Principal Chaos Engineer

Odyssey Systems has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Chaos Engineer to support the C3C / Kessel Run (KR) Division, which is within the USAF C3BM Directorate.

This is a full-time position hybrid to an Air Force Base

Duties include, but not limited to: 

• Assist in the design and implementation of an integrated performance and chaos engineering strategy, process, tools, and execution
• Assist in the definition and help manage the load testing roadmap for applications
• Work with multiple product teams to ensure application availability and set-up of test equipment, test data and execution environments Assisting in redefining the test management framework and ensure that the infrastructure is scalable to evolving products and services
• Assist in application go/no go decisions by providing quality metrics by covering different types of test scenarios
• Work closely with product managers and key stakeholders to plan and conduct application testing efforts
• Coordinate different product teams and assist them in assessing deployment  readiness  
• Understanding Application Programming Interfaces, Google Remote Procedure  Call (gRPC), abstractions and integration patterns to solve challenging distributed system problems.
• Assist in the design, implement, and execute chaos experiments from conception to production deployment
• Analyze complex problems in the application space relating to resilience
• Assist in performing chaos testing on a distributed system to build confidence in the system's capability to withstand turbulent conditions in production.
• Assist in the development of automated chaos testing in pre-production systems 
• Design & Architectures   
  • Conduct and support all engineering and technical activities required during the  material solution analysis, technology, engineering, and manufacturing  development, production and deployment, and operation and support phases of  the systems acquisition process. Develop/prepare engineering and technical  documentation inherently part of the activities listed above (e.g. Analysis of  Alternatives (AoA), Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)…), systems review and  analysis with written reporting, briefing, and artifact development as required for  all of the technical specialty areas defined in this section; and the planning and  execution of all necessary technical reviews, assessments, and interchange  meetings (e.g. Critical Design Review(CDR), Manufacturing Readiness  Assessment (MRA), Reliability Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM)) and  associated artifacts (e.g. Critical Design Review entry and exit criteria) 
  • Conduct systems architectural analyses to include system design/design feasibility  and state-of-the-art assessment 
  • Produce architectures, document planned and existing systems, determine  deficiencies, develop alternatives, recommend solutions, and support development  of a plan to implement the chosen solution per acquisition and sustainment system  engineering processes. This may include traditional architecture development or  Model Based Systems Engineering processes. 
  • Track and ensure system architecture and interoperability requirements for the  baselined system is maintained 
  • Detail operational requirements and functional interactions within the system and  with other systems, considering life cycle costs, logistics supportability, human  factors, et al, to determine if the basic building blocks of the system are defined in  sufficient detail to support a development program effort 
  • Translate DoD user requirements into system requirements for designing,  developing, testing and evaluating systems and subsystems using USAF and DoD  approved acquisition methods. 
  • Provide engineering analysis of system training, training equipment and simulator  requirements; prepare technical documentation; and provide engineering  evaluation of equipment and simulator designs
• Acquisition
  • Understand and implement robust DoD acquisition and sustainment systems  engineering processes to address the life-cycle requirements of each product  support area 
  • Prepare and review program specifications for items, processes and materials.  Develop and utilize analytical, simulation, MBSE and digital engineering analysis  techniques to optimize system performance and/or system effectiveness; establish  system sensitivities, define system parameters, evaluate hardware and validate  flight test results in terms of overall system relationships and applications.
  • Develop, prepare, review, and integrate selected milestone review documentation,  periodic reports, and certifications as identified in current DoD and AF  acquisition policy 
  • Review, evaluate and monitor acquisition Contractor drawings for completeness,  currency, technical accuracy and conformance to requirements, specifications,  regulations and quality control to ensure compliance with ASME technical Data  Package format and requirements 
• Technical Management
  • Complete and support requirements definition and analysis, architecture design,  implementation, integration, verification and validation, transition, decision  analysis, requirements management, risk management, interface management, and  configuration management 
  • Facilitate the transfer of information, lessons learned and best practices across all  customers and contractors serviced under this task order within constraints of  proprietary rights 
  • Perform market research and trade studies to assess current and future systems to  ensure they that meet mission needs/requirements. Conduct, define and evaluate  system cost, schedule, and technical performance. Perform reviews, studies  (including root cause analysis), audits, evaluations and analyses and provide  technical recommendations to the Government.  
  • Conduct engineering performance, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost  performance, life cycle cost, producibility, reliability and maintainability, risk and  scheduling trade-off studies 
  • Develop USAF approved Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP), test plans  and procedures, prepare test readiness reviews and associated test documentation  using DoD and USAF standard processes, execute developmental tests and assist  in operational test planning/execution, and evaluate tests in support of acquisition  and sustainment programs. 
• Participate in integrated logistics support efforts, provisioning and source coding, maintenance  data collection, technical order management, configuration management, evaluation of quality  deficiency reports, and/or identification of alternate sources of supply for diminishing  manufacturing/materiel sources preferred.  
• Training in information technology, computer sciences or engineering 
• Experience in of information technology (e.g., product management, business  analysis, project management, performance and scalability consultant role) 
• Experience in performance and load testing tools (Load Runner, JMeter, Visual  Studio) 
• Experience in cloud systems (e.g. Azure, Amazon Web Services, Pivotal Cloud  Foundry and Google Cloud Platform) 
• Experience with chaos engineering tools like Chaos Monkey as well as supporting  tools like Dynatrace, Azure App monitor tool as well as Grafana 
• Experience in programming languages like Java, C#, and Python 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex information  concisely and clearly 
• Experience drafting effective project or product management documentation  including but not limited to status reports and issues/risks logs 
• Working knowledge with virtual nachines and microservices 
• Experience in product management using Agile methodology 
• Experience with Agile Central(Rally) and/or Jira 

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications

Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Secret level clearance

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree in a professional engineering discipline from an ABET-accredited educational program and at least 25 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 15 of which must be in the DoD

Preferred experience:

• Master's degree in a professional engineering discipline from an ABET-accredited educational program along with at least 20 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 12 of which must be in the DoD

Additional Information:

Location: Hybrid to an Air Force Base

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Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, is an innovative small business committed to providing world-class technical, management, and training support services to government and public sector clients. We focus on people, processes, and performance to deliver superior results. Since our inception in 1997, our commitment to mission success and customer satisfaction has been recognized with exponential growth and exceptional past performance ratings. We accept challenging assignments and drive projects from the planning stages, through implementation, and into operations and support.

Please note: Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

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