Systems Architect-Modeling & Analysis

Overview

Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a full-time Systems Architect supporting US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) NC3 Enterprise Center (NEC) Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) at Ft. Meade, MD.

The SE&I Division serves as the principal enterprise systems engineering, enterprise architecture, and technical authority for the NC3 Enterprise within the Department of Defense. As the lead NC3 Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) arm of the NC3 Enterprise Center, the division applies and remains up to date on systems engineering best practices and translates mission and operational requirements into appropriate technical specifications and solutions. SE&I also has the responsibility to apply established standards, and, when necessary, develop new standards, to ensure seamless interoperability across the NC3 enterprise. The SE&I is comprised of 3 branches:

Enterprise Sustainment & EvolutionEnterprise Performance & CapabilitiesEnterprise Mission Management

Responsibilities

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Collaborating with information engineers to establish system information requirements for NC3 enterprise-wide or large-scale information systems
• Designing NC3 architecture to include the software, hardware, and communications to support the total requirements as well as provide for present and future cross-functional requirements and interfaces
• Evaluating problems of workflows, organization, and planning and developing appropriate corrective action
• Incorporating reference models and profiles of standards into specifications for Information Management solutions
• Provide system engineering expertise to evaluate and ensure upgrades, integration, test, transformation efforts of NC3/NLCC systems and sub-components are executed as planned
• Assess the NC3/National Leadership Command Capability (NLCC) systems and sub-component’s ability meet the mission requirements and operate as designed
• Assess the NLCC/NC3 architecture using computer simulations and models to evaluate how well communications work in a benign and stressed nuclear environment; generate reports and briefs using the results
• Conduct mission engineering studies to guide decisions focused on the end-to-end mission to identify new or enhanced capabilities and provide impacts of performance levels on NC3 system of systems
• Documenting the action of the study (i.e. TOR), recommending (and coordinating with) study participants, setting up and facilitating meeting, defining timeline and deliverables

Qualifications

Minimum Experience

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen 

• Establishing system information requirements
• Designing architecture to include the software, hardware, and communications to support requirements
• Providing for present and future cross‐functional requirements and interfaces
• Evaluating problems of workflows, organization, and planning
• Developing appropriate corrective action in systems architecture
• Establishing requirements, design, and ensuring interoperability for information management systems or enterprises 

Preferred QualificationsCertifications:

• Enterprise Architecture Certification desired
• TOGAF and DODAF Certification desired

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or similar technical field plus 5 years’ relevant experience in systems architecture, including establishing requirements, design, and ensuring interoperability for information management systems or enterprises
• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or similar technical field plus 3 years' relevant experience (10 years' preferred), in systems architecture, including establishing requirements, design, and ensuring interoperability for information management systems or enterprises

Additional Experience:

• Experience supporting USSTRATCOM weapon systems and/or capabilities desired

Additional InformationLocation: Fort Meade, onsiteTravel: 0-10%

Benefits and Compensation:

• Apogee offers two medical plans, a high deductible health plan with an HRA and a traditional POS plan with co-pays, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, PTO, paid holidays, parental, military, and jury duty paid leaves.  Regular part-time employees scheduled for twenty-four or more hours per work week are eligible for benefits on a pro-rated basis.
• The base pay for this position ranges from $145,000 to $160,000. Base pay is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, experience, skills, abilities, training and education. 

Pay Range

Salary : $145,000 - $160,000