Sr. Computer Systems Architect

Description

The National Airspace System Integration Support Contract (NISC) Division of the Leidos Fed Civ IT Business Area currently has an opening for a Computer Systems Architect V. This position will be part of a dynamic team working to support the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Oklahoma City at their Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center location.

The Computer Systems Architect will provide support the operations support and engineering services to the En Route Surveillance Team, Long Range Radar in the radar systems and their associated computer systems at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (MMAC).

• Understand the technical requirements of the En Route Surveillance Team and the associated radar systems and provide system engineering direction to the program manager.
• Assist with the system engineering plan, including evaluating alternatives including cost and risk, supportability and analyses for total systems.
• Responsible for technical planning, system hardware-software-network design, development and integration, verification and validation, and fielding.
• Interact with system users, customers, managers, engineers, programmers, analysts, logisticians, technicians, and trainers to ensure communication of issues, activities, and solutions.
• Conduct mission analyses, functional analyses, performance analyses, and requirements analyses.
• Define candidate system architectures.
• Define and control internal and external interfaces and interconnectivity.
• Conduct system analysis and modeling.
• Evaluate alternatives including costs and risks, supportability and analyses for total systems.
• Manage and integrate specialty disciplines (i.e. Interoperability, reliability, producibility, environmental specifications, system safety, logistics).
• Monitor hardware and software development, integration, and test.
• Perform systems requirements analysis, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition, technical management, integration, system testing, and quality assurance.

Applicants are required to have detailed knowledge of the FAA NAS and specialized experience with facilities, surveillance, and navigation aids commonly used throughout the FAA NAS.

Typically requires BS degree and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience or master’s with 10 – 13 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain. Additional experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

Basic skills should include, but not be limited to:

• Budget Oversight.
• System enhancement project requests and scheduling.
• User requirements gathering.
• Collaboration between stakeholders and technical teams.
• Able to deliver high-quality technical solutions, adherence to timelines and deliverables.
• Familiar with architectural schematics, agile in identifying critical technologies.
• Able to maintain technological road maps.
• Able work with all levels of staff and management.
• Able to identify gaps, redundancies and technological challenges.

Knowledge of the following including, but not limited to:

• Common Air Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR).
• Air Route Surveillance Radar Model 4 (ARSR-4).
• The ARSR
  -4 replacement in Hawaii (ARSR4R-H).

Preferred Experience and skills include:

AWS, C#, Python, SAS, SQS, Java, Tableau, Power

BI, MATLAB, Open Shift, Sonar Qube, Lambda, Dynamo

DB, RDS, SES, SNS, S3, EFS, FSx, EC2, VPC, Step Functions, Cloud Watch, Cloud Formation, ECR, Secrets Manager, Transfer Family (SFTP), EBS, Aurora, IAM, APIG.

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Pay Range $ - $. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.