Technical Advisor II

The successful candidate will work as the lead member of the COLOSSUS emerging technology team aligned to and in support of the COMM Technology Group (CTG).  The successful candidate will perform normal leadership duties as well as the activities required for the evaluation of emerging technologies in relation to the customer’s enterprise architecting initiatives. The incumbent will:

• Perform as the lead COLOSSUS team member to the customer,  provide weekly status to the COLOSSUS Technical Lead, provide daily direction to COLOSSUS team members
• Provide IT service and technology expertise across current and future technology domains (such as Hosting, Networks, Security, Desktop/User Facing Services, and Consolidated/Enterprise Management);
• Evaluate new services and technologies and make technology-focused impact and gap assessments, as well as recommendations in support of architecture trades regarding the integration of these services/technologies into the customer’s enterprise architecture;
• Develop and implement methodologies for technology needs and gap assessments, development of analysis of alternatives, and resulting recommendations;
• Conduct evaluation of emerging commercial technologies and IT services using empirical data, engineering judgement, and alternatives assessment, and documents and delivers assessment results.

Also, as a functional team member, the candidate may be requested to surge in order to support tasks and projects across the broader COLOSSUS scope according to their specific, personal expertise and capabilities.

Required qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance, with CI Poly or willing to take a CI Poly
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree(s) in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics
• MS with 5 years  or BS with 8 years of demonstrated performance related to the tasks above
• Ability to excel as a member of a collaborative team through open communication, transparency, and flexibility
• Ability to relate professionally with senior Government customers and colleagues
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Desired qualifications:

• NRO or IC experience
• Certifications related to  functional responsibilities such as but not limited to Certified Enterprise Architect (CEA) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
• Information Technology (IT) Architecture domain experience in Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Defense (DoD), or Federal Agency, with previous exposure to DoD Architecture Framework (DODAF), and/or Joint Architecture Reference Model (JARM) artifacts

Knowledge and understanding of Intelligence Community IT Enterprise (IC ITE) service offerings, architectures, and service adoption