X-Lab Infrastructure and Operations Product Owner - 25-147

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The X-Lab Infrastructure and Operations Product Owner reports to the X-Lab Engineering Manager and is responsible for all infrastructure and operations needs for the X-Lab.  The successful candidate will lead an integrated team tasked with developing, maintaining, operating and sustaining the physical, functional, and technical infrastructure and operations resources for the X-Lab. This includes all hardware and software, network connectivity required to support flight tests and communications tests with other Missile defense System Elements, cybersecurity needs, and mission operations. Position will provide leadership to mid- and junior-level engineering team members. Candidate needs to have the ability to be flexible to support various tasking on short notice. Will interface with the Government customer, X-Lab and Program leadership, the Product Owners of other X-Lab and Program teams to define and deliver X-Lab capabilities.

Experience Required

• Minimum of 15 years of increasingly responsible Systems Engineering roles in the development, integration and support of large scale software intensive systems
• A technical Master's degree and 8 years of experience may be substituted
• Secret Clearance Required to Start

Technical Skills

• X-Lab Infrastructure and Operations Product Owner manages Information technology (IT) resources Experimentation Laboratory (X-Lab)
• Required candidate skills include:
• Proven ability to lead a diverse group of hardware, software, network, and cybersecurity engineers and systems administrators in a dynamic environment
• Experience in defining, purchasing, installing, upgrading, operating and maintaining the hardware, software, network connectivity and cybersecurity posture for all information technology needs within a dynamic research and development organization
• Ability to work with customers, vendors and leadership to define infrastructure needs, create bills of material (BOMs), prepare proposals and execute awarded contracts
• Maintain configuration management over a portfolio of Information Technology resources, maintain oversight of end-of-life/end-of-sale items, perform tech refreshes and ensure continuations of operations
• Proven ability to lead a team of operators and sustainers to ensure high availability of operational mission system resources
• Requirements solicitation, derivation, and decomposition to lower level subsystems and components
• Defining the relationships and interfaces between internal and external components
• Communicating system level use cases and associated Capability and Feature relationships to a diverse group of customers, developers, engineers, subject matter experts, and users
• Skills generating system/element level functional, performance, and interface specifications to document and control the achievement of the desired capabilities
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings
• Demonstrated ability to implement engineering plans within a project
• Secret clearance is required; TS/SCI is a plus
• Experience with Cyber Security, the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and network design are highly desired
• Skills in logical architecture modeling and/or interface definition, as well as knowledge of cyber security concepts and security accreditation are highly desirable
• Technical knowledge of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Missile Defense System including sensors, shooters, command and control systems, and networks is a plus
• Prior integration and test experience within program is a plus
• Experience with Agile Methods, and Capability and Feature definition is a plus

Education Required

• Bachelors Degree minimum in Computer Science, Information Technology or related technical discipline.

Benefits: Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, flexible PTO program, 401k program. Come join a Top Places to Work organization!
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions at Trace3 Gov, due to security clearance and government/federal contracts held by Trace3 Gov.  EEO