cURRENT OPENINGS |
We are always looking for innovative, mission-focused individuals to join our award winning team! Listed below are a few of our current open positions.
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Machine Learning Data Scientist
Location: Chantilly, VA, USA
Seeking experienced data scientist with practical machine learning experience to support a team of AI/ML staff and Data Scientists in the following tasks:
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
Highly competitive salary and benefits for qualified and motivated candidates seeking mission-focused work that will directly impact national security objectives.
Seeking experienced data scientist with practical machine learning experience to support a team of AI/ML staff and Data Scientists in the following tasks:
- Leveraging AI/ML techniques and solutions to identify complex patterns for predicting object behavior
- Increasing the efficiency and quality of the discovery process by tightly integrating automated processes, AI/ML techniques and human SME/analyst expertise
- Develop and prototype AI algorithms and software tools
- Enhance and maintain current analysis tools, including automation of current processes using AI/ML algorithms
- Conduct quantitative data analysis using a variety of datasets, including developing retrieval, processing, fusion, analysis, and visualization of various datasets
- Develop techniques that make use of both digital object track data, text-based reporting, and a variety of other data sets both in a silo and in a fused environment
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related fields
- Hands-on experience implementing Machine Learning models and/or Text Mining Algorithms.
- Ability to work closely with Domain experts to develop tools/algorithms needed to answer research questions in their studies
- Excellent Communication Skills (with the ability to explain developed tools and ML algorithms to a non-technical audience)
- Proven ability to work independently to learn new technologies, techniques, processes, languages, platforms, systems
- Strong analytic, inferencing, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving skills
- Self-starter with ability to work both independently and with a team
- Top Secret/SCI eligibility
Highly competitive salary and benefits for qualified and motivated candidates seeking mission-focused work that will directly impact national security objectives.
Senior Program Management Support
Location: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Seeking an experienced Program Manager to provide on-site leadership for a USAF-focused team and serve as the liaison between acquisition and planning teams and the customer. In this role you will be responsible for cost, schedule, and mission execution to meet customer capability as well as performance requirements and timelines.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
Requirements:
Seeking an experienced Program Manager to provide on-site leadership for a USAF-focused team and serve as the liaison between acquisition and planning teams and the customer. In this role you will be responsible for cost, schedule, and mission execution to meet customer capability as well as performance requirements and timelines.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
- Demonstrates full project life-cycle ownership to include Program Management, Acquisition Management, Engineering, Configuration/Data Management, and IT capabilities to execute effective and responsive integrated program management of research, development, test, evaluation, production, modernization and lifecycle acquisition and sustainment activities.
- Ability to identify technical and business resources required for program execution.
- Review status of projects and budgets, manage schedules, and prepare reports to keep stakeholders informed of progress and any challenges or issues identified.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and develop creative and analytical resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client satisfaction goals and objectives.
- Understands interdependence between technology, operations, and business needs.
- Supports program milestone planning and preparation and manages strategic scheduling planning documentation, such as Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
- Provides regular guidance to project teams demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
Requirements:
- Must possess current TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance
- Minimum of ten (10) years of project or program management related to the listed qualifications above. DoD experience preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (preferred) and Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) or an equivalent certification preferred
- Prefer candidates who understand DoD 5000.2 acquisition and logistics milestone planning and reporting documentation.
Program Management Support
Location: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Seeking a professional and experienced Program/Project Management Support to join our USAF-focused support team. In this role you will be working in a fast-paced environment in the organization and planning of program/project activities as required by the client.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
Requirements:
Seeking a professional and experienced Program/Project Management Support to join our USAF-focused support team. In this role you will be working in a fast-paced environment in the organization and planning of program/project activities as required by the client.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
- Ability to accomplish technical work related to program management to include planning, organizing, and presenting assessments of program/project management concepts, analyses, studies and procedures.
- Ability to assist with configuration control and the review and data analysis, assessments, and associated documentation.
- Support development of senior and executive level briefings as well as scheduling and coordinating acquisition documents, reports, and briefings with Government stakeholders.
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of office administrative and automation technology, departmental and national policy, departmental and inter-departmental administrative practices and procedures as well as working knowledge of programmatic functions of the department and executive branch level organizations.
Requirements:
- Must possess current TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance
- Minimum of three (3) years of relevant work experience with preference towards DoD experience.
- Bachelor’s degree and experience in a SAP and/or SCI environment preferred.
- Must understand DoD 5000.02 acquisition and logistics milestone planning and reporting documentation.
Senior Systems Engineer
Location: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Seeking an experienced Systems Engineer with technical experience in the analysis and establishment of DoD system information requirements and design specifications using methodologies for the development of prototype and/or large-scale software-based information processing systems.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
Requirements:
Seeking an experienced Systems Engineer with technical experience in the analysis and establishment of DoD system information requirements and design specifications using methodologies for the development of prototype and/or large-scale software-based information processing systems.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
- Extensive experience in designing system architectures to optimally support the total system requirements of the customer.
- Possesses thorough knowledge of computer systems, computer hardware, high-level software languages, and database management systems.
- Ability to analyze system information requirements and design specifications, designsystem architectures, analyze and develop corrective actions for problems of workloads, organization, and planning, prepare required system documentation including project plans, interface documents, program level and user level documentation, enhance system design to improve performance and better satisfy customer requirements, and providing supervision, training, and quality assurance/quality control to subordinates and teammates.
- Proficient with systems management tools and have current knowledge of technology offerings and product capabilities. Knowledge and experience working with government life-cycle configuration management.
Requirements:
- Must have an active TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance
- Minimum of ten (10) years of directly applicable experience
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (preferred) with a desire for an IT-related discipline (e.g. Information Technology, Computer Technology, Software Engineering, ComputerScience, Computer Engineering)
- System Operations Certification preferred
- ACAT 1 or equivalent and space system experience a plus
Systems Engineer
Location: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Seeking a Systems Engineer with experience in employing systems engineering methods and tools in the development of systems. In this role you will be responsible for system requirements, design, documentation, risks, quality, documenting engineering artifacts, contract artifacts, requirements traceability, and manuals.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
Requirements:
Seeking a Systems Engineer with experience in employing systems engineering methods and tools in the development of systems. In this role you will be responsible for system requirements, design, documentation, risks, quality, documenting engineering artifacts, contract artifacts, requirements traceability, and manuals.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
- Demonstrates programmatic or technical knowledge in identifying, formulating, designing and/or testing practical solutions to engineering problems and an ability to guide the engineering development of modern complex DoD systems
- Ability to accomplish functional and empirical analysis related to the design, development, and implementation of hardware and software operating systems for the organization’s products.
- Ability to interact with system users to translate requirements into systems, hardware, and software requirements and design and participate in the development of test strategies.
- Demonstrates knowledge and experience establishing, building, fielding, and sustaining open mission systems architecture standards and identification of weapon system information assurance boundaries.
- Seeks to improve technical expertise through the identification of new processes and technical alternatives to resolve problems and/or general improvements.
Requirements:
- Must have an active TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance
- Minimum of three (3) years of relevant work experience with preference towards DoD-compliant program systems engineering processes in multiple domains.
- BA/BS Degree required
Flight/Space Systems Technical Expert
Location: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Seeking qualified candidates that can be responsible for monitoring and controlling various avionic systems while exercising extensive mechanical and technical knowledge of military aircraft/space systems and performance.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
Requirements:
Seeking qualified candidates that can be responsible for monitoring and controlling various avionic systems while exercising extensive mechanical and technical knowledge of military aircraft/space systems and performance.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
- Possesses in-depth understanding of the electrical and mechanical systems of various military aircraft/space systems in addition to regulatory standards and military flight/orbital system specifications and requirements.
- Demonstrates ability to provide clear and accurate system engineering documentation including operating and maintenance procedures to implement the engineering solutions.
- Assists in diagnosing and troubleshooting repairs and malfunctions; guides and supervises engineering staff in aircraft/satellite repairs/maintenance activities.
- Ability to work closely with manufacturers, maintenance representatives, engineering departments and regulatory personnel to effectively carry out flight system updates and modifications.
- Ability to provide technical support and guidance in air/space operations, perform technical risk assessments of aircraft/space system design, and assist in the preparation of risk mitigation plans and activities.
