Technical and Engineering Support Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton•Norfolk, VA

About The Position

Technical and Engineering Support Analyst The Opportunity: Provide technical and engineering support for site stand-up, technical integration, and sustainment analysis for the F-35 fleet of aircraft. Provide technical assistance for decisions regarding the deployment and analysis of new aircraft technologies and their implementation into the F-35 fleet. Offer engineering and analytical support for "as-built" assets being delivered to the user. Participate in program reviews, technical interchange meetings, technology demonstrations, and other F-35 meetings to provide subject matter expertise on technology insertion and integration into the fleet. Provide insight and understanding of aircraft status, airframe configuration, and engine life cycle concerns, including prognostic or health monitoring management systems, to ensure new technology meets the needs of the F-35 fleet. Act as a technical liaison between naval aviation groups and depot activities. Establish daily coordination of “as-built” design and design deficiency information to ensure coordinated support of fleet aircraft and operating squadrons. Provide technical assistance and aircraft design data for decisions regarding deployment, distribution, and utilization of F-35 aircraft. Serve as an F-35 Manager for all F-35 programs, assisting the Strike Division and director, aircraft material and engineering, and staff on the full spectrum of aircraft engineering and material issues. Manage program data using automated data information sources, including RF signature management, Time Compliant Technical Directive (TCTD) incorporation, Fatigue Structural Life Monitoring Program data, Period End Dates, IMP dates, and related discrepancies. Assist in creating and enforcing Performance Based Logics (PBL) and sustainment policies and agreements by determining appropriate metric definitions and values and participating in the review process for monitoring contractor performance. Act as a technical advisor to the director and other staff elements concerning all aspects of F-35 airframe or avionics programs related to management problems and interrelated readiness issues. Provide insight and understanding of aircraft status, program acquisition planning, configuration, airframe or engine life cycle concerns, and prognostic health management systems to assess aircraft combat capabilities and deployment suitability. Direct or participate in special technical projects and management improvement programs as assigned by an F-35 Officer or Aircraft Division Head. Attend F-35 program reviews and other engineering-related meetings as a weapon system technical representative. Assist with developing, integrating, and implementing maintenance and logistics plans and policies supporting the transition and future operations of F-35, including fleet management, F-35 sustainment planning documentation, Performance Based Agreements, Standard Operating Instructions (SOIs), maintenance policies, modification schedules and priorities, support equipment, and supportability both afloat and ashore.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in the deployment and analysis of new aircraft technologies, and prognostic or health monitoring management systems, and managing aircraft program data
5+ years of experience with military aviation logistics and maintenance principles, practices, and processes
Knowledge of aircraft unique maintenance policy and procedures, and U.S. Navy standardized maintenance practices
Ability to plan and orchestrate major logistics and aircraft weapons system deployment programs at the enterprise level
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree in a Business, Engineering, or Logistics field

Nice To Haves

Experience automating infrastructure provisioning with tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform
Experience automating CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins or GitLab
Experience with Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Maven, Gradle, and NPM
Experience hosting applications on commercial cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience with containerization and container orchestration platforms with tools such as Docker or Kubernetes
Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python and Linux Shell Script
Knowledge of creating and improving continuous automation across multiple technical stacks
Knowledge of triaging and resolving issues related to both open-source and commercial tools in public cloud environments

Responsibilities

Provide technical and engineering support for site stand-up, technical integration, and sustainment analysis for the F-35 fleet of aircraft.
Provide technical assistance for decisions regarding the deployment and analysis of new aircraft technologies and their implementation into the F-35 fleet.
Offer engineering and analytical support for "as-built" assets being delivered to the user.
Participate in program reviews, technical interchange meetings, technology demonstrations, and other F-35 meetings to provide subject matter expertise on technology insertion and integration into the fleet.
Act as a technical liaison between naval aviation groups and depot activities.
Establish daily coordination of “as-built” design and design deficiency information to ensure coordinated support of fleet aircraft and operating squadrons.
Serve as an F-35 Manager for all F-35 programs, assisting the Strike Division and director, aircraft material and engineering, and staff on the full spectrum of aircraft engineering and material issues.
Manage program data using automated data information sources, including RF signature management, Time Compliant Technical Directive (TCTD) incorporation, Fatigue Structural Life Monitoring Program data, Period End Dates, IMP dates, and related discrepancies.
Assist in creating and enforcing Performance Based Logics (PBL) and sustainment policies and agreements by determining appropriate metric definitions and values and participating in the review process for monitoring contractor performance.
Act as a technical advisor to the director and other staff elements concerning all aspects of F-35 airframe or avionics programs related to management problems and interrelated readiness issues.
Direct or participate in special technical projects and management improvement programs as assigned by an F-35 Officer or Aircraft Division Head.
Attend F-35 program reviews and other engineering-related meetings as a weapon system technical representative.
Assist with developing, integrating, and implementing maintenance and logistics plans and policies supporting the transition and future operations of F-35, including fleet management, F-35 sustainment planning documentation, Performance Based Agreements, Standard Operating Instructions (SOIs), maintenance policies, modification schedules and priorities, support equipment, and supportability both afloat and ashore.