General/Interdisciplinary Engineer, Principal

starfish; Kettering (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP participation

401(k) match

Health/Dental/Vision insurance

Job summary

Torch Technologies in Kettering, OH is seeking a General/Interdisciplinary Engineer, Principal to support the MROi program. This role focuses on cross-functional engineering leadership, system integration, and agile IT solutions within a DISA-hosted environment.

Required are a TS/Secret clearance, advanced software/system engineering expertise, and strong communication skills. Onsite work with competitive benefits is offered, including ESOP participation and comprehensive health plans.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Master's Degree in a relevant field with 7+ years of related experience OR Bachelor's with 11+ years.
• Expert in software and systems engineering; oversee junior/mid-level staff.
• Strong understanding of software testing standards and practices.
• Experience with IT/Business Systems, cloud infrastructure, and ERP systems.
• Familiarity with AF SEAM, AF SEP, and DoD/DoW policies; SAFe/DevSecOps.
• Proficient with MS Office, Jira, and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Provide cross-cutting engineering support across the MROi IPO to inform leadership.
• Interact with stakeholders, PMs, customers and industry counterparts.
• Collaborate with customers and service providers for capability development and IT analyses.
• Create and maintain briefings, reports, studies and recommendations.
• Build relationships with MROi stakeholders including ERP partners and vendors.
• Review program documentation to optimize plans and manage baselines.
• Support knowledge sharing within IPO and improve baseline management.
• Establish processes to improve program technical baselines.

Skills

Security clearance

Verbal and written communication

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Agile SAFe

Cloud/ERP concepts

Education

Master's Degree in a relevant field

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Oracle/OCI knowledge

AWS Certification

Job description

Torch Technologies

Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

Torch Technologies has an exciting opportunity for a General/Interdisciplinary Engineer, Principal located in Kettering, OH (Dayton, WPAFB) to support our EPASS GB contract. As part of the AFLCMC/GB Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate, the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Initiative (MRO) is a DOTMLPF-P transformation and standardization of both the business processes and enabling materiel solution which provides Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) with an integrated capability for planning, scheduling and executing organic depot maintenance to support agile planning, optimized workload assignment, resource allocation and integrated quality. The MRO materiel solution is a web-enabled system operating wholly within the .mil network. It implements a configured Oracle enterprise Business Suite (eBS) Commercial Off-The-Shell (?) COTS software product with 'complex MRO' being the core module for user interaction. This is supplemented with the integration of other necessary eBS suite modules plus Reports, Interfaces, Conversions and Extensions (RICE) objects which are deemed necessary to provide the required functionality. MRO implementation is divided into four software releases with capabilities to plan, scheduling and execute organic depot maintenance processes within the commodities, electronics, missile and propulsion maintenance groups. MRO replaces dissimilar legacy systems and processes used across numerous geographic locations with a common enterprise business system that optimizes resource and workload assignments, facilitates what- if planning and frees-up logistics capacities aimed at improving capabilities availability to the warfighter. MRO operates within a Defense Information System Agency (DISA) hosted environment and interfaces with various legacy systems to support continuous operations within the depot maintenance environment.

As a General/Interdisciplinary Engineer, Principal your duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide cross-cutting engineering technical and functional support across the MROi Integrated Program Office to inform the Chief Engineer and other Program Leaders regarding a wide range of engineering issues/efforts
• Interact with internal and external stakeholders, along with Program Managers, Functional customers and industry counterparts
• Engagement and collaboration with customers and service providers for ongoing and future capability development/sustainment and facilitating IT solution space analyses to optimize MROi execution.
• Constructing briefings, reports, studies, analyses, recommendations, and other documentation.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with a variety of MROi stakeholders including Cloud One, Oracle, Cloud Service Providers, Accenture, other Air Force ERP Programs and other key vendors.
• Conducting reviews on program documentation to evaluate and recommend alternative plans, improve systems engineering processes, manage program technical baselines, and execute system level tests to assure subsystems and system performance is achieved in accordance with approved requirements.
• Supporting collaboration, knowledge, and resource sharing within/across the IPO.
• Establishing processes and procedures to improve program technical baseline management.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship
• Master's Degree in a relevant field and 7 years of related experience OR
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 11 years of related experience
• Must possess and demonstrate the advanced knowledge, experience and recognized ability to be considered an expert in the software and systems engineering field, possess the ability to perform tasks and oversee the efforts of junior and mid-level personnel.
• Must possess a comprehensive understanding and ability to apply associated standards, procedures and practices in the software test field.
• Extensive knowledge and proficiency with software and systems development of IT/Business Systems
• Experience with the implementation of new IT/Business System technologies to include but not limited to Cloud Infrastructure and Enterprise Resource and Planning (ERP) systems
• General working knowledge of Air Force Systems Engineering Assessment Model (AF SEAM) and the Air Force Systems Engineering Process (SEP)
• General working knowledge of DoW Acquisition policy, specifically DoWI 5000.75 (knowledge and understanding of DoWI 5000.02 is also applicable)
• Working knowledge of the Agile Development Methodology (Specifically SAFe)
• Working knowledge of DevSecOps
• Highly proficient with computers and software applications to include but not limited to: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Access and Project, Atlassian Jira and Confluence.
• Exceptional attention to detail, highly organized and able to multi-task
• Impeccable verbal and written communication skills
• Must have and be able to maintain a T3/Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect, (or associate)
• AWS Cloud Practitioner or Microsoft Azure equivalent
• Current certification in Oracle/OCI products and/or databases
• CompTIA Security+CE
• Agile Certifications

Schedule

(M-F; 8-5)

Work Location

Kettering, OH (Dayton/WPAFB)- Onsite

Travel

0-10%

Relocation Assistance Available

No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract

No

Benefits

Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify.

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