Functional Specialist - Senior - TRIAEM, LLC

Functional Specialist/Advisor (Senior)

Overall Assignment Description:  

Provides expertise, guidance, consultation, facilitation, and thought leadership to the client and/or project team based on specialized in-depth expertise in such fields as: engineering and technology; policy and administration; planning; analysis; training and development; facilities; communications; visual design; human capital; business; and management.  Ensures that quality is an integral part of the development, design and manufacture of products or services.  Monitors requirements through test and measurement activities; manages/leads quality assurance activities.

Duties include:

·       Provide strategic and technical support to the Director, International Solutions Office (TIP) to improve mission prioritization, alignment, and integration.

·       Review existing programs and assist in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improve current techniques.

·       Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.

·       Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and operational needs to determine mission health.

·       Prepare reports and correspondence concerning project specifications, activities and status.

Skills and Experience:

Required:

·       Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, Image Science, Data Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems, Geography, or other related degree program or equivalent Senior Level experience as a Functional Specialist.

·       Demonstrated experience providing guidance and direction in programs.

·       Senior-level experience in guidance, consultation, facilitation, and thought leadership to the client and/or project team based on specialized in-    depth expertise in such fields as:

o   engineering and technology

o   policy and administration

o   program management

o   planning

o   analysis

o   training and development

o   facilities

o   communications

o   visual design

o   human capital

o   business

Desired:

·       Master’s degree in Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, Image Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems, Geography, or other related degree program.

·       Senior-level experience working with DoD/IC Acquisition Process or PPBES.

·       Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.

·       Previous NGA and/or NSG/ASG program/project work experience.

·       Previous IC or DoD program/project work experience.

·       Experience with Agile software development methodologies.

·       Experience with:

o   Project Management software (Project, Primavera)

o   Financial tracking software

o   Customer relationship management CRM software.

o   Enterprise resource planning ERP software.

Additional Information:

• Self-starter: the candidate needs the experience to know what needs to be done, do the work, and then bring it back to the government for approval. The government expects that a candidate at the senior level already knows what needs to be done, and doesn't need to be told what to do on a daily basis. 
• Systems Engineer (technical): the candidate needs experience across the entire systems engineering lifecycle, to the point that they can explain the major phases and what Systems Engineering events occur in those phases (e.g. they can explain the difference between Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR) and Critical Design Reviews (CDR). That part of TIP will put the person against the most urgent project need, so there is no guarantee the next candidate will work on the same projects.  Having a technical background where the candidate can explain telecommunication concepts like Internet Protocol routing; firewalls; network proxies; or satellite communications would be helpful, but not required. 

Clearance: TS/SCI is required

Location: Springfield VA / Chantilly, VA - onsite