Chief Software Architect

About the role

BTAS is seeking a Chief Software Architect to join the Space Systems Command (SSC) team in Colorado Springs, CO. The position supports multiple SSC/SZ-BC programs and other initiatives across the Space Force, Air Force, and allied organizations.

Responsibilities

• Provide space acquisitions, engineering, operations, and technical advice and assistance across all project and program stages.
• Support advanced technology acquisitions, future concept development, and integration.
• Advise on cost, schedule, and performance.
• Revise or draft Joint Capabilities Integrated Development System (JCIDS) and other acquisition documents for government program managers.
• Support presentations of products to internal and external customers.
• Provide draft SME-level technical and/or programmatic status reports as requested by the government.
• Identify and recommend improvements in acquisition processes and risk reduction strategies.
• Assist in building and maintaining a government risk program.
• Maintain current knowledge of program schedules, monitor acquisition implementation, report shortfalls, and assess programs based on identified risks.
• Advise on technical engagements such as meetings, design reviews, and conferences.
• Provide technical and operational insights for mission protection and operations.
• Recommend solutions for technical anomalies and evaluate impact analyses, audits, and reviews.
• Advise on software planning and development for spiral/agile acquisition programs.
• Assist with test and operations, including support for test documents, planning, events, requirements, and data for Developmental and Operational Testing.
• Provide analytical and operational engineering support to developmental and operational units.
• Support data and signal collection, processing, storage, archiving, analysis, and lessons learned for tests and operations.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or higher is required.
• Minimum of 20 years of progressive software engineering and architectural design for large scale enterprise software engineering projects.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a commercial software development company developing enterprise software at scale/complexity.
• Minimum of 5 years of IC or DoD experience designing and deploying largescale enterprise software solutions for operational missions.
• Minimum of 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.

Skills

• Software Engineering (Java, Python, C++, or other Object Oriented based languages)
• Kubernetes
• AWS
• Azure Cloud

Benefits

A comprehensive benefits program, including paid time off, federal holidays, health coverage, 401K plan with generous company match is offered to all full-time employees.

Pay

$188,000–$191,000 Annual Salary

Schedule

Full time, 40 hours