interfaces.
• Perform data mapping and analysis of current data fields against a shared service provider’s data requirements needed to support payroll processing.
• Assist with designing and building a cloud-based bi-directional interface with our payroll shared service provider.
• Address problems of systems integration, compatibility, and multiple platforms.
• Work with business and technical partners to deliver robust systems that meet stakeholder needs.

Required Qualifications:

• Must possess and maintain TS/SCI level clearance with polygraph.
• A degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline.
• Analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts/theories for various projects.
• Technology Design experience — Adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
• Ability to logically and systematically convert customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Ability to analyze and study complex system requirements, for example:
  • Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, cost estimation, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Apply the concept of operations set of disciplines for the planning, analysis, design, and construction of information systems across a major sector of the organization.
• Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology
• Experience with activity and data modeling, transaction flow analysis, internal control, conducting risk analysis, and modern business methods and performance measurement techniques

Desired Qualifications:

• Ability to convey technical information to non-technical individuals.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and challenging environment.
• Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

• Typical office environment.

Travel

• Not required.

Company Description

Castalia Systems is a proven business partner providing mission-critical solutions to the Federal Government. We provide cutting-edge solutions from Securing and Managing Data to Systems Engineering and Development. Castalia Systems is a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Design and Application.

With our vast knowledge of our customers' needs and relevant technology, our team will bring successful solutions to every mission. We are one-upping our competitors by providing premium IT solutions and platforms with cutting-edge technology so it’s so evident when you compare us with anyone.

Disclaimer

Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.