Systems Engineering Manager

GD Information Technology•Arlington, TX

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Join GDIT and provide critical on-site Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) expertise and counsel to senior-level clients in direct support of Headquarters, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR and Cyber Effects Operations (CEO) (AF/A2/6). Be part of a self-actualizing GDIT Team who daily provides counsel on multi-intelligence (multi-INT) ISR issues to the Director of ISR Operations (AF/A2/6O) in meeting some of the world's most complex and technical ISR challenges. We’re seeking critical ISR, multi-INT, and AF Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Advisors to join our team at the Pentagon, Washington, DC. The Systems Engineering Manager will manage the workload across the team and prepare DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF) deliverables to the customer. Additionally, this role and the greater team will make recommendations to leadership on changes to the environment to include governance, processes, and data exchanges. HOW A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MANAGER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT: Shall provide enterprise, system, solution, and data architects to support the AF DCGS enterprise and provide support in the development and management of the AF DCGS architecture products for the Air Force ground capabilities (processing, exploitation, and dissemination - PED) and support the capability planning, acquisition, and systems engineering and integration (SE&I) functions. Shall coordinate with appropriate entities to support the establishment and sustainment of the operational baseline. Shall support AF DCGS in the development and execution of an Enterprise Architecture and any required supporting Architectures, which are consistent with the DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF). The Enterprise Architecture shall be premised on the AF DCGS operational, systems and technical product view baselines. Shall facilitate information/data collection, database population, and architecture product view creation using an Enterprise Architecture development tool and other architecture facilitation tools Shall produce and collaborate on enterprise architecture models in support of AF DCGS and Open Architecture (OA) DCGS operational pilots.

Requirements

Completed MS degree-preferably in Engineering or Computer Science
15+ years of related experience (additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree)
Minimum six years' experience with DoDAF architectures
First-hand experience with architecture tools
Certified Enterprise Architect (CEA) certification desired
Active TS/SCI clearance
US Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

Certified Enterprise Architect (EA) - Department of Defense (DoD) - Department of Defense (DoD)

Responsibilities

Manage the workload across the team
Prepare DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF) deliverables to the customer
Make recommendations to leadership on changes to the environment to include governance, processes, and data exchanges
Provide enterprise, system, solution, and data architects to support the AF DCGS enterprise and provide support in the development and management of the AF DCGS architecture products for the Air Force ground capabilities (processing, exploitation, and dissemination - PED) and support the capability planning, acquisition, and systems engineering and integration (SE&I) functions
Coordinate with appropriate entities to support the establishment and sustainment of the operational baseline
Support AF DCGS in the development and execution of an Enterprise Architecture and any required supporting Architectures, which are consistent with the DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
Facilitate information/data collection, database population, and architecture product view creation using an Enterprise Architecture development tool and other architecture facilitation tools
Produce and collaborate on enterprise architecture models in support of AF DCGS and Open Architecture (OA) DCGS operational pilots.

Benefits

401K with company match
Comprehensive health and wellness packages
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.