Sr. Interoperability Requirements Manager (N2701)

Who We Are

Founded in 2007, SimIS Inc. is an innovative information technology solution Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) that models future environments, requirements, and capabilities, and then secures the enterprise from internal and external threats compliant with Federal, State, and industry standard governance to ensure client mission success. Our performance standard is “excellence,” with an outcomes‑based, quality focus in our services and products, guided by our core values of honesty (in word and deed), relationships (confidence and trust with clients and partners), teamwork (shared goals, mission, and purpose), loyalty (allegiance to our client and team), and importance of others (work and win as a team).

Job Description

SimIS is seeking contract support for the capture, development, architecture, analysis, and quality assurance of capability requirements necessary to adapt to future threats and shape long‑term military strategy. The Senior Interoperability Requirements Manager will support a Capability Program and Project Managers, managing the entire lifecycle from requirements integration to engineering and testing to ensure functional abilities undergo rigorous verification, validation, and evaluation for mission readiness. This position is 100% onsite and is contingent upon award.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, or a related technical STEM discipline.
• Ten (10) years of proven work experience in multinational collaboration, coordination, preferably in NATO or equivalent multinational environments.
• 5‑10 years of documented experience supporting interoperability initiatives, campaigns, programmes or activities across multiple stakeholders and nations (e.g., Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise (CWIX), TIDE Sprint, TIDE Hackathon, Digital Interoperability Verification Experiment (DIVE), Federated Mission Networking (FMN), Interoperability 360 workshops (IO360)).
• 5‑10 years of experience managing and delivering interoperability requirements, including governance, data collection, and reporting.
• 5‑10 years of experience planning, preparing, coordinating, and managing events, meetings, workshops, conferences, exercises, or similar activities for cross‑functional project teams and stakeholders.
• 5‑10 years of experience facilitating and coordinating the production of meeting notes, action lists, reports, and briefings for military and civilian audiences up to Flag/General Officer level.
• Experience managing, editing, and processing interoperability data using NATO or national toolsets (e.g., CWIX Wiki or IOCore).
• 5‑10 years of Programme and Project Management experience within a complex and dynamic programme environment; PMP certification desirable.
• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to manage timelines, deliverables, task tracking, and stakeholder coordination.

Responsibilities

• Support federated interoperability activities across the capability lifecycle.
• Elicit, capture, and collect interoperability requirements across all aspects of DOTMLPFI.
• Contribute to and participate in the development of policies, directives, concepts, and process refinements related to federated interoperability.
• Monitor and assure the quality, completeness, and consistency of interoperability test data within designated tools; identify and resolve data gaps to support reporting and analysis.
• Execute structured communications with COIs, preparing participants for interoperability events and activities.
• Provide timely, actionable guidance to participants on federated interoperability processes, tools, and events.
• Coordinate and contribute to the activities of the Federated Interoperability Branch.
• Analyze interoperability data collected, producing and delivering reports and briefings.
• Administer and maintain user accounts, ensuring secure, role‑based access to designated interoperability test tools.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Short‑Term Disability (at no cost to you) & Long‑Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Professional Development opportunities
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 11 Federal Holidays each year