Chief Software Architect Level 4

BryceTech has partnered with technology and R&D clients to deliver mission and business success since 2017. Bryce combines core competencies in analytics and engineering with domain expertise. Our teams help government agencies, Fortune 500 firms, and investors manage complex programs, develop IT tools, and forecast critical outcomes. We offer clients proprietary, research-based models that enable evidence-based decision-making. Bryce cultivates a culture of engagement and partnership with our clients. BryceTech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

BryceTech is looking for an experienced Chief Software Architect to support our US Space Force, Space Systems Command (SSC) customer.

Customer Background Information: Space Domain Awareness & Combat Power is the Space Systems Command Program Executive Office (PEO) focused on delivering cyber, ground- and space-based systems that rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and predict threats to national, allied, and commercial space systems, while also providing National Security deterrence capabilities countering those identified threats to prevail in a space conflict.

SSC/SZ-BC provides highly classified Space Domain Awareness (SDA) systems, Defensive and Offensive Space Control (DSC/OSC) capabilities, and space test range assets to meet current and projected Department of Defense (DoD) operational requirements. SSC/SZ-BC develops, integrates, tests, deploys, sustains, and supports operations for systems that meet strategic and tactical operational needs. SSC provides unrivaled space systems to ensure survival for both the United States Space Force and our nation. These systems span the entire acquisition life cycle. This contract will support multiple SSC/SZ-BC programs, as well as various other Space Force, Air Force, and mission partner programs.

The effort will support the development, advancement, and sustainment of weapon systems for Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SDACP) (SSC/SZ), Battle Management, Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) (SSC/BC), and their mission partners. This mission area requires personnel with experience and an in-depth understanding of the environments that include ground, near-space, space, and any system that operates in those environments.

Minimum Knowledge and Experience:

- Minimum 20 years of progressive software engineering and architectural design for large scale enterprise software engineering projects.

- Minimum 5 years of experience in a commercial software development company developing enterprise software at scale/complexity.

- Minimum 5 years of IC or DoD experience designing and deploying large scale enterprise software solutions for operational missions.

- Minimum 2 years of SAP experience working across complex mission partners and classified programs.

- Expert in Agile methodology and process at scale with an emphasis on Enterprise Software Engineering

- Expert in modern commercial industry enterprise software engineering mindsets, best practices and patterns for successful continuous integration, test, delivery and deployment at scale.

- Expert in DevSecOps, SRE and vertical slice development approaches and best practices.

- Effective management and leadership experience with large scale programs encompassing multiple agile development teams with a comprehensive scaled integration and deployment pipeline (more than 100 personnel)

- Effective communication with leadership, stakeholders, and development/industry communities

- Knowledgeable with respect to IC, DoD, Air Force, Space Force or SSC processes and procedures for delivering systems to production environments

- Familiarity with highly available, scalable cloud native (IaaS and PaaS) solutions within commercial industry

- Familiarity with highly scalable data as a service (DaaS) solutions within commercial industry

- Demonstrated expertise through professional publications and/or patents or masters

- Highly Desired: past or present experience with SSC or mission partner space control or space situational awareness mission area programs.

Description of work:

1. Provide space acquisitions, engineering, operations, and technical advice and assistance for all projects and programs, as required, to support any stage of the acquisition life cycle. Support program acquisition efforts for advanced technology, future concept development, and integration activities. Advise and assist the Government on cost, schedule, and performance matters.

2. Revise or provide draft JCIDS and acquisition documentation to the applicable Government program manager and support the presentation of products to internal and external customers. Documentation shall include but is not limited to, Initial Capability Documents, Interface Control Documents, Capability Development/Production/Requirements Documents, Milestone documentation, Acquisition Strategies, Analysis of Alternatives, Concept of Operations, Memorandums of Agreement/Understanding, Technical/Systems Requirement Documents, Defense Acquisition Board documentation, Technical Evaluations, System Specifications, enabling concepts, training material, briefings, white papers, reports, and analysis results). Work shall be developed using the latest applicable Government guidance (e.g., MIL-STD).

3. Provide a draft SME-level technical and/or programmatic status report of any individual program or of the portfolio, in coordination with the Government program manager, upon request by the Government.

4. Identify areas of improvement, including acquisition process improvements. Provide actionable, feasible recommendations and execute tasks for reducing risk where appropriate. These recommendations may include technical, organizational, or programmatic changes where appropriate. Assist in building and maintaining a Government risk program, including risk identification, process definition, and detailed technical risk mitigation plans, as required by the Government.

5. Support the Government program manager on commitments, obligations, and expenditures of funds and perform earned value management and schedule analysis in support of program office defense contracts. Understand how classified funding is distributed and shall provide PPBE support, to include congressional reporting, fiscal year planning, continuing resolution management, unfunded requirement development and submittal, end-of-year funding actions, and Program Objective Memorandum (POM) development. Provide subject matter expertise in support of Integrated Baseline Reviews/Business Financial Reviews to provide insight into program defense contractor cost and schedule performance issues utilizing Government accepted best practices and guidelines.

6. Maintain awareness of current program schedule, monitor acquisition implementation, report requirement shortfalls, and provide a program assessment based on the identified risks. Combine and correlate program execution data with the program baselines to accurately maintain and update acquisition reports.

7. Advise the Government program manager on technical engagements, to include but not limited to, technical interchange meetings, design reviews, program conferences, video teleconferences, telecons, working groups, and informational meetings. Maintain a broad awareness and understanding of all programs and technology development efforts in execution across the applicable portfolio, as required. Assist integrated product teams and working groups and establish customer and Contractor interfaces.

8. Provide technical and operational insight to support mission protection, operations, and mission data assessments. The Contractor shall recommend viable solutions for technical anomalies. Develop, deliver, review, and evaluate impact analysis, audits, studies, compliance inspections, and readiness reviews.

9. Advise the Government program manager regarding robust software planning and development for a spiral/agile acquisition program.

10. Advise and assist the Government on test and operations. Provide advisory and assistance support on test documents, planning, events, requirements, and data for Developmental and Operational Testing. Coordinate system level test integration and activities, as appropriate.

11. Provide analytical and operational engineering support to current and future developmental and operational units. Support operational mission planning, mission protection, and anomaly engineering.

12. Provide support for data and signal collection, processing, storage, archiving, analysis, and lessons learned to support test, on-going operations, and future concept developments upon request. Assist with post-mission analysis and report the results of the plan versus execution.  

Educational Requirements: BS/BA w/>20 yrs; MS/MA w/>16 yrs; PHD or JD w/>15 yrs  

Experience Requirements: this position requires a SME, a recognized industry leader.

• Minimum 20 years of progressive software engineering and architectural design for large scale enterprise software engineering projects.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a commercial software development company developing enterprise software at scale/complexity.
• Minimum 5 years of IC or DoD experience designing and deploying large scale enterprise software solutions for operational missions.
• Minimum 2 years of SAP experience working across complex mission partners and classified programs.
• Experience in Software Engineering (Java, Python, C++, or other Object-Oriented based languages), Kubernetes, AWS, Azure Cloud, Etc.

Must be TS/SCI eligibility and have current SCI access.

BryceTech offers a full range of benefits, including competitive salary, a comprehensive health plan including dental and vision coverage, company-paid life & disability insurance policies, 401(k) plan with company match, and an educational reimbursement program.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.