Architecture Development and Deployment Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance

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.

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. The ability to coordinate and communicate to developers and managers and demonstrated experience in technical writing is required.  Must have a project ownership mentality. Must have a 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.

Salary range for the position is $150,000 - $250,000 per year. Specific compensation will be determined by several factors including experience, education, skills, and knowledge. We also offer medical/dental/vision benefits and 401k contribution.