Director of System Engineering Resume

Candidate Pitch:

Accomplished, results-focused, and strategic IT professional, equipped with extensive experience in driving innovation, delivering high-quality products, and ensuring the success of the organization's technical endeavors. Expert at managing and maintaining the organization's system level engineering, responsible for the systems, such as software, hardware, and infrastructure to develop product. Well-versed with the latest and standard techniques, procedures, and best practices toward proper coordination of software design and engineering initiatives. Expert in various development methodologies including model-based systems engineering (MBSE), software development lifecycle (SDLC), and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Highly capable of working with other departments, such as software development, network engineering, security, and operations to integrate various components into a cohesive and efficient system toward on-time and high-quality completion of projects. NIRA, Inc. | McLean, VA Director, System Engineering Aug 2021–Present  Oversee the Engineering Team and coordinate their activities to ensure alignment with the company's technology strategy and business objectives.  Provide direction and guidance to teams of test, hardware, and DevOps engineers in charge of product development.  Guarantee collaboration within the Product Development Team to establish product roadmaps and deliver timely and within budget software products.  Handle allocation of resources and budgets for the Engineering Team and other product teams, aligning priorities, eliminating roadblocks, delivering deliverables on time, and ensuring the teams operate efficiently.  Spearhead a team of engineers and enterprise architects in providing support to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) development initiatives.  Assume responsibility for talent acquisition, making sure the organization’s capability to meet the needs of existing programs and future development initiatives.  Take an active role in proposal efforts, contributing to the development of system architectures, analysis, and cost information to enhance the overall proposal submission process.  Ensure consistency in the implementation, process/methodology, practices, management, and execution of systems engineering across all programs.  Streamline processes through the development, documentation, and communication of a methodology for coordinating, handling, and implementing systems engineering on programs.  Serve as a subject matter expert, offering direct software cost-analysis support to the FAA Office of Investment Planning and Analysis, which involves developing capital investment plans for the SWIM program and contributing to milestone decisions, investment analysis and reporting document (IARD) preparations, and various acquisition activities.  Render assistance to FAA engineering initiatives, specifically focusing on SWIM engineering requirements, the Risk Review Board, and safety assessments.  Exhibit technical and management expertise in formulating corporate business development strategy while providing inputs for corporate proposals and requests for information. Career Highlights:  Implemented DevSecOps, which integrated software development, security, and operations methodologies, to deliver high-quality systems and software solutions to clients.  Discovered the methods for integrating AI into the development process by organization.  Conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the current system engineering organization and subsequently initiated a transformation process to align it with existing processes, incorporating agile methodologies and other strategies to position the SE organization to handle a higher volume of engineering contracts and enhance overall efficiency.  Took charge of leading a team of senior-level subject matter experts in conducting a comprehensive organizational study focused on assessing the impacts of DO-278A Software Integrity Assurance guidelines.   Northrop Grumman | San Diego, CA Senior System Software Manager Aug 2009–Aug 2021  Played an instrumental part in various initiatives toward optimum business results, which entailed the following: o Deploying several architectural models through engagement in Orbital Space Systems MBSE-Satellite program; o Assisting the Integrated Functional Capability Team under the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) program chief engineer during the software development life cycle (SDLC) for system architecture, system design, and design details of new products; o Generating system security plan (SSP) and security assessment report (SAR) following the guidelines and standards of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS); o Defining and implementing system specifications as well as input/output processes to ensure hardware and software compatibility; and o Analyzing business functions, gathering relevant information, and evaluating output requirements and formats to achieve operational objectives.  Designed content within the architecture model by working with integrated product teams.  Played an active role in developing architectural designs and autonomously creating intricate system designs that align with the specified requirements considering tradeoffs between requirements, speed, cost, and reliability when selecting design approaches and offering alternative options for multi-phased development and delivery of desired outcomes.  Engaged with product architects to effectively discuss system design, interface, and functional requirements.  Spearheaded the review of various documents, designs, code, test cases, and user documentation.  Managed earned value analysis on several cost accounts, along with the associated tasks for each account.  Decomposed high-level requirements into functional and non-functional requirements.  Served as the software lead, responsible for supporting various programs and defining the approaches utilized in developing requirements, design, coding, testing, and integration of the software to meet Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards. Career Highlight:  Succeeded in developing and reporting technical performance measures (TPMs), metrics, cost, risk, and schedule performance by keeping seamless cross-communication with internal product lines, suppliers, and customers.  Effectively worked with the Capture Team responsible for bringing more defense contracts to unmanned and space programs as well as devising cost-efficient approaches for estimating software projects, enabling the success of multiple customer follow-on programs, while working with customer and development teams to cost the software development and develop the software architecture, roadmaps and development schedule. EARLIER CAREER Senior System Software Engineer | Aug 2008–Jun 2009 DRS Sensors | Cypress, CA Senior Principal Software Engineer | Oct 2007–Jun 2008 Honeywell-Flight Display System | Phoenix, AZ Senior Principal System Engineer | Aug 2006–Oct 2007 L-3 Communication |Phoenix, AZ Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Dec 1998 The Texas A&M University System, Prairie View A&M Texas| Prairie View, TX Process Improvement System Design and Architecture Troubleshooting and Problem Resolution Team Leadership Performance Monitoring and Optimization Risk Control Agile Methodology Implementation Software Architecture Software Design Certification: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) | 2021 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®) | 2017 Six Sigma Green Belt | 2009 Course/Training: Agile Project Management | 2021 Cyber Security CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner Continuing Education| 2020 System Engineering Agile | 2020 Internet of Things (IoT) Application | 2015 System Engineering | 2011