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DCS Corp · 18 hours ago

Data Architect, Principal - TS

Bedford, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$88K/yr - $140K/yr

20+ years exp

DCS Corp is seeking a Principal Data Architect to provide support to the Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM). The role involves ensuring data consistency, reliability, and interoperability throughout the Mission Planning process and includes responsibilities such as designing new data schemas and advising on cloud capabilities and data integration challenges.

AerospaceManagement ConsultingNational Security

Culture & Values

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide Interoperability and Data support to assist Government Interoperability Engineers in achieving data consistency, reliability, and interoperability throughout the Mission Planning process

Provide development, maintenance, and revision of data packages and database solutions supporting Government Program Office requirements and special interest programs designated by the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA)

Design a new Mission Planning Order of Battle (MPOB) Lower Half schema for Electronic Warfare (EW), addressing misalignment between current communications data structures and the Modernized Integrated Database (MIDB)

Restart and participate in technical meetings at the TS level with NASIC (Wright-Patterson AFB), NGIC (Charlottesville, VA), and classified CCMD systems to ensure availability of data producers capable of supporting MPOB Lower Half requirements

Provide recommendations for incorporating new data from the Machine-assisted Analytic Rapid-repository System (MARS) and other classified sources into MPOB Upper Half, Lower Half, and other mission planning data formats

Serve as a senior integration analyst for the Mission Planning Interface Control Working Group (MP-ICWG), supporting new requirements and schema updates to enable interoperability with external data providers

Support Interoperability For Mission Planning Data Formats Including Mission Planning Order of Battle (MPOB)

Aircraft Tasking Data Format (ACTDF)

Electronic Warfare (EW)

Mission Planning Parametrics (MPP)

Common Route Definition (CRD)

Complete tasks resulting from ICWG Action Items, coordinating with data providers, users, and owners to ensure reliability and consistency of warfighter data

Enable data schemas by incorporating the latest DoD IT Standards Registry requirements, including Intelligence Community Information Security Markings (IC-ISM)

Support and update schemas including Appendix L, Task, Target, Text (T3D), and ACTDF

Assist in creation of new Appendix L sample data files and populate them with ELNOT/DIEQP data assigned to sample jammer files for testing, requiring domain expertise and use of unclassified data

Produce recommended designs and provide advice to the 35 IS for enhancements to the Bedrock Order of Battle Portal, including: No Strike List (NSL) additions

Incorporation of SMAC requirements

Theater-level, tactical-level, and dynamic Order of Battle data

New features and capabilities driven by real-world events

Serve as technical advisor and primary point of contact on DIA’s MARS application, replacing MIDB, requiring in-depth knowledge of MIDB interfaces and DIA intelligence capabilities

Design architectures and provide guidance for decomposing mission planning applications into containerized microservices in cloud environments

Advise on cloud capabilities and API implementations for Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS), Joint Open Mission Systems (JOMS), and Next-generation Open Mission Services (NOMS)

Provide recommendations on security controls for applications undergoing Assessment and Authorization (A&A) for operation on classified networks, including JWICS

Produce recommended designs for new mission planning data visualizations

Advise on data analytics related to producer activity, data health and currency, data quality control, and data consumption

Serve as advisor on intelligence community and geospatial capabilities supporting mission planning

Provide recommendations for data production augmentation, delegation, SOPs, and production management in response to real-world crises

Provide inputs related to USAF command and control processes and their integration with mission planning, including dynamic planning and replanning

Advise on solutions for emerging mission planning data integration challenges

Serve as technical expert for external data provider automation supporting the Mission Planning Software and Data Unified Service (SADUS), enabling automated data ingestion into the Mission Planning Cloud

Advise and assist in development of Information Support Plans (ISPs) and architectural documentation required for JOMS and NOMS to satisfy Joint Interoperability Test Command requirements

Complete ICWG action items in coordination with data providers, users, and owners to ensure data reliability and consistency for the warfighter

Qualification

Data ArchitectureCloud-based SystemsCybersecurityAgile MethodologiesData File FormatsIntelligence DataDevSecOpsDevOps PrinciplesCI/CD PipelinesEffective Communication