LOCATION: National Capital Region, Joint Base Andrews
CLEARANCE REQUIRED: Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency. Must be able to pass a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
BACKGROUND:
Assured Consulting Solutions provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators.
We are currently seeking a highly motivated Technical Assistance and Professional Services (TASP) Sr. Systems Architect (Architecture Support) to join our team. The Sr. Systems Architect (Architecture Support) will be responsible for providing technical advice and recommendations on network solutions to federate the Secretary of the Air Force Concepts, Development and Management Office (SAF/CDM) Network and Architectures Directorate (CDMN) Mission Partner Capabilities Office (MPCO) / BICES Capability Office (BCO).
POSITION INFORMATION:
This position is with the Secretary of the Air Force Concepts, Development and Management Office (SAF/CDM) Network and Architectures Directorate (CDMN) Mission Partner Capabilities Office (MPCO).
The MPCO is charged with providing DoD-wide enterprise-level development, integration, systems engineering and synchronized delivery of mission capabilities and DoD-wide enterprise services that support interagency, strategic, allied, multinational, coalition, joint and combined Command and Control (C2) and intelligence coalition information sharing requirements. These capabilities include cross-domain services, cybersecurity and interoperability testing. The MPCO assumes responsibility for modernization, management, integration, and consolidation of the Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System (CENTRIXS), Pegasus, Combined Federated Battle Laboratory Network (CFBLNet), Virtual Data Centers (VDCs), US Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation Systems (US BICES) and US BICES extended (US BICES-X).
DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
The Sr. Systems Architect will coordinate the development and annual update of the US BICES-X Enterprise Global Architecture Design document for the BCO. He/she will assist the BCO with reviewing and, as required, providing comments on all US BICES-X Enterprise design documents.
The Sr. Systems Architect will support the MPCO/BCO with the design and development of the MPCO Enterprise with specific emphasis placed on the evaluation, analysis and recommendation of capabilities enabling the connection of multiple SECRET/REL environments. He/she will assist the MPCO with oversight and management of the implementation, fielding and sustainment of the MPCO Enterprise.
He/she will be responsible for providing the MPCO with technical advice and architectural design recommendations in assessing and evaluating appropriate interfaces between the US BICES-X Enterprise, NATO, US and Coalition Mission Partner classified cloud environments and/or foreign
partner systems and networks. And will recommend the most promising technologies, and
based on a business case analysis, recommend which technologies should be road mapped into an operational or projected MPE capability.
The Sr. Systems Architect will recommend the actions necessary to demonstrate the value and applicability of the technology and transition it to full operational capability. This will include a recommendation on how the technology should be demonstrated or prototyped to reduce risk by identifying the shortest, most efficient, and lowest risk path for implementing the technology, with various identification of courses of action when there is a conflict between the shortest and lowest risk path. The Sr. Systems Architect will also rank all recommended technologies in order of priority
based on operational necessity.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency.
Master's Degree in the stated discipline OR Bachelor's Degree plus 4 years additional Systems Architecture experience.
Fifteen (15) years' experience performing Systems Architecture.
Ten (10) years' Systems Architecture expertise and experience with a component of the DoD relating to the task areas being supported.
Experience overseeing the efforts of a staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job and assisting in the establishment of procedures or standards, providing recommendations for procedural improvements, and contributing to efficiency and performance improvement.
Must have requisite engineering degree as applicable to engineering or program management certification as applicable to program management; cost/schedule/performance background and ability to develop materials and brief senior leaders on complex issues. *The government would consider other technical degrees or special case exemptions on a case by case basis if the person has experience and a proven track record.
EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS:
Master's Degree in the stated discipline OR Bachelor's Degree plus 4 years additional Systems Architecture experience
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:
POSITION TYPE: Full-Time
SHIFT: Day
Assured Consulting Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact ACS Human Resources at (703) 662-5062.