- Supports all levels of requirements development and verification and ensures configuration control using modern database tools to manage configuration and traceability, and interface with modeling tools to verify system configuration and operation.
- Experience with 5th Generation aircraft platforms.
Requirements:
- Must possess current TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance
- Minimum of three (3) years relevant experience in an aerospace/defense environment.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline.
- Master’s Degree in Engineering (Preferred).
Software Development Technical Expert
Location: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Seeking software development expert to provide systems analysis and control support and apply technical expertise to assess emerging technology standards and advancements to develop design solutions in compliance with DoD mission requirements.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
Requirements:
Highly competitive salary and benefits for qualified and motivated candidates seeking mission-focused work that will directly impact national security objectives
Seeking software development expert to provide systems analysis and control support and apply technical expertise to assess emerging technology standards and advancements to develop design solutions in compliance with DoD mission requirements.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
- Demonstrates knowledge and experience with software coding processes and tools, hardware/software integration and test experience in mission system subsystem and system-level labs, and on-aircraft flight testing; experience categorizing, tracking, and resolving software problems at all levels of development and integration and system integration planning.
- Understands Agile software development framework and methodologies; develops and reviews software source code written in common commercial programming and scripting languages, including but not limited to: C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, PowerShell and PHP.
- Ability to provide assistance in the preparation and development of requirements definitions, preliminary planning and the evaluation of alternative technical approaches and costs.
- Provides systems analysis and control support, including trade off studies, architecture and infrastructure simplification, software/hardware integration and consolidation, effectiveness analysis, risk management, configuration management, interface management, data management, and performance measurement.
Requirements:
- Must possess current TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance
- Minimum of five (5) years of relevant work experience with preference towards DoD experience.
- Bachelor’s degree and understanding of PM MC capabilities and hardware/software configurations.
Highly competitive salary and benefits for qualified and motivated candidates seeking mission-focused work that will directly impact national security objectives
Senior Intelligence Analyst
Location: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Seeking a seasoned and qualified analyst whose duties will include developing, coordinating, and conducting all-source research and analysis to produce finished intelligence products for consumption by DoD headquarters officials, field and experts, and US IC
.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
Requirements:
Seeking a seasoned and qualified analyst whose duties will include developing, coordinating, and conducting all-source research and analysis to produce finished intelligence products for consumption by DoD headquarters officials, field and experts, and US IC
.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
- Familiarity working with IMINT, SIGINT, MASINT, and OSINT with the ability to provide assessments of reports while maintaining situational awareness of developing threat streams.
- Ability to research relevant sources of information on foreign intelligence targets; ability to query strategies to obtain relevant research information, analyze and assess validity of foreign intelligence data.
- Proficient in navigating common intelligence community analytical tools and databases.
- Demonstrated managerial experience working with multiple organizations directing work of personnel in multiple functional areas and providing advice and expertise directly to key, top-level managers and decision makers.
Requirements:
- Must possess current TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance.
- Minimum of ten (10) years relevant professional experience working in the related field.
- Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) from an accredited university or college with a major in a field relevant to the analytic focus area.
Intelligence Analyst
Location: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Seeking a qualified analyst to perform advanced-level analytical tasks with minimal oversight. Expected to collaborate with government and contractor personnel in the performance of services. Such collaboration should provide accurate technical information that contributes to synergized analysis that is better than the sum of individual parts.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
Requirements:
Seeking a qualified analyst to perform advanced-level analytical tasks with minimal oversight. Expected to collaborate with government and contractor personnel in the performance of services. Such collaboration should provide accurate technical information that contributes to synergized analysis that is better than the sum of individual parts.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
- Highly skilled in mining open-source reporting, and other intelligence sources.
- Must have knowledge of wide range of research and collection methods and analytical applications in order to prepare finished intelligence products, including forecasts and overall capability/vulnerability assessments.
- Ability to creatively leverage technical expertise and experience in whole-of-government operations to prevent our nation’s adversaries from gaining technical or intelligence insights into DoD warfighting capabilities.
- Must be prepared to solve a broad range of complex program security dilemmas in a highly dynamic environment, using the ability to quickly assimilate technical details to exploit foreign intelligence collection methodologies.
