Air and Missile Defense Software Architect
IntrepidAbout the role
Intrepid sets the standard for delivering excellence in the federal marketplace and is known for treating employees like family. We provide our employees with a challenging and supportive work environment, paired with a competitive salary and an industry-leading 401k contribution. We are looking for an Air and Missile Defense Software Architect to join our team in supporting the Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) PO.
The Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Software Architect will work as a member of the Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS) Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Mission Command Product Office’s Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) Futures Capabilities (IFC) product cell.
Your day-to-day work will include:
- Acting as a key team member working on the forward edge of new concepts and new Systems of Systems Integration.
- Being responsible for evaluating and developing software approaches to integrate new and existing defense systems.
- Other duties as assigned.
At a minimum you should have:
- US citizenship, and residency near Huntsville, AL, or be willing to relocate.
- An active Secret security clearance.
- A bachelor's degree in a STEM field.
- 5-10 years of relevant experience.
- Experience leading software teams in a large software development environment.
- A strong understanding of air and missile defense concepts.
- Experience with real-time systems and diverse software development.
- Experience with prototyping and integrating new software interface.
- The ability to lead problem identification and resolution for both system design and integration.
- The ability to investigate and present technology solutions to improve performance.
- The ability to assess customer and user needs following agile principles.
- The ability to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement of existing solutions.
- The ability to break down complex ideas into easy-to-understand tasks.
- The ability to coordinate needs and priorities with Product and Solution Management.
- The ability to make decisions; display enthusiasm; have independent and critical thinking skills; and display a team attitude.
Required to travel as needed to test sites and equipment locations (up to 25%).
You will be highly desirable if you have:
- 10-15 years of relevant experience.
- Knowledge in IBCS, PATRIOT, MEADS, THAAD, C2BMC, or AEGIS.
- Experience in Jira/ Confluence.
- Familiarity with DevSecOps technologies, concepts, SAFe agile methodologies, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with Model Based System Engineering.
- Prior Software Architectural/Engineering leadership experience.
*All employees may be called upon to provide their knowledge and/or expertise to proposal efforts including contract re-competes.
**This job description is subject to change at any time.
Work Type: On-Site (Redstone Arsenal, AL)
Estimated Salary Range:
- Intermediate: $120,000 - $147,000
- Senior: $150,000 - $180,000
The provided salary range serves as a broad reference. However, Intrepid takes various factors into account when establishing base salary offers, including the position's scope and responsibilities, as well as the candidate's experience, education, skills, and prevailing market conditions.
Work/Life at Intrepid
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The Hours
We sincerely value work-life balance. Our flexible-hours policy allows you to balance extra time during significant projects with days that are lighter. Moreover, we offer generous accrual of paid personal leave that doesn’t lose its value (no use it or lose it here!) as well as 11 paid holidays per year.
The Benefits
Our benefits are renowned, starting with our outstanding 401k program. No match required! We contribute 14% of your bi-weekly pay to your account regardless of your contribution. With our low-fee index funds fr
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