System Architect - JASINT

Job Title: System Architect

Location(s): Annapolis Junction, Maryland Hours: Regular Full-Time

Salary Range: $140k/yr - $210k/yr

Clearance Requirements

This position requires a current and active Top Secret Clearance at the time of application.

What you will be doing:

The Digital Modernization Sector has an opportunity for a Cross Domain System Architect. This is a dynamic role where the individual will be responsible for leading all cross-domain technology activities, ensuring compliance, creating and enforcing best development and operational practices, filter development, systems engineering needs, integration, test, vulnerability analysis and deployment activities on the Cross Domain Enterprise Solutions (CDES) team. The qualified candidate will provide technical analysis for a wide variety of engineering and integration activities, execute moderate complexity studies to evaluate products for compliance with requirements and applicable standards, define preliminary processes to solve complex engineering issues, and work heavily in a team environment

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead and facilitate all customer cross domain technology projects in accordance with customer requirements, governing compliance within project schedule, scope and mission need.
• Manage requirements managing of CDS’s solutions and customer sets
• Facilitate and ensure quality and process for full-life cycle development and operations
• Work as primary customer interface for technology implementation, solutioning and development.
• Support and deliver results in both a waterfall and agile project management framework.
• Work with internal managers and customers to shape requirements, develop to the highest level of standards and quality from inception to deployment into operations.
• Conduct performance and technology analysis and maturity assessments of emerging technologies to program roadmap consideration and prioritization.
• Understand and provide insight on system and application performance through the analysis of recorded system utilization and network traffic during test events.
• Perform systems integration, test, and deployment of cross domain solutions and related technologies on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and VMware ESX Platforms.
• Troubleshoot the operation of these components and resolve existing or potential issues to ensure optimum operation of the environment.
• Works to set program priority, customer initiatives, create program roadmap, influence schedule and overall program delivery.

Position Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:

• Must have working knowledge of NDCSMO requirements, Raise The Bar (RTB) compliance and implementation, CDS Approval bodies and organizations, NSA requirements for CDS technologies.
• Must have experience working in both a development and operational environment.
• Ability to manage cross domain design and implementation and policy, system engineering
• Experience with full life cycle cross domain guard filter development
• Experience integrating COTS/GOTS products
• Proficient understanding of code revision tools
• Familiar with Agile, CI/CD, Git, Gitlab, Microsoft coding tools
• Familiarity with distributed systems and network architecture
• Understanding of requirements management
• Understanding of software testing, and creation of test plans and procedures.
• Working knowledge of Linux and Microsoft operating systems
• 8+ years leading technology advancements across cross functional team to include, engineering, operations and authorization and accreditation for CDS’s
• Experience with programing and/or scripting; Lua, Java and/or Javascript are preferred.
• Works effectively both as a team member and independently.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate by phone, email, and in person with customers and management.
• Experience with creating technical documentation.
• Proven technical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office to include MS Project and VISO products.
• Ability/desire to work in a highly dynamic and challenging environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree, desired
• languages such Python, Java, Shell scripting, etc.
• Knowledge of the standard libraries, STL containers, and algorithms
• Advanced Linux experience including 8+ years maintaining, troubleshooting and performing performance analysis and tuning.
• Experience with Network Devices such as Load Balancers, Routers and switches.
• Experience with MySQL Database and Microsoft Active Directory a plus.
• Experience with developing policy in Broadcom Layer7 or other API-based application gateways.
• Experience with cross-domain design, products and implementation
• Familiarity with working with BAE Diode and Everfox (formerly Forcepoint) Diode.
• Understanding of customer filter development in Lua & Jazz

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline and 12+ years of related experience in network integration and/or engineering, equivalent work experience in lieu of degree

Certifications:

• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II or higher certification required; Security+CE, CISSP, CEH, or higher are preferred

Physical Demands:

This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to move files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand as necessary.

Why JASINT?

At JASINT, we proudly boast a “together we can” attitude. That is only possible with a strong talented team. Our goal is to answer the call to provide top mission and Warfighter support at all levels, and that’s why we are seeking you!

We understand and respect the dedication and sacrifice required to serve our nation’s greatest efforts, and our commitment, in turn, is to Support You!

JASINT cares about your work-life balance and offers competitive benefits to help you at every stage of your personal and professional life by providing the following: Retirement/401k with an employer match, employer-paid health, dental, vision for employees, flexible spending accounts (HSA/FSA), company partially funded HSA, STD/LTD, professional development, tuition and certification reimbursement, spot award recognition, PTO, Floating Holidays.

*** JASINT offers internal and external referral bonuses for all cleared exceptional talent we hire! Friends of yours are friends of JASINT! ***

JASINT provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic testing results, or service in the military. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.

JASINT participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with I-9 information to confirm that all new hires are authorized to work in the U.S. To learn more about E-Verify, please visit dhs.gov/e-verify.