Chief Software Architect, SME

Job Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity to join us in supporting one of our valued customers as a Chief Software Architect, SME to work out of Colorado Springs, CO

*Position is contingent upon award of contract*

PAY: $177,000 - 187,000

Required Qualifications:

• 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


• Proficient Software Engineering (Java, Python, C++, or other Object Oriented based languages), Kubernetes, AWS, Azure Cloud, Etc.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree with 18 years of relevant experience.


• Master’s degree with 16 years of relevant experience.


• PhD or Juris Doctorate degree with 15 years of relevant experience.

Required Clearance: Top Secret with SCI eligibility

Travel: TBD

USfalcon has grown from our roots in 1984 to become a mid-tier professional services company supporting a diverse and global customer base of DoD and Federal Agencies. We have been excelling in diverse platforms for almost 30 years and continue to be an industry leader. If you thrive in an organization that values integrity, commitment, stewardship, and service, we want to meet you. We deliver core capabilities in Aviation, Space, Information Technology, and Business Operations and continue to grow and expand our competencies, contracts and customer base, adding to our long history of supporting customer and community needs. Learn more at www.usfalcon.com/history.

Please contact us at Recruiting@usfalcon.com with any questions.