Responsibilities include:
Providing Systems Engineering project leadership in support of a large, leading edge cybersecurity system.
Coordinating teams in the development, integration, and testing of advanced leading-edge cybersecurity, with the assistance of the Design & Development Lead and Chief Engineer
Interfacing directly with the Customer, stakeholders, and end-users regarding priorities, capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop and decompose next-cycle updates and specifications
Representing the voice of the user in development
Collaborating within Agile Release Trains and Agile Teams
Supporting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation countermeasures
Providing Systems Engineering expertise and leadership in support of a large cybersecurity system
MANDATORY SKILLS: Required Skills:
Must be a US Citizen
Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
10+ years of directly relevant systems engineering experience such as allocation of hardware and software requirements, development of use cases and stories, detailed design of system components, and direct automation / orchestration experience with larger systems
6+ years direct experience with Google cloud deployment and management tools
Proven leadership skills and meaningful experience successfully leading large teams
Able to effectively work as a leader, in a group, or as an independent individual contributor
Experience working in an Agile development environment in a leadership role
Possesses or quickly develops a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines
Expertise in automation of infrastructure - deployment, configuration, and orchestration
Direct experience with scripting in JSON, YAML, HCL, Python, bash/PSH and/or CloudFormation/ Terraform
OPTIONAL SKILLS: Desired Skills:
- Experience crafting and actively managing a Google Cloud environment is a priority
- Experience leading teams and projects at either the tech lead or product owner level
- Familiarity with Jenkins, Artifactory, Jira, Git, Ansible, Chef, AWS lambda, terraform or cloud native tools like cloudformation
- Programming experience (Java, Javascript, .Net, Python, or Ruby)
- Familiarity with using, updating, and programmatically manipulating Linux and Windows
- Experience with NTP, DNS, Networking, LDAP, or Software repositories
- Experience with branching and release strategies, CI/CD Pipelines,
- AWS cloud technology knowledge and implementation experience
- Experience designing and implementing event driven microservice architectures
- Experience in technical oversight of individuals and projects
- Experience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps environments
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) knowledge and experience
Required Education:
Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education.
Desired Certifications:
Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SAFe Practitioner or higher)
Google Cloud Certification
DoD 8570.1 IAT Level I or II (e.g. CISSP)
About Avid Technology Professionals
Avid Technology Professionals, LLC (ATP) is a premiere provider of software and systems engineering, and acquisition program management services for the community. ATP is actively seeking to pursue contract opportunities with other departments and agencies in the federal government, in state governments, and in the commercial sectors. Delivered by seasoned experts in the IT field, ATP solutions adeptly address the IT concerns manifesting in both the federal and commercial sectors.
Employee Benefits
The ATP Employee Benefits package includes:
- A Supportive and Equitable Working Environment that is both Stimulating and Challenging
- Competitive Hourly Salary
- Unique Employee Success Sharing Program that allows ATP employees to Share in Company's Successes
- Automatic Approved Overtime (as long as contract permits)
- Retirement Pay (401K); 100% company paid, immediately vested with Profit-Sharing Component
- Company Medical Coverage Plans - HMO, Open Access, PPO plans
- Company Dental Plan - widely accepted, comprehensive, and flexible
- Progressive Overtime Policy
- Flexible Spending Account benefit
- Lucrative Referral Bonus Policy
- Holiday Scheduling that Coincides with Government Holidays
- Robust Professional Expenses & Training Program
- Computer Allowance
- Internet Allowance
- Short and Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance