Technical Lead with Security Clearance

Company: Contract Professionals, Inc.
Location: Fairfax
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

Responsibilities: Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, a related specialized area or field is required (or equivalent experience) plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. Agile experience preferred. CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense Secret security clearance is obtainable within a reasonable time. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required. Qualifications: We are ready to hire a Technical Lead for our Combat System team. You will help lead a project team modernizing a legacy combat system, applying concepts such as IaaS/PaaS and containerization. You will support our Chief Architect to plan changes to the system and will work with internal and external stakeholders to achieve agreement. You will help guide a varied team in developing solutions to be delivered to the United States Navy (USN) Submarine fleet. Our close-knit team is passionate about delivering the best product to the Navy to help protect our country. This dynamic project is fast-paced and addresses quickly evolving problems with creative solutions. We work closely with the Submarine community to develop solutions that allow the Navy to carry out high-stakes national security missions. You'll be working with a team to: * Provide technical leadership and guidance to a technical team composed of software, integration, network, test, and hardware engineers migrating an existing system architecture into an IaaS/PaaS architecture * Interact with product and service teams to identify questions and issues within current architecture * Provide staffing estimates and support project management in ensuring effort is properly staffed * Work with the master schedulers to create and maintain the project schedule, aligned with PI planning and delivery dates; generate detailed team schedules, keep the team working to established dates, report out status * Generate and present technical design to the internal team and external customer * Collaborate with Chief Architect and Chief Engineer to ensure that systems and products being designed and deployed align with customer requirements and business strategies * Research and analyze technology solutions, emerging trends and changes in solutions; identify new areas of opportunity and evolve the strategic approach needed to address them What we want you to bring to our team: * Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related specialized area or field is required, plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. * Experience leading a technical team guiding the team's efforts, maintaining schedules, providing staffing estimates * Familiarity with various architectural patterns, experience with OSI model * Experience with cloud-based environments and technologies (IaaS, PaaS, KVM/QEMU, CRI-O/Docker, Kubernetes, etc.) * Experience with computer hardware specification, evaluation, selection, and configuration * Experience with RedHat and Windows Operating Systems * Experience with software containerization and architecture modernization * Experience with Agile methodologies and frameworks in a prototype environment Experience and Skills that will set you apart: * Thorough understanding of software architectures, containerization/virtualization, and cybersecurity regulations and controls * Experience with Agile development and working on sprint teams * Knowledge of Navy submarine systems * Proven experience in effectively communicating and collaborating cross site and cross company * Ability to quickly grasp and apply new information * Ability to handle more complex assignments as experience progresses * Self-motivated, engaged, continuously learning and looking for ways to improve things Required Clearance (External View Only) Secret, obtainable within reasonable time based on requirements US CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT: This assignment is a US Government Contract which requires all applicants to be US Citizens. NO SUBCONTRACT REQUIREMENT: No third-party applicants will be considered. If you are a third party contracting company, please do not respond to this position.

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