What are the responsibilities and job description for the Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Software Architect position at Kratos Defense?
5-D Systems, a KRATOS Company, is a growing defense contractor headquartered in Round Rock, TX with over twenty years' experience providing systems and software engineering for Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Systems Engineering Technical Support to Government Program Offices.
5-D Systems, a KRATOS Company, seeks an Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Software Architect to work as a member of the Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS) Integrated Fires Mission Command (IMFC) Mission Command Product Office's Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) Future Capabilities (IFC) product cell. The position is a key team member working on the forward edge of new concepts and Systems of Systems Architect. The IFC Software Architect is responsible for evaluating and developing software approaches to integrate new and existing defense systems.
Key responsibilities of the position require the ability to :
- Leading problem identification and resolution for both system design and integration
- Investigating and presenting technology solutions to improve performance
- Assessing customer and user needs following agile principles
- Identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement of existing solutions
- Breaking down complex ideas into easy-to-understand tasking
- Coordinating needs and priorities with Product and Solution Management
- US Citizenship
- Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance or higher
- A bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences, or mathematics
- Minimum of seven years combined Government / DoD experience in performing the key responsibilities listed above
- Fluent in the Microsoft Office toolset
- A strong understanding in Air and Missile Defense concepts
- Experience leading software teams in a large software development environment
- Experience with real-time systems and diverse software development
- Experience with prototyping and integrating new software interfaces
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