Senior Software Architect for Communication and Ground Modeling and Simulation

Job Summary

Information Systems and Cyber Division (ISCD)staff couple the latest in information system technologies such as elastic compute clouds containerization microservices real-time operating systems and visualization frameworks with expertise in cyber security software architecture software engineeringdata science Artificial Intelligenceprocess improvement and software development to deliver responsive resilient high-performance software intensive systems to our Intelligence Community DoD and civilian customers.

The Modeling and Simulation Computing Department (MSCD) consists of a team dedicated to ground-breaking software solutions and capabilities for government and commercial customer needs.We are looking for aSenior Software Architect for Modeling and Simulation Computing (Senior Engineering Specialist - Systems and Modeling and Simulation Engineer). We enable detailed and complex modeling analysis optimization and visualization of satellite orbits system architectures and engineering trade-spaces to provide customer decision support for the future of space.

Work Model

• This is a full-timeposition based inEl Segundo CA

WhatYoullBe Doing

• Act as a department senior liaison providing proactive coordination and consultation to customers and Aerospace staff across the company

• Specifically lead software architecture designand developmentteams for elements of thecorporationseffort todevelop andmodernizemajor software workflows for communication andground architectures

• Initiate and conduct efforts to grow and sustain ourcommunication and groundmodeling simulation and analysis capabilities to support new and existing functional areas.

• Apply leadership and coordination across multi-disciplinary technical leaders Aerospace Program Office personnel and external customers.

• Partner with analysis leads to exercise influence on key stakeholders and customers by leading engagement efforts as wedevelop thecompanys next-generation communication and ground modeling capabilities.

• Support organizational and capability strategic planningidentifyingopportunities toleveragedevelopment and analysis across diverse projects and analysis types while suggesting ways to close capability gaps.

• Engage with software end users and customers to refine capability requirements.

• Mature technicalexpertisein the department through mentoring team members and directing workflow development.

• Routinely communicate project progress including recommended design solutions to technical leads management and customers

• Travel as necessary to support customer efforts.

What You Need to be Successful-Senior Engineering Specialist - Modeling & Simulation and Systems Software Engineering

MinimumRequirements:

• Bachelors degree inaerospace engineering electrical engineeringsoftware engineering computer science mathematics or a related discipline from an accredited school

• 10or more years of industry experience withdemonstratedexperienceleadingsoftware developmentteams managing/coordinating complex technical tasks and translating customer needs into tasks for team members

• Professional experience as a technical lead of a software project

• Professional experience in one or more of the following specific national security space or intelligence mission areas: communication and ground infrastructures signals intelligence geo-spatial intelligence space surveillance navigationsystemsor space protection

• Experience indesigning modern software architectures

• Proficiencyin developing software updates and understanding how they fit into the larger software structure as part of a team working to deliver complex projects on schedule

• Proficiencyin at least one object-oriented programming language (CPython Java etc.)

• Experienceleveragingsoftware configuration management and collaboration tools in team environments (Bitbucket Jira GitHub or similar)

• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment adapt quickly to change and to help customers manage ambiguity

• Experience in building technicalproficiencythrough mentoring and talent development initiatives

• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to present methods and results effectively in briefings formal reports and informal communications

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with customers Aerospace program offices and contractors

• Willing to travel occasionally tocorporate or customer locations to support efforts asneeded

• This position requires ability to obtain andmaintaina security clearance which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship isto obtain a security clearance

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

• Advanceddegreeinone of the fields of study mentioned above

• Expertisein scheduling and mission management for communication and ground systems

• Expertiseinmodern C and build systems across multiple operating systems

• Experience with Aerospace customers and industry players

• Experience writing software for use on high performance computing clusters

• Experiencewriting cloud-nativemodeling & simulationapplications

• Experience in cloud technologies (e.g.Docker Kubernetes etc.)

• Experienceleveragingsoftware factoriesDevSecOps and CI/CD technologies

• Demonstrated contributions to open source orInnerSourceprojects

• Relevant certifications in Agile project management

• Current TS/SCI or higher security clearance