Compass is looking for a motivated individual to provide operational services to the Intelligence Community. Our goal is to hire talented and passionate team members who desire to grow their skillsets, as well as the reputation of the company with our partners, clients, and stakeholders. We are looking for an individual to join an innovative team supporting mission critical/mission essential activities. Professional IT certification training opportunities and assistance are available through Compass.


Position: Technical Data and Platform Specialist - Senior (#2083)

Location: Washington Metropolitan Area, St. Louis, MO, Huntsville, AL

Clearance: Active TS/SCI

Position Description

The Senior-level Technical Data & Platform Specialist will support the development, administration, and integration of enterprise data and workflow solutions and will establish and guide others in applying relevant and meaningful criteria, such as comparing features and benefits, to evaluate and provide analysis to potential tools, technology, and software to consider for automation opportunities. This Technical Specialist will work closely with system architects, system administrators, and solution developers to design, implement, maintain, and optimize data-driven solutions supporting enterprise business operations. The candidate should have a strong understanding of data management principles, and experience supporting application and platform environments. The goal is to develop tools for executing in a more agile and efficient manner. This includes forecasting future technology, architecture, and developing tools in support of systems engineering processes. These tool(s) will be hosted leveraging dedicated cloud and container environments.

Key Duties:

• Identify and evaluate applications that can support the exploitation of data and databases.
• Assess what is required to integrate a particular tool into Agency IT environments.
• Direct preparation of required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation.
• Plan and execute the migration of the various engineering tools into the cloud per Agency policy and government guidance.
• Follow established processes and complete the appropriate documentation to ensure systems and applications migrated into the cloud achieve Authorization To Operate (ATO).
• Oversee the work of other Junior and Mid-level Tools Developer/Maintainer.
• Oversee activities to maintain the Enterprise Engineering Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in AWS, OpenShift or similar cloud-based environment.
• Identify and manage resources in both AWS and OpenShift along with leading transition to containerized services.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement Infrastructure as Code solutions for the purpose of automating deployment of critical systems and services leveraging Git, Terraform, or other solutions.
• Expertly provide cloud hosting cost estimates for planning purposes and monitor burn rates using the cloud estimation tools approved by the Government.
• Guide the expertise in the implementation, integration, and maintenance of tools to include ServiceNow, IBM DOORS Next Gen (DNG), MS Project, and Cameo to ensure data sharing and process automation.
• Leverage approved government Authoritative Sources of Truth (ASoTs), including but not limited to Atlassian suite of tools.
• Maintain visualization in approved government visualization applications and coordinate visualization support with applicable teams.

Required Qualifications:

• Knowledge of IT Service Management (ITSM) processes.
• Experience working in cloud environments (AWS, OpenShift, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Experience with data analytics and reporting tools.
• Understanding of cybersecurity and data governance principles.

Desired Qualifications:

• NGA experience
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Experience with ServiceNow Administration or Development.
   

Work Level:

• Leadership
• Management
• Key member of team
• Oversees or monitors task(s)
• Provides Issue Resolution

Guidance Required:

• Provides Senior-level guidance and direction
• Directs multiple personnel/contractors through entire project life cycle

Skills and Tasks:

• Able to develop & use exceptionally complex concepts & processes
• Performs multiple tasks at specialist level
• Leads multiple Junior/Mid-level personnel
• May be recognized as a SME
• Evaluates & recommends new technology & processes based upon cost, risk, mission

Education:

• Master’s degree plus 4 years of experience, or
• Bachelor’s degree plus 6 years’ experience, or
• Associate’s degree plus 8 years’ experience, or
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in a related field

Details:
Target Salary Range: $132,600 - $206,600. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, clearance, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations.

EEO: Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

Compass, Inc. (Compass) is a Small Business (SB) headquartered in Winchester, VA as a Defense and Intelligence solutions provider to the United States Government. We provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA), Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS), and Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) to our government and business partner customers. As a premier Defense and Intelligence solution provider, we employee a diverse, agile, highly trained and extremely talented staff.