AOC Engineer, Top Secret

DCS has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Air Operations Center (AOC) Engineer to support the C3C / Kessel Run (KR) Division, which is within the USAF C3BM Directorate.

The Contractor shall provide Air Operations Center Engineering support to assist the program manager in daily office efforts to develop, or perform management operations that involve planning, coordinating, or evaluating the logistical actions required to support a specified mission, weapons system, or other designated program. The Contractor shall identify and maintain key documentation through wiki sites for the Operations Command-and Control (OpC2) branch needed to support the program; and correlate those requirements with program plans to assure that the needed support is provided at the right time and place. The Contractor shall apply Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) experience and expertise to support usability testing and user experience research and design for Kessel Run software applications. 

Essential Job Functions:

Identify, collect, synthesize, organize, and manage organizational knowledge in support of portfolios and products across the branch

Accumulate, understand, and leverage knowledge about the business activity on behalf of the organization and its stakeholders

Building and organize the company's conceptual assets into knowledge bases through wiki sites

Gather inputs/documentation, draft responses and facilitate reporting processes to inquiries from various sources

Assist in documenting and testing operational processes within/between applications to support analysis of operational threads within/between applications for integration and test

Assist in performing in-depth validation of systems, including development of criteria and procedures; analyze and/or evaluate results of major engineering systems

Assist in performing in-depth program reviews to evaluate alternative proposed plans, systems engineering programs, design, and test results to assure that subsystem and system performance is achieved in accordance with program specifications

Assist in performing and conducting in-depth reviews on program portfolio to evaluate  and/or recommend alternative plans, improve systems engineering programs/processes, manage/sustain program technical baseline, and design/perform system level tests to assure that subsystems and system performance is achieved in accordance with approved specifications

Assist in performing and providing in-depth engineering support services and inputs to program and project risk management activities in compliance with AF SEAM processes

Assist in performing and providing in-depth engineering support to conduct formal trade studies based on engineering performance, effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life cycle cost, producibility, reliability, maintainability, risk, and schedule.

Assist in performing and providing in-depth technical recommendation support services, including reviews, studies, audits, evaluations and analyses, scientific and procedural guidance, documentation, technical analysis, and support of associated engineering IPTs

Assist in performing and providing in-depth proposal analysis support services that compare and quantify proposed systems, components, approaches for technical feasibility, compatibility, and cost effectiveness

Assist in performing and providing product and application usability testing for
KRADOS weapon system applications

Assist in performing and providing support for stakeholder management and communication operations as a Kessel Run conduit to Air Force Air Operations Centers

Required Skills:

Must be a US citizen

Must have and be able to maintain a Top Secret level clearance

Bachelors and 12 years of experience

Desired Skills:

MS/MA Degree

10+ years of related experience

The proposed salary range for this position is:

Salary Range: $120,506-$155,000

At DCS, we pride ourselves on providing flexibility that allows employees to balance meaningful work with their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for learning and development.

Our broad and competitive mix of benefits is designed to support and protect employees and their families. Our robust benefit offerings include medical, dental, 401k, ESOP, PTO, education reimbursement, work/life balance, parental and other leave programs.

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