Chief Software Architect Level 4 (BCC-BCCB)

Company Description

BryceTech has partnered with technology and R&D clients to deliver mission and business success since 2017. Bryce combines core competencies in analytics and engineering with domain expertise. Our teams help government agencies, Fortune 500 firms, and investors manage complex programs, develop IT tools, and forecast critical outcomes. We offer clients proprietary, research-based models that enable evidence-based decision-making. Bryce cultivates a culture of engagement and partnership with our clients. BryceTech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Job Description

Bryce Space and Technology is looking for an experienced IDIQ Chief Software Architect to support our US Space Force, Space Systems Command (SSC) customer.

Customer Background Information: Space Domain Awareness & Combat Power is the Space Systems Command Program Executive Office (PEO) focused on delivering cyber, ground- and space-based systems that rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and predict threats to national, allied, and commercial space systems, while also providing National Security deterrence capabilities countering those identified threats to prevail in a space conflict.

SSC/SZ-BC provides highly classified Space Domain Awareness (SDA) systems, Defensive and Offensive Space Control (DSC/OSC) capabilities, and space test range assets to meet current and projected Department of Defense (DoD) operational requirements. SSC/SZ-BC develops, integrates, tests, deploys, sustains, and supports operations for systems that meet strategic and tactical operational needs. SSC provides unrivaled space systems to ensure survival for both the United States Space Force and our nation. These systems span the entire acquisition life cycle. This contract will support multiple SSC/SZ-BC programs, as well as various other Space Force, Air Force, and mission partner programs.

The effort will support the development, advancement, and sustainment of weapon systems for Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SDACP) (SSC/SZ), Battle Management, Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) (SSC/BC), and their mission partners. This mission area requires personnel with experience and an in-depth understanding of the environments that include ground, near-space, space, and any system that operates in those environments.

Minimum Knowledge and Experience:

- Minimum 20 years of progressive software engineering and architectural design for large scale enterprise software engineering projects.

- Minimum 5 years of experience in a commercial software development company developing enterprise software at scale/complexity.

- Minimum 5 years of IC or DoD experience designing and deploying large scale enterprise software solutions for operational missions.

- Minimum 2 years of SAP experience working across complex mission partners and classified programs.

- Expert in Agile methodology and process at scale with an emphasis on Enterprise Software Engineering

- Expert in modern commercial industry enterprise software engineering mindsets, best practices and patterns for successful continuous integration, test, delivery and deployment at scale.

- Expert in DevSecOps, SRE and vertical slice development approaches and best practices.

- Effective management and leadership experience with large scale programs encompassing multiple agile development teams with a comprehensive scaled integration and deployment pipeline (more than 100 personnel)

- Effective communication with leadership, stakeholders, and development/industry communities

- Knowledgeable with respect to IC, DoD, Air Force, Space Force or SSC processes and procedures for delivering systems to production environments

- Familiarity with highly available, scalable cloud native (IaaS and PaaS) solutions within commercial industry

- Familiarity with highly scalable data as a service (DaaS) solutions within commercial industry

- Demonstrated expertise through professional publications and/or patents or masters

- Highly Desired: past or present experience with SSC or mission partner space control or space situational awareness mission area programs.

Description of work:

1. Provide space acquisitions, engineering, operations, and technical advice and assistance for all projects and programs, as required, to support any stage of the acquisition life cycle. Support program acquisition efforts for advanced technology, future concept development, and integration activities. Advise and assist the Government on cost, schedule, and performance matters.

2. Revise or