Architecture Development and Deployment SETA, TS/SCI

Blue Sky Innovators; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm located in Arlington, Virginia, is seeking a Senior Defense Technologist to support Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA). This role requires a minimum of 10 years of engineering experience, an active Top Secret clearance, and expertise in cloud technologies, data architecture, and project management. The ideal candidate will work on cutting-edge solutions for the Department of Defense, focusing on enhancing system integration and support for decision makers. Competitive compensation is offered.

Qualifications

• Must have Top Secret clearance and pass a CI Polygraph.
• 10+ years of professional engineering experience.
• Experience with the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community required.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering, architecture and management support to decision makers and warfighters.
• Focus on engineering and project management of System of System solutions.
• Analyze interfaces and schedules for iterative integration opportunities.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

Technical writing

Project ownership mentality

Coordination and communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Azure

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Postgres

Neo4J

Mongo

Apache Kafka

NiFi

Git

Gitlab

JIRA

Job description

Overview

Senior Defense Technologist SME V, Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) supporting Architecture Development and Deployment, Active Top Secret Clearance

Description: As part of an engineering and development team that is leveraging cutting edge processes and technology the candidate should be capable of working with a high performing team providing engineering, architecture and management support. The candidate will require at least ten years of experience working on development and support of data architectures and data management. The candidate should be able to support decision makers and warfighters by providing Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) across multiple emerging software segments developed and delivered across cloud, and on premises. The candidate will focus on providing engineering and project management of System of System (SoS) solutions across multiple software systems by defining solution epics, architectures diagrams, and dependencies. Furthermore, they should be able to analyze interfaces and schedules to maximize iterative integration opportunities and verify acceptance criteria via solution demonstrations and enterprise tests.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering, architecture and management support as part of a high performing team. Capable of working across data architectures and data management; support decision makers and warfighters with SETA across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Focus on engineering and project management of System of System (SoS) solutions across multiple software systems by defining solution epics, architecture diagrams, and dependencies.
• Analyze interfaces and schedules to maximize iterative integration opportunities and verify acceptance criteria via solution demonstrations and enterprise tests.

Required Qualifications

• Top Secret clearance, SCI eligible, pass a CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community is required.
• Ability to coordinate and communicate to developers and managers and demonstrated experience in technical writing.
• Must have a project ownership mentality.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional engineering experience.

Highly Desirable Qualifications

• Experience with Cloud modern operating systems and Cloud Native Infrastructure and Services: Azure and AWS, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Government Specific Experiences: cross domain solutions, Protection Level-2 through 5 (PL2-5, label aware) style development challenges, ICAM, and Requirements Management.
• Security: Firewalls (Cisco ASA, Palo Alto), VPNs, and Zero Trust Architecture.
• Experience with Data & Workflow Management software including databases: Postgres, Neo4J, Mongo, Apache Kafka and NiFi software.
• Experience with Web Development: Typescript/NodeJS/React, Go/Rust.
• Experience with software development, engineering, and management tools: Git, CI/CD process, Gitlab, JIRA.
• A master’s degree or PhD in Engineering or Computer Science field is highly desirable.
• Experience in management of data architecture teams is highly desirable.
• Experience with multiple scripting languages is highly desirable.

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