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## 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.