Systems Integration Consultant

Ignite Digital•Charleston, SC

12h•$120,000•Onsite

About The Position

Ignite Digital Services is seeking a Systems Integration Consultant for an exciting opportunity to support the Unmanned Naval Innovation Team at Naval Information Warfare Center - Atlantic. This opportunity features a growing team of motivated and technically-skilled contributors, the potential to travel to domestic and international locations, and experience integrating cutting-edge technology like unmanned systems, AI/ML, and data compilation. This role will bring significant job satisfaction to anyone interested in ensuring the seamless deployment, scaling, and management of applications in a cloud environment to support the Department of Navy’s fleet operations and exercises.

Requirements

Security Clearance: Able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI Clearance
Proficient with Jira Suite of tools (Confluence and Atlassian) & Microsoft Office products (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and SharePoint)
Proficient with BitBucket, AWS Webservices concepts
General familiarity with NAVWAR Enterprise
Comfort around highly technical concepts and discussions
Ability to multi-task and meet deliverable deadlines
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Strong analytical skills

Nice To Haves

Top Secret/SCI Clearance adjudicated
5+ years of experience in project/program management, supporting system integration for USV/UAV/UUVs
BA/BS in Engineering, Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Management Information Systems, Project Management or Business
Knowledge of C4I systems and NAVWAR processes and procedures
Understanding of COCOM Organization Structure, Numbered Fleets

Responsibilities

Provide project management support to client to include managing project schedules and providing recommendations on policy, project briefs, and risk management.
Provide systems engineering support for Navy unmanned, autonomous, command-and-control, and mission-system development efforts.
Translate operational needs and stakeholder objectives into technical requirements, engineering tasks, and executable development activities.
Support requirements decomposition, traceability, interface definition, verification, and validation across integrated hardware and software systems.
Coordinate technical integration across systems engineering, software, data, cloud, communications, and platform teams.
Identify and track technical risks, system dependencies, interface issues, and integration challenges throughout the development lifecycle.
Support development and evaluation of system architectures, data flows, communications paths, and command-and-control interfaces.
Plan and coordinate system integration activities, test events, demonstrations, and technical evaluations involving multiple systems and stakeholders.
Analyze system performance, integration status, technical deficiencies, and test results to support engineering decisions and follow-on actions.
Support transition of prototype and developmental capabilities into operationally relevant environments and future fleet implementation.
Serve as a technical liaison among government, contractor, industry, engineering, and operational stakeholders to align system development with mission requirements.
Assist with development of Integrate Master Schedule (IMS).
Collaborate with data lead, cloud architects, and systems engineers to complete items on the Integrated Master Schedule.