Lead Data Architect, SYD 85

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The United States Space Force (USSF) in Los Angeles AFB, El Segundo, CA is searching for a Lead Data Architect to support SYD 85 (NH-1550-04, GS-14/15 Equivalent).

Description: Candidate is expected to contribute to strategic planning efforts by identifying how data is processed, protected, persistent, integrated/federated with other data repositories, and disseminated across a wide variety of mission and operational space data.

Need to support agency priorities and performance goals, ensuring alignment with the mission of the unit and the broader agency; deliver reports, presentations, and briefings to support leadership decision-making and stakeholder communication.

Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate should have a STEM degree (BS, MS or PhD); preferably computer science, data engineering, or systems engineering.

Candidate should have experience with the Department of War (DoW) and Department of the Air Force (DAF) data governance, data sharing and security protocols.

Position will be expected to lead future architecture and design for the Data Federation portfolio.

Candidate should have knowledge of a wide range of advanced multidisciplinary professional engineering practices such as data science, computer science, research analysis concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, and techniques to apply experimental theories and new developments to problems.

Key Skills and Abilities: 1. Extensive level of knowledge of U.S.

and NATO Intelligence Information system programs, IT systems requirements management process, IT services to include operational theater support, U.S.

and NATO exercise planning as it relates to services utilization, and experience in supporting requirements specification and implementation for national, multinational and NATO intelligence systems.

2.

Comprehensive knowledge of Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE) program goals and objectives, the sequence and timing of key operational events and milestones, and methods of evaluating the effectiveness of planning actions as related to actual events.

3.

Expert level knowledge of a wide range of technical information systems to include Web-based application development using Java, XML-based metadata generation, handling, transformation, programing for common internet protocols (HTTP, HTTTPS, FTP), interfacing software with SQL databases.

4.

Working knowledge of and familiarity with current programming, application development languages and frameworks including but not limited to JavaScript libraries (jQuery, ExtJS), PHP programing, SQL database administration/manipulation, and eXo portal development and administration, SAML 2, active directories and federation server, LDAP based directory services, cross domain application level security guards/gateways, implementation of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and vulnerability assessment tools.

5.

Skill and recent experience with information system security engineering principles and practices as it applies to developing and accrediting information systems that protect sensitive and classified information.

Recent experience in the development and implementation of secure service-oriented architectures, worldwide cloud services including but not limited to infrastructure as a service and security as a service.

6.

Ability to apply a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of plans and programs for managing, planning, budgeting and executing operations utilizing diverse support structures and inter-agency cooperation on advanced concepts, principles and practices such as Special Communications; Information Operations; Collection Management and Operations; Research, development, test and engineering; Systems integration; Cyberspace information assurance and security systems; Information Systems; Data Engineering; Planning, Programming, & Budgeting System (PPBS), acquisition, special operations, or similar operations.