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Chief, Program & Systems Engineering Branch

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Nov 2024

💰 $191,900/yr($144,354/yr – $191,900/yr)

About the role

WE ARE THE NRO

For sixty years, the NRO has developed, acquired, launched and operated the satellites that are the foundation for America’s advantage and strength in space. Using a diversified architecture of spacecraft, NRO collects and delivers the best space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance content on the planet.

Learn more at nro.gov.

Basic Eligibility For A Position With The NRO

U.S. Citizenship is required
You must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic drug testing
You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic polygraph examinations

Where You Will Work

This position serves as the Chief of the Program & Systems Engineering Branch (C/PSEB) in the Networks Engineering Division (NED) of the Communications Systems Directorate (COMM) Network Services Group (NSG). C/PSEB is responsible for the end-to-end program management and systems engineering of all Layer 2 and Layer 3 network requirements for deploying connectivity between space intelligence collection downline locations and processing/dissemination locations for the NRO, Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC).

C/PSEB is responsible for effective communications and internal and external partners and stakeholders to include other directorates and offices across the NRO, IC mission partners, Office of the Director of National Intelligence and DoD.
C/PSEB will lead a team, in coordination with the Program Manager and COTR, who wrestle with policy issues, build the NED budget and master schedule, oversee configuration management, create and manage risks, issues and opportunities and manage capability roadmaps.
C/PSEB extensively coordinates with mission partners both internal and external to the NRO and represents NED at high level meeting with other directorates and mission partners across the IC and DoD daily to develop and coordinate network connectivity requirements for current and future missions.
C/PSEB oversee the performance of a government team of 1 military officer, and 1 government civilian, and a contractor team of ~100 people that provide program management, engineering and implementation for enterprise and mission network solutions.

Additional Information:
The Network Services Group (NSG) within NRO/COMM is a worldwide, distributed group comprised of over 650 civilian, military, and contractor employees responsible for the design, development, operations and maintenance of the NRO's network infrastructure which provides service across the NRO, CIA, IC, DoD and US Mission Partners. In addition, NSG serves the Intelligence Community as the Continental United States (CONUS) Wide Area Network (WAN) Service Provider (CWSP) and the Trans-Oceanic WAN Service Provider. Both the unique NRO and COMM missions and the NRO's mixed workforce provide a unique and robust organizational culture that is sure to benefit officers looking for a fulsome Joint Duty Assignment (JDA) experience.

The Network Engineering Division includes, but is not limited to:

Core and Access Networks – The Core Network provides foundational network services for all classifications and security domains of NRO and IC network services. This includes the physical and logical infrastructure, management of the master routing design, enterprise firewalls, controlled interfaces, external peering's, Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM), Domain Name Service (DNS), Network Timing Protocol (NTP), and connectivity to IC ITE services. The Access Network provides commodity based network services and common access points for connectivity to Core services. This includes access for all classifications of NRO and IC network services.
Command and Telemetry (C&T) Services - Provides for the movement of selected Satellite Command and Telemetry or payload data