The Secretary of Defense has ordered a department-wide hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the DoD hiring freeze. Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption. You will serve as the Softkill Coordination Subsystem (SKCS) Software Architect in the Advanced Electronic Warfare Concepts Branch (Code B34) of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.
This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled by a General Engineer (0801-series), a Computer Engineer (0854-series), a Mathematician (1520-series), or a Computer Scientist (1550-series) depending upon the qualifications of the candidate. Applicants in positions with occupational series other than those listed (0801, 0854, 1520 and 1550) may apply; however, you must apply directly to the series listed in this vacancy that is most applicable to your qualifications. In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the ND-4 pay band (GS-12 and GS-13 equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional engineer or scientist applying a wide range of software engineering principles to design or develop software. Examples of qualifying experience may include (1) broad-based technical knowledge of electronic warfare system operation and the underlying technology and methods of performance estimation, with particular emphasis on AN/SLQ-32 variants, Nulka and Advanced Offboard Electronic Warfare (AOEW) as related to the Aegis Combat System and Ship's Self-Defense System (SSDS); (2) operational knowledge of Navy ships, ship systems, sensors, and complex platform integration; (3) in-depth organizational understanding of electronic warfare systems operational requirements community and involvement with working groups/organizations and sponsors. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): All Professional Engineering Positions, 08XX Mathematics Series, 1520 Computer Science Series, 1550 Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will serve as a subject matter expert, senior technical advisor, and liaison to management, sponsors, and the fleet regarding the software development and integration of capabilities within the Softkill Coordination Subsystem (SKCS) codebase.
You will lead a multi-disciplinary team of government and contractor scientists and engineers providing detailed technical direction on tasking, objectives, and milestones in a fast-paced research and development environment.
You will provide senior level technical oversight and rigor, leadership, and guidance for the execution of software development tasking and projects, to ensure timely delivery of capabilities for optimal electronic warfare system performance.
You will coordinate with the SKCS Technical Execution Lead to ensure external stakeholders' objectives are achieved.
You will work with external stakeholders to understand objectives and the system architectural changes needed by SKCS and the external stakeholder to achieve objectives.
You will coordinate with the SKCS Technical Execution Lead to deliver planned builds as per build definitions.
You will ensure proper configuration management of the SKCS code base.
You will provide detailed recommendations and vision of architectural changes to support future efforts.
You will provide technical guidance and leadership to the SKCS team on solid design principles and coding practices.
You will identify opportunities for refactoring and provide leadership with a plan to execute within established timelines, while managing risk.
You will provide technical guidance and leadership on modernization of the SKCS code and software development in areas such as cybersecurity, containerization, test automation, system setup, configuration, and troubleshooting.
You will actively participate and/or lead SKCS at appropriate reviews such as safety boards, software release panels, and program level Integrated Product Reviews (IPRs).
You will actively participate and/or lead integration activities with partners to ensure design is functional and meets intent.
You will actively participate and/or lead test events through real time troubleshooting and data analysis to root cause issues and deliver corrections.
You will communicate, both orally and in writing, to a variety of technical and operational audiences including Department leadership, senior managers and flag officers on system capabilities, issues, and impacts to sensor system performance.
You will serve as the subject matter expert on SKCS software architecture and ensure it is effectively developed, coded, unit, and system tested prior to delivery both internally and externally.