Requirements:
- Must possess current TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance.
- Minimum of three (3) years relevant professional experience working in the related field.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (preferred)
IT / Assurance Specialist
Location: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Seeking qualified candidate to develop and implement information assurance/security standards and procedures. Role involves preparation and implementation of quality assurance policies and procedures, performing routine inspections and quality tests, identifying and resolving workflow and production issues, documenting activities and creating audit reports, and developing recommendations for process improvement. Establishes and satisfies information assurance and security requirements based upon the analysis of DoD policy, regulatory, and resource demands.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
Requirements:
Seeking qualified candidate to develop and implement information assurance/security standards and procedures. Role involves preparation and implementation of quality assurance policies and procedures, performing routine inspections and quality tests, identifying and resolving workflow and production issues, documenting activities and creating audit reports, and developing recommendations for process improvement. Establishes and satisfies information assurance and security requirements based upon the analysis of DoD policy, regulatory, and resource demands.
Qualifications of an ideal candidate include:
- Ability to perform analysis, design, and development of security features for system architectures and defines security requirements for computer systems which may include mainframes, workstations, and personal computers.
- Designs, develops, engineers, and implements solutions that meet security requirements and provides integration and implementation of the computer system security solution.
- Able to perform vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems and applications during all phases of the system development life cycle and ensures that all information systems are functional and secure.
Requirements:
- Must possess current TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance
- Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor’s degree or Master’s Degree (Preferred).
Principal Engineer
Location: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
Responsibilities:
- Oversee programmatic operations and the day-to-day activity of advanced technology programs.
- Develop technical concepts and strategic vision for emerging technologies.
- Work with Government Program Managers to assess technical proposals and provide oversight throughout the program life-cycle.
- Prepare overview and status briefings for senior government officials.
- Perform analysis and calculations for rapid concept assessment.
Required Qualifications:
- Clearance: DoD Top Secret with current SSBI
- 5+ years of experience in engineering or physics
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, or related field
- Experience working with DoD programs
Desired Qualifications:
- PhD. in Electrical Engineering, or related field
Business Financial Manager
Location: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Responsibilities:
- Formulating program acquisition strategy and making sound recommendations to the Program Manager based upon a thorough knowledge of all business issues related to the program(s).
- The candidate shall have a thorough understanding regarding the procedures, processes, and handling of sensitive or classified procurement guidance documents within the Agency.
- Preparing funding documentation and procurement packages for DARPA performer contracts resulting from Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) and other solicitations.
- Monitoring and reporting program commitments, obligations, expenditures, contract performance, and program status execution to include program milestones, schedule and cost.
- Assisting in the preparation of program plans and quarterly review documentation.
- Creating and maintaining definitive documentation files for each program.
- The selected individual will also be required to assist in other duties such as planning and coordinating conferences, meetings, and source selections to include the preparation and presentation of financial information for briefings, presentations, and status reports.
Required Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree
- Must be proficient with the current financial systems and processes utilized by the Department of Defense
- Clearance required, some positions require TS/SCI
- Must be able to work on-site at DARPA
- FTE - 100%
- Prior DARPA experience highly useful
Cyber Specialist
Location: Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
Responsibilities:
- Make significant contributions across a range of technical areas by identifying, analyzing, and developing novel technologies and methodologies for current and new program development
- Provide in-depth expertise in the assessments of proposals to determine the technical merit of proposal objectives and methodologies
- Preparation of engineering, programmatic, and security documentation (BAA, PAD, SCG, Test Plans/Descriptions/Procedures, etc.)
- Coordinate with program performers throughout the testing of programs to ensure ranges, testing, and systems meet the test plan requirements
Required Qualifications:
- Clearance: Top Secret with in scope SSBI
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics or related field
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers, users, and contractors from various DoD communities
- Experience working with military weapon system
Desired Qualifications:
- Master's or PhD in computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics or related field
- Experience with Intel and weapon systems software (e.g., GCCS, MIDB, JWS)
- Familiarization with C4ISR systems
- Knowledge of systems engineering activities, processes, and methodologies (Agile, waterfall, etc.)
- Experience interfacing with military personnel and senior government officials to understand operational requirements and articulate program goals
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