Sr. Computer Scientist (Contract PM)

Responsibilities

Possesses and applies comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments.

Plans and leads major technology assignments.

Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success.

Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments.

May supervise others.

• Collaborate with Counterterrorism investigators, analysts, and professional staff, often directly engaging non-technical personnel to understand functional needs/issues/gaps, recommend solutions, and develop technically feasible tools in a timely manner.
• Build and/or support preparation of basic technical, business, and end user documentation.
• Identify and recommend remedies, and/or implement solutions which enhance existing software and systems capabilities, performance, and security and/or introduce efficiencies or automation into stakeholder workflows.
• Perform programming (e.g. Python), code refactoring, systems operations, and/or design.
• Evaluate COTS, GOTS, OSS, and other software and systems to implement algorithmically complex data and technology solutions.
• Contribute to the technical work program of one or more projects.

Qualifications

• Eight years of relevant experience in Computer Science.
• Demonstrate a high level of proficiency in the following: Scoping, Planning, and Completing full lifecycle engineering projects.
• Manage development and implementation of projects assigned to contractor staff.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge in one (1) or more of the following areas: User interface/User experience (UI/UX), Front-end engineering, API development, Data Engineering.
• Four years of relevant Program Management experience.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science preferred.
• Preferred Experience: Managing, communicating and contributing to enterprise architecture efforts, engineering trade-off analysis and feasibility studies, proof-of-concept prototypes to explore technical implementation options and issues, engineering reviews, technical design and implementation bringing commercial best practices to bear.
• Demonstrate a high level of proficiency as a Program/Project Manager (P/PM) with Federal Acquisition Certification (FAC)-P/PM and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.