System Architect

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Voice Switch and Recording Program Office is made up of seven different programs related to the voice communication activities of Air Traffic Control. These programs range from the maintainence of Legacy equipment currently fielded across the United States to design of new systems and procurement of future equipment.

 

The Systems Architect will be focused on supporting the FAA in modernizing existing air traffic control voice communications capabilities of the National Airspace System (NAS). The Systems Architect will provide domain and technical expertise in the area of voice communications, hardware, software, systems and networking, and apply this expertise to guide the team through requirements development, system design, vendor evaluation, testing, and implementation. The Systems Architect will facilitate coordination among the team’s functional areas to ensure program success. The individual will apply their technical knowledge throughout the phases of the Systems Engineering lifecycle and leverage Project Management experience to ensure successful execution of the projects themselves. The Systems Architect will interact with a team comprised of Noblis, Subcontractor, and FAA staff. 

Required Skills

 

At a minimum, the candidate should possess a Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field and 16+ years of experience that is relevant, with a demonstrated record of excellent performance.

 

The candidate must possess experience taking a program or project through most or all of its lifecycle, from systems or software engineering perspective, including:

• Planning
• Analysis
• Deriving Requirements, to include developing or interpreting vendor specifications & developing detailed and comprehensive interface requirements
• Designing Systems or Software
• Implementing and Integrating Systems or Software
• Testing
• System Deployment
• Support
• Risk Management
• Enterprise Architecture
• Functional Analysis

Desired Skills

 

The candidate should possess several of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Knowledge of the Federal Aviation Administration
• Federal Aviation Administration experience
• Detailed knowledge of National Airspace System Voice Communications Systems
• Enterprise Architecture (EA) experience around ISEF (technique) and CORE (software) preferred
• Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System (DOORS) (software) experience preferred
• Requirements Management
• Understanding of communications systems and technical communications designs
• Hardware design and testing
• Software development, software processes, and software defect resolution
• Implementation engineering (e.g., rack layouts, connecting to facility infrastructure, site surveys)
• Security engineering (e.g., security hardening, integration of security with functional software design)
• Network Architecture
• Ability to collect/analyze data and communicate technical information
• Strong oral, written and interpersonal communications skills
• Ability to work independently to complete assigned tasks within expected schedule to complete
• Flexible/easily adaptable within a dynamic work environment
• Customer-service and goal oriented

 

*Any U.s. location/remote is acceptable for this role.

 

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