Sr. Interoperability Requirements Manager (N2701)

SimIS Inc.; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

401(k) Savings Plan

Flex Spending Accounts

Tuition Assistance Program

Professional Development

Paid Time Off (PTO)

11 Federal Holidays each year

Job summary

SimIS Inc. in Norfolk, VA seeks a Senior Interoperability Requirements Manager to lead the lifecycle from requirements integration to testing, ensuring mission readiness for future threats.

The role emphasizes federated interoperability across the capability lifecycle, DOTMLPFI coordination, and collaboration with NATO-style partners. A STEM degree and 10 years in interoperability initiatives are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, or a related STEM discipline.
• Ten years in multinational collaboration, coordination, preferably in NATO or equivalent environments.
• 5–10 years supporting interoperability initiatives, across multiple stakeholders and nations.

Responsibilities

• Support federated interoperability activities across the capability lifecycle.
• Elicit, capture and collect interoperability requirements across DOTMLPFI.
• Contribute to development of policies, directives and processes related to federated interoperability.
• Monitor data quality in designated tools and resolve data gaps for reporting.
• Coordinate and communicate with COIs and participants for interoperability events.
• Provide guidance on federated interoperability processes, tools and events.
• Administer and maintain user accounts with secure access to tools.

Skills

Multinational collaboration

Interoperability management

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, or related STEM

Tools

CWIX Wiki / IOCore

NATO interoperability toolsets

Job description

Position is 100% Onsite

Position is 100% Onsite

Who We Are

Founded in 2007, SimIS Inc. is an innovative information technology solution Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) that models future environments, requirements, and capabilities, and then secures the enterprise from internal and external threats compliant with Federal, State, and industry standard governance to ensure client mission success. Our performance standard is “excellence,” with an outcomes-based, quality focus in our services and products, guided by our core values of honesty (in word and deed), relationships (confidence and trust with clients and partners), teamwork (shared goals, mission, and purpose), loyalty (allegiance to our client and team), and importance of others (work and win as a team). SimIS is currently recruiting for the listed position and is contingent upon award.

Job Description

SimIS is seeking contract support for the capture, development, architecture, analysis, and quality assurance of capability requirements necessary to adapt to future threats and shape long-term military strategy. To support our customers, SimIS, Inc seeks a Senior Interoperability Requirements Manager to support a Capability Program and Project Managers. The candidate will manage the entire lifecycle from requirements integration to engineering and testing to ensure functional abilities undergo rigorous verification, validation, and evaluation to ensure mission readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, or a related technical STEM discipline
• Ten (10) years of proven work experience in multinational collaboration, coordination, preferably in NATO or equivalent multinational environments
• 5-10 years of documented experience supporting interoperability initiatives, campaigns, programmes or activities, across multiple stakeholders and nations. Examples include but are not limited to: The annual Coalition Warrior interoperability Exercise (CWIX); TIDE Sprint; TIDE Hackathon; Digital Interoperability Verification Experiment (DIVE); Federated Mission Networking (FMN); Interoperability 360 workshops (IO360)
• 5-10 years of experience managing and delivering interoperability requirements including governance, data collection and reporting
• 5-10 years of experience planning, preparing, coordinating, and managing events, meetings, workshops, conferences, exercises, or similar activities for cross-functional project teams and stakeholders
• 5-10 years of experience facilitating and coordinating the production of meeting notes, action lists, reports, and briefings and summaries for military and civilian audiences up to Flag/General Officer or equivalent level
• Experience of managing, editing, and processing interoperability data using NATO or national toolsets (for example CWIX Wiki or IOCore)
• 5-10 years of Programme and Project Management experience within a complex and dynamic programme environment. PMP Certification desirable
• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to manage timelines, deliverables, task tracking, and stakeholder coordination
• PMP Certification is desirable

Responsibilities

• Support federated interoperability activities across the capability lifecycle
• Elicit, capture and collect interoperability requirements across all aspects of DOTMLPFI
• Contribute and participate in the development of policies, directives, concepts and process refinement related to federated interoperability
• Monitor and assure the quality, completeness, and consistency of interoperability test data within designated tools. Identify and resolve data gaps to support reporting and analysis
• Execute structured communications with COIs, prepare participants for interoperability events and activities
• Provide timely, actionable guidance to participants on federated interoperability processes, tools, and events
• Coordinate and contribute to the activities of the Federated Interoperability Branch
• Support the analyses of interoperability data collected, including the production and delivery of reports and briefings
• Administer and maintain user accounts, ensuring secure, role-based access to designated interoperability test tools

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Short-Term Disability (at no cost to you) & Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Professional Development
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 11 Federal Holidays each year

SimIS, Inc. is an EOE / M / F / Disability / VET / Drug Free Employer