Travel Involved: Limited Travel.

Job Type: Full-Time Contract Position.

Clearance Level Needed: At minimum, a Secret security clearance. Interim clearances are acceptable.

Years of Experience: Eight years experience in 4 of the 5 areas. (See Position Summary)

Degrees: Bachelors Degree or Equivalent.

Area 1

Application of systems engineering methodologies in a federal environment (i.e., in support of federal government agency).

Area 2

Implementing DoDAF requirements. This includes the following:

• Demonstrated experience and expertise implementing the DoDAF capabilities-based requirements process, which includes the development of supporting architectural frameworks
• Provided Systems Engineering rigor to a host of internal and external processes to include risk management and mission analysis
• Provided innovative approaches, developing methodology options, and creating recommendations for the application of System Engineering principles
• Applied Systems Engineering principles to address the requirement to understand and organize complex systems
• Assessed commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) systems engineering tools as they apply to current and future processes, work efforts, and product lines.

Area 3

Capturing Systems Engineering analysis in the CORE systems engineering tool.

Area 4

Software development experience relating to interfacing analytical outputs with visualization tools, such as, ESRI GIS tools, ThinkMap and YFiles.

Area 5

Experience with Systems eEngineering tasking in support of any of the military services or other federal agencies, such as, FEMA, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, Department of State, or Department of Homeland Security.

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Duration: Full-Time

Location: Manassas, Virginia

Travel: May require occasional travel

Clearance: Ability to obtain Top Secret Clearance

Citizenship: US Citizenship

Job Description

The Software Engineer will be primarily responsible for working on JAVA based web applications. The Software Engineer will be responsible for design, analysis, programming, and testing of applications/scripts. Candidate must be self-motivated, able to work in team environments, comfortable with hands on learning/development and a fast learner. The Software Engineer may interact with customers or clients as needed.

Skills Required

• Knowledge/experience developing applications in JAVA (abstraction, inheritance, overloading, polymorphism, modularity)
• Understanding of code data structures, complexity, and algorithms
• Knowledge of model, view, controller architecture
• Strong problem solving skills
• Strong written and verbal skills
• HTML/CSS experience

Skills Desired

• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Experience with web services
• Familiar with Unix/Linux scripting
• Knowledge of the emerging HTML5 standard
• Knowledge of Apache Tomcat and Apache Tapestry
• Knowledge of JDBC, JPA, and XML

Education Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or Engineering

Travel Involved: Limited Travel.

Job Type: Full-Time Contract Position.

Clearance Level Needed: At minimum, a Secret security clearance. Interim clearances are acceptable.

Years of Experience: Five years experience in 3 of the 5 areas. (See Position Summary)

Degrees: Bachelors Degree or Equivalent.

Area 1

Application of systems engineering methodologies in a federal environment (i.e., in support of federal government agency).

Area 2

Implementing DoDAF requirements. This includes the following:

• Demonstrated experience and expertise implementing the DoDAF capabilities-based requirements process, which includes the development of supporting architectural frameworks
• Provided Systems Engineering rigor to a host of internal and external processes to include risk management and mission analysis
• Provided innovative approaches, developing methodology options, and creating recommendations for the application of System Engineering principles
• Applied Systems Engineering principles to address the requirement to understand and organize complex systems
• Assessed commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) systems engineering tools as they apply to current and future processes, work efforts, and product lines.

Area 3

Capturing Systems Engineering analysis in the CORE systems engineering tool.

Area 4

Software development experience relating to interfacing analytical outputs with visualization tools, such as, ESRI GIS tools, ThinkMap and YFiles.

Area 5

Experience with Systems eEngineering tasking in support of any of the military services or other federal agencies, such as, FEMA, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, Department of State, or Department of Homeland Security.

Apply Now

Job Description

The software engineer intern will be primarily responsible for working on JAVA based web applications. The intern will be responsible for design, analysis, programming, and testing of applications/scripts. Candidates must be self-motivated, able to work in team environments, comfortable with hands on learning/development and fast learners. The intern may interface with customers or clients as needed. Mentoring by experienced software development staff will be available.

Skills Required

• Knowledge/experience developing applications in object oriented programming with JAVA, C++, or C#  (abstraction, inheritance, overloading, polymorphism, modularity)
• Understanding of code data structures, complexity, and algorithms
• Strong problem solving skills
• Strong written and verbal skills
• U.S. Citizen

Skills Desired

• Experience with HTML/CSS
• Familiar with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Familiar with Unix/Linux scripting
• Knowledge of XML
• Knowledge of model, view, controller architecture
• Knowledge of the emerging HTML5 standard

Education Required

• Holds High school Diploma
• Seeking Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or Engineering

DoDAF Online is dedicated to demystifiying and simplying DoDAF with expert trainers.

We are launching the website with a 2-hour online seminar (SYS 102 – Demystifying DoDAF 2.02), which introduces DoDAF 2.02 at a high-level aiming at removing some of the confusion associated with terminology and DoDAF component relationships. In addition, the website hosts a blog (with contributions from industry experts); a forum for questions and expert answers; and a wiki with information on DoDAF 2.02.

For more information, visit www.dodafonline.com

• The ESEP certification requires:
  • 25 years of SE experience (20 years if one has earned the INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) certification,
  • SE experience confirmed by professional references,
  • a minimum of a technical Bachelor’s degree or equivalent engineering experience,
  • evidence of  professional development leadership, completion of the ESEP oral review, and
  • INCOSE membership in good standing.

INCOSE provided information for this press release. For more information about INCOSE and the ESEP certification please visit the INCOSE website.

Dr. Taggart has published more than 35 professional papers, journal articles and technical reports. His professional affiliations include the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the Association of the United States Army (AUSA). He served in the U. S. Air Force and earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University.

On January 3, 2011, we will be moving to our new office location at the Battlefield Overlook I at 10440 Balls Ford Road, Suite 230, Manassas, VA 20109.

New Contact Information:

(T) 571.485.7800

(F) 571.485.7801

SYS 405
DoDAF 2.0 Update

This 1/2-day seminar provides an overview of how the DoD Architecture Framework has changed and provides an easier transition from DoDAF 1.5 to DoDAF 2.0.