Principal System Infrastructure Architect

Auria is looking to hire a Principal System Infrastructure Architect to support the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) program. Work location is in Colorado Springs, CO.

As a key member of our integrated team, you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining the physical, functional, and technical baselines necessary to describe the desired capabilities of our evolving BMDS Battle Management, Command & Control, and Communications (C2BMC) system. Your ability to adapt new network technology and design patterns for application to the BMDS Command & Control, Battle Management, and Communications system, including software-defined networking concepts, will be instrumental in our success.

Essential Functions:

• Experience with national missile defense or early warning system capabilities, e.g., C2BMC or other missile defense systems, sensors, or effector
• Experience with command and control systems
• Knowledge of Space Domain Awareness mission areas
• Investigation and adaptation of emerging technologies
• Designing production environments and lab modifications to support operations, test, and development needs across a geographically separated team using multiple security levels
• Developing Bills of Material and performing Analysis of Alternatives for competing solutions to capability needs
• Producing CAMEO and/or Visio diagrams and other engineering products to communicate designs to the rest of the engineering team and taking those products through internal and customer reviews
• Will work with other SMEs on the team to align solutions with different aspects of the program
• Champion design patterns, trades, and implementation across the program
• Provide designs for assured, efficient BMDS communications, facilitating reconfigurability, network management/monitoring, and information assurance
• Reports to the Global Lead Architect and Deputy for tasking and guidance

Basic Qualifications:

Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• Current/active in-scope DoD issued TS/SCI security clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Project Management, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Management) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 12 years of related experience
• or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of experience,
• or a PhD and 8 years of experience;
• or 16 years experience instead of a degree may be considered
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs
• Skills should include:
• Network engineering expertise in logical link layering
• Ethernet
• WAN
• Switches
• Routers (including software routers)
• Firewalls
• Understanding of concepts like:
• DMZ
• OSPF
• BGP
• LDAP
• Spine Leaf configurations
• Band Management
• Cabling classification standards
• SWAP-C
• Virtual route forwarding
• TEMPEST
• Experience and knowledge of virtualization methodologies and tools, and management and design of local private cloud instances to include tenant hosting
• Experience integrating COTS elements into a large enterprise with an understanding of cyber patching strategies, risk-based product selection
• Experience with and knowledge of network encryption devices and methodologies
• Experience with Cyber System Accreditation packages
• Knowledge of Cross Domain transfer solutions and implementation patterns and design of multi-security level enterprise systems
• Knowledge of DevSecOps development patterns and how infrastructure supports that development methodology
• Must be a self-starter with strong attention to detail and have excellent writing and speaking skills
• Ability to lead projects / functional groups and interface well with internal and external customers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a related discipline and 10 years of related work experience is highly preferred
• Graduate Certificate: Model-Based Systems Engineering (Ex: Stevens, Caltech, UCSD, USC, GWU, INCOSE cohort, etc)
• Certification: INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) Certification
• Certification: Object Management Group Certified Systems Modeling Professional - Model Builder Intermediate (OCSMP - MBI)

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