Senior Architect/Analyst

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Overview:

STARGATES has provided Engineering and Technology solutions to government customers for over 20 years. Our customers recognize the quality and value of our employees and continue to reward us for meeting their highly technical and programmatic challenges.

STARGATES provides Program Management and Systems Engineering support to the Program Executive Office, Submarines (PEO SUB). The Program Management and Systems Engineering efforts support the assessment of system architectures to ensure they are cyber resilient and meet mission requirements.

Position Description:

Candidates must be able to:

• Perform technical assessment of contractor designs for security and resiliency in architectures and networks.
• Assess the feasibility of remediation and improvements to architecture elements, including meeting implementation schedules.
• Provide technical recommendations for security and resilience improvements in systems architecture, system networking, systems integration, and operability and operational acceptance.
• Assess and analyze vulnerabilities in the infrastructure (system, hardware, network), investigate available tools and countermeasures to remedy vulnerabilities, and recommend solutions and implementation of risk mitigation strategies.
• Assist in the identification and evaluation of emerging technologies and best practices leading to architecture enhancement, and security in cyber resiliency.
• Assess, identify and evaluate the ability of architecture systems and components to meet existing and emergent mission requirements.
• Identifying and define mission and processing requirements (existing and emergent) during budgetary review and system development evolutions that permit better understanding of the stated requirements by government decision-makers.

Position Location:

Fairfax, VA

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science or Cyber and possess an additional 6 years of related work experience in lieu of Master’s degree.
• U.S. Citizenship and a Secret security clearance
• 15 years of DoD SoS tactical platform acquisition development, allowing subject matter expert (SME) in system architecture, development, design, integration test, evaluation, and/or operations in cyber security.
• 15 years of in-depth knowledge of DoD PEO organizational and acquisition processes, contractual methods, requirements , and logistical support.
• In-depth knowledge of DoD federated tactical systems architectures
• Knowledge of existing commercial Information Technology (IT)
• System-of-Systems (SoS) system engineering experience and knowledge
• Writing, listening, and oral skills in order to effectively communicate with Government, educational, military, and contractor personnel as a representative of PEO-SUB at technical meetings, including (work groups, IPTs, etc.).
• Must be willing to travel approximately 10-25% of the year.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science or Cyber
• Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility
• 10 years of undersea warfare platform acquisition development, allowing subject matter expert (SME) in system architecture, development, design, integration test, evaluation, and/or operations in cyber security.
• 10 years of in-depth knowledge of the PEO-SUB organizational and acquisition processes, contractual methods, requirements , and logistical support.
• In-depth knowledge of Submarine Warfare Federated Tactical System (SWFTS) architectures
• Knowledge of existing commercial cloud-based IT technologies
• SoS Cyber Engineering experience knowledge
• Knowledgeable of the developmental processes and working groups supporting the PEO-SUB mission objectives and requirements
• Understanding of the organizational responsibilities of each member of the PEO-SUB team and relevant stakeholders

Benefits:

Full time employees of STARGATES can take advantage of the following benefits:

• Paid time off and holidays
• Insurance coverage to include medical, dental, , and life
• 401(k) with matching that is 100% vested

STARGATES is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to , , , , , , , , , protected veteran status, or status.