F-35 Interoperability Analyst

ACT1 Federal LLC.; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Company Paid Life Insurance

Company Paid Short-Term Disability

Voluntary Long-Term Disability

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health Savings Account

401K with employer match

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Military Leave

Education, Training & Professional Dev

Job summary

ACT1 Federal LLC seeks a highly experienced F-35 Interoperability Analyst to act as the IO SME for the JPO, focusing on documenting external IO design, DoD standards compliance, and NR KPP/JITC certification. The role requires overseeing IO-related risk management and coordinating across services and partner nations.

The position emphasizes DoD acquisition processes, IO messaging expertise, and leadership in preparing certification materials and status reporting for senior reviews.

Qualifications

• 10 years of systems-to-systems level interface analysis in a DoD context.
• Experience processing DoD IO certification documentation for JITC/J6/J8.
• Knowledge of NR KPP and IO certification processes.
• Technical understanding of joint/coalition IO messaging.

Responsibilities

• Document planned external IO design in DoD CIO views and NR KPP/JR KPP context.
• Coordinate external IO design compliance and IO certification activities.
• Develop and maintain the F-35 IO Support Plan (ISP) and reporting updates.
• Track Joint IO Certification activities and service-level testing per JCIDS guidance.
• Review IO requirements inputs for PSCNs and IO certification needs.
• Provide IO justification for Interim Authority To Operate (IATO) approvals/extensions.
• Coordinate CONOPs for IO-related certification across services/partners.
• Maintain IO risk management and status updates to AR/DR repositories.
• Contribute IO inputs to quarterly DAES and planning documents.

Skills

Systems-to-systems analysis

IO certification documentation

Joint/coalition IO interfaces

DoD acquisition processes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Job description

Position Title: F-35 Interoperability Analyst

Location:Arlington, VA

Category: Funded

Schedule (FT/PT): FT

Travel Required:N/A

Shift: Day

Remote Type: Hybrid

Clearance required: Secret with SAR eligibility

Division: Aviation

Who is ACT1 Federal?ACT1 Federal LLC is a 100% employee-owned company. We’ve served the Department of Defense (DoD) for nearly thirty years. Our core missions include weapon systems engineering, logistics, space domain expertise, global defense and security, business and financial management for security assistance and major defense articles, as well as military training and arctic security. Join us!

Description:

The F-35 Interoperability (IO) Analyst serves as an IO Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office (JPO) with a primary focus on orchestrating the documentation and reporting of F-35 joint external IO design compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) net centric guidance as well as the associated external IO operational/systems interface analysis and architecture management. This individual also serves as the F-35 IO SME for all IO-related deficiency reporting and analysis as well as IO risk management.

Responsibilities:

• Document the planned F-35 external IO design in the Department of Defense Communications Information Officer (DoD CIO)-mandated architectural views and the associated F-35 military standards compliance to support Joint Staff’s Joint Net Ready Key Performance Parameter (NR KPP) certification as well as Joint IO certification by the Joint IO Test Command (JITC)
• Orchestrate the substantive NR KPP compliance documentation required to justify to F-35 planned external IO design -- Includes authoring/documenting the associated F-35 joint military standards compliance and External IO Integrated Architecture views
• Develop and maintain the F-35 IO Support Plan (ISP) to delineate the final Block external IO design implementation and applicable military standards as well as other DoD Functional reporting compliance updates
• Tracks/orchestrates the Joint IO Certification technical and operational assessment verification activities to include required joint Waveform/Message Standards Conformance (WSC/MSC) certification and applicable Service-level testing to comply with Department of Defense JCIDS guidance
• Review and delineate joint military standards compliance and systems interface [i.e., Information Exchange Requirement (IER)] inputs on all F-35 requirements documents and Proposed Specification Change Notices (PSCNs) to ensure proper integration of IO-related certification requirements
• Provide F-35 justification documentation to justify approval of Interim Authority To Operate (IATO) approvals/extensions by the Department of Defense IO Steering Group (ISG)
• Coordinate joint certification assessments of U.S. Military Services/Partner Nation IO-related Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) to ensure F-35 airborne communications interface design implementation and associated certifications address joint and coalition force needs
• Maintain configuration control of IO-related risk management -- Provides status updates on behalf of the F-35 IO Lead to the Air System Technical Review Board (ASTRB) as well as the Risk Management Board
• Analyze identified IO-related information exchange message formatting, message transmit/receive, information fusion, and pilot vehicle interface Deficiency Reports (DRs) – Facilitates cross-functional validation of associated issues and then presents associated recommendations for proper status scoring and related mitigation plans to the JSF DR Review Board. Generates/coordinates associated issue mitigation procedures/workarounds in Flight Services Data (FSD) change requests. Maintains IO-related draft Action Request (AR) and Deficiency Report repositories
• Provide IO-related status inputs to the quarterly F-35 Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES) reporting and also serves as the IO Team point of contact for IO-related inputs and updates to all F-35 planning documents.

Required:

• SECRET security clearance with eligibility for SAR
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical area
• 10 years of systems-to-systems level interface analysis experience in an engineering or technical position supporting DoD ACAT-I Acquisition Programs and in-depth knowledge of the Net Ready KPP and Joint IO Certification processes
• Four years of experience in processing DoD IO certification documentation as required by the JITC and DoD CIO/Joint Staff JS J6/J8
• In-depth technical understanding of joint/coalition communications network interfaces and associated IO messaging
• Four years of developmental and/or operational test and evaluation experience
• ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Company Paid Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401K with employer match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Military Leave
• Education, Training & Professional Development
• Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical Illness/Hospital Care
• Voluntary Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, and Identity Protection

Salaries are commensurate with experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.