Technical Acquisition Support

Axiologic Solutions • Springfield, VA

133d

About The Position

Provide support to NGA TEGA Discovery Services Program Management Office (PMO). Supporting the GEOINT Search and Retrieval (GSR) and The Globe programs activities and provide technical expertise to throughout the acquisition management lifecycle of both systems. Serves as a SME member of team that provides strategic IT Technical, operational engineering, and acquisition advice alongside the Government PMO and the program manager.

Requirements

• B.S. degree, or higher, in IT Cloud Systems, Data Engineering, Geography or a related field.
• Experience designing, engineering, developing, certifying, and deploying geospatial intelligence systems.
• Project management experience in terms of cost, schedule, performance, and risk.

Nice To Haves

• Familiar with Cloud Systems, Systems Engineering, Acquisition, Property Management, Security Engineering, and testing processes.
• Understand GSR and The Globe functions and capabilities.
• Understand the geospatial intelligence mission and its contributions to the IC.
• Familiar with geospatial standards developed by the OGC and other standards organizations.
• M.S. Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
• Understanding of the DoD or IC Acquisition Processes and CM Processes.
• Certification Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) in Program Management at level I or higher, or equivalent.
• Additional certification(s) under DAWIA, the Project Management Institute, the American Society for Quality, or similar relevant professional organizations.
• A strong background in the NGA acquisition process, governance boards and working groups.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and accomplish tasks relating to GSR and The Globe systems engineering, security, testing, integration, transition, deployment, operations and sustainment.
• Evaluate program(s) Cloud systems, architecture, software, user interfaces, content / data management, and security with other NGA systems such as NCL, GIMS, GeoNames and Cedalion and new content store and interfaces.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance in the development of the GSR capability, focusing on requirements definition, design assessments, test procedure completeness, requirements traceability assessments, and schedule planning.
• Provide insight and knowledge as to how The Globe supports the NGA Mission and provides details of how The Globe relates and interfaces with other NGA systems such as GSR, GIMS, Map of the World (MOW), NES and Cedalion.
• Assess GSR and The Globe System Designs.
• Determine impact to GSR and The Globe of Enterprise Schedule Changes and recommend options.
• Perform analysis of end-user customer requirements/capabilities and decompose those into user stories and requirements for use by The Globe application developer.
• Conduct hands-on evaluations of GSR and related GIS applications to understand and influence user workflows, enhance user experience, evaluate user authentication/authorization approach, evaluate system performance, and perform capability assessments.
• Assess contractor design against program requirements and contractual requirements.
• Work with The Globe program management office and development contractors to guide and support the complete product lifecycle including requirements definition; design; prototype; test; integration; deployment; and operational support.
• Participate in reviews of other NGA programs (GSR, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) & National Exploitation System (NES) and Map of the World) as related to The Globe.
• Review, analyze and comment on specific NGA enterprise RFCs.
• Aid in requirements gap analysis between NGA legacy/heritage systems targeted for retirement and new replacement systems.
• Review and test The Globe Security Requirements.
• Participate in the conduct of and witnessing of acceptance test procedures.
• Provide guidance and assist in the analysis and understanding of end-user requirements/capabilities and decomposing those into the requisite tiers of program documentation (System Requirements Document (SRD), System Requirements Specification (SRS), Authority to Proceed (ATP).
• Support the government for GSR and The Globe contractor's test events (Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), Site Acceptance Test (SAT).
• Provide support to GSR and The Globe-related NGA/NTO Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) activities as liaison for NGA/A.
• Support the PMO efforts to observe and collect on-site user experience and the translation of those observations into user stories GSR and The Globe features and incident reports of bugs and defects.
• Coordinate, participate and make recommendations in planning and technical exchanges between prime contractor, segments, projects and customers.
• Monitor and coordinate program resource allocations.
• Consult with program management office on technical, program management and contractual matters and provide strategic acquisition and operational advice to the program management office.
• Collaborate with government PMs, contractors and users to develop technical recommendations related to integration, development, test and deployment of GSR as an enterprise capability.
• Prepare contractor SOW for both Integration and Development contractors for follow on contracts to the Globe.
• Prepare and evaluate program Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for CM boards, Program review boards and team workflows.
• Interface with users across the IC, supporting CONOPS, Connectivity, data discovery, and user access across the three security domains of the NSG enterprise.
• Coordinate activities and schedule between PMO, contractor, and related programs and projects. Track, evaluate, consult and advise on program and enterprise action items from program reviews.
• Ensure security processes and procedures are followed by the GSR and The Globe development contractor(s)/vender(s).
• Ensure that GSR and The Globe development contractor's detailed design for the system is consistent with NGA's stated objectives (Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), based on Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) services).
• Provide GSR and The Globe program management office liaison support to dependent or interfacing NGA segments, projects, and programs, specifically in the area of Early Integration Test (EITs) and Integration Test (IT) activities.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees