About the role

What will you do at EXPANSIA?

Start Date: Immediate

JHNA, CTSi, and EXPANSIA have come together to form a Defense Technology platform named Aether Aerospace focused on delivering high-impact technologies, technology-enabled services and advanced manufacturing solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense and related national security customers.

Backed by Falfurrias Management Partners, the platform brings together deep domain expertise across Army, Navy, and Air Force and Space Force programs, digital engineering, systems integration, and specialized manufacturing capabilities.

The combined organization operates as a multi-entity aerospace and defense technology and tech-enabled services and manufacturing enterprise positioned for scalable growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation.

OVERVIEW

Full-time/Permanent Employee

Location: Colorado Springs, CO/Schriever SFB, CO

RESPONSIBILITIES

Drive system of systems integration to deliver enterprise command and control capabilities

Guide development of enabling software, network, data, and platform capabilities

Facilitate digital transformation

Standardize engineering, integration, and test processes

Integrate cost and schedule constraints with the technical baseline

Define methodologies while continuously improving processes to acquire and integrate data

Identify other space domain data sources

Provide advice, guidance, and technical solutions for the integration of both unstructured and structure data

Evaluate existing data architecture and initiate strategic steps to enable modernization

Analyze and establish data management plans, processes, products, and tools to improve the overall data integration strategy currently in place

Collaborate with US Government/mission partners, international partners, industry, FFRDCs, academia, etc. to define, architect, and implement data sharing procedures in the Unified Data Library (UDL) and Warp Core (Kobayashi Maru data library)

Support development of the UDL and Warp Core architecture to support software applications development

Support the software and hardware design activities of data sharing architecture to include cross-domain solutions, Virtual Private Network architectures, cloud architectures

Work with Government accreditors to ensure the architecture is compliant across multiple cyber boundaries

Support operational strategies aligned within your program and initiatives that optimize processes, enhance productivity, and ensure quality across all program functions.

Ensure 100% of planned hours are worked and recorded

Identify and forward to your leadership any opportunities that could lead to growth within your work area

Ensure all contractual deliverables are met/exceeded to the customer's satisfaction

Completes personal PDP and attend Staff Meeting and Storytime (with camera on)

Within your program, build productive and positive professional relationships with clients

Performs other related duties as assigned

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Clearance: TS/SCI with SAP Eligibility

Education and Years of Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, STEM, or Cyber and 8+ years of relevant experience

Design and maintain databases, including management, setup, and optimization

Design, build, and maintain interfaces between difference data structures and related applications

Perform data integration in distributed cloud/hybrid environments

Design and implement data security policies to protect sensitive information from being compromised

Recognize and recommend changes to operations procedures to improve data integration activities

Record, track, and report integration performance and software quality metrics

Document and demonstrate solutions via flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments, and clear code

Author scripts to automate data integration processes to improve efficiency and reduce human error

Work in an Agile software development environment that requires collaboration with development teams

Manage data integration efforts for all phases of the software development life cycle

Adequate knowledge of United Data Library, Warp Core, and other DoD/Space Force/Space Domain Awareness data sources

$121,215 - $145,000 a year

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility Aether Aerospace allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities.

Our unique mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. Employment benefits include health and wellness programs, income protection, paid leave and retirement and savings.

Aether Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.

Which skills does this role require?

Data integrationSystems integrationSoftware developmentCloud architectureData managementAgile methodologyCybersecurityDatabase designScriptingData securityPerformance metricsTechnical documentationUnified Data LibraryWarp CoreSystems engineeringNetwork architectureData IntegrationSystems EngineeringCloud ArchitectureAgileDoDSpace ForceTS/SCISAPDatabase ManagementData ManagementSoftware Development Life CycleNetwork ArchitectureCross-domain solutionsDigital EngineeringSystems IntegrationData SecurityAutomationPerformance MetricsTechnical BaselineSpace Domain AwarenessHybrid CloudVirtual Private NetworkData ArchitectureAerospace

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