Expert-level Computer Scientist - Tampa, United States - Celestar

Description

Celestar Corporation is seeking an Expert-level Computer Scientist (Information Sharing Program Support) supporting the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Directorate of Intelligence (J2) located at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida and at a variety of other locations throughout CONUS/OCONUS and the USCENTCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR). If interested and qualified, we welcome you to apply for this challenging opportunity.

ANTICIPATED AWARD MONTH: June 2024

ANTICIPATED START MONTH: December 2024

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 Base Year + 4 Option Years

LOCATION: CENTCOM HQ on MacDill AFB (Tampa, FL)

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: Active TS/SCI with Poly Security Clearance

About Us

Celestar, a Veteran Owned Company is Very Competitive with Salaries and Benefits. As an example, we offer Company Paid Benefits that include Employee and Family Dental Insurance, Employee Health Insurance, Life Insurance and Disability Insurance as well. We also offer a 401K retirement company match, paid Holidays and Personal Time off.

Responsibilities

• The Contractor shall research, support development of and prepare intelligence assessments in formats approved by DIA/CENTCOM, meet or exceed DIA/CENTCOM quality and tradecraft standards, and provide products within mutually agreed upon timelines.
• The contractor will support gathering, vetting, documenting, assigning and tracking of information sharing requirements with traditional/nontraditional mission partners and ensuring the appropriate information is available to the DODIIS enterprise.
• Support J2 Government/Military and SME requests for information which can be obtained from general open sources (i.e. Internet, academic institutions, public institutions, and etcetera).
• Coordinate with the CENTCOM user community in defining their information sharing requirements.
• Assist in the migration planning for systems being deactivated.
• Investigate/assign requirements to program stakeholders.
• Track/participate in system design efforts for new information sharing systems coming on board.
• Track the development of new systems in the IC and DOD to inform J21 technical leadership of external capabilities being developed which could benefit the USCENTCOM information sharing mission.
• Track requirements satisfaction, collect and communicate customer requirements.
• Monitor computer software tools/systems (to include the Command and Control of the Information Environment (C2IE), Automated Information Discovery Environment (AIDE), Protected Internet eXchange (PiX), the All Partners Access Network (APAN), the RED DOT Improvised Explosive Device (IED) alert reporting system, and others as required.
• Develop/provide technical orientation/status presentations.
• Interface with senior managers at various peer and national level organizations to advocate for the use and funding of the USCENTCOM Information Sharing program.
• Develop funding budgets for Information Sharing program stakeholders.
• Support USCENTCOM J2 leadership as required to obtain Information Sharing program funding.

Required Experience

• Minimum 20 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• 15 years of experience working in the Department of Defense (DOD) Intelligence Community (IC) to include a minimum of:

o Five (5) years of experience in data/knowledge management,

o Five (5) years software development experience,

o Two (2) years of experience working for the US Central Command (USCENTCOM) and

o One (1) year in a Systems Engineering Task Assistance (SETA) position.

• Prior staff officer service and field experience in the USCENTCOM AOR
• Ability to support decision-makers in developing strategic plans, identifying funding sources, and providing technical support in meeting organizational goals regarding USCENTCOM information sharing products and services.
• Hands-on working knowledge of DOD and IC information sharing tools.
• Hands-on working knowledge of cloud computing and implementation within the DODIIS environment.

Desired Education: Master's degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education

Come onboard with a company that Values its Employees

Celestar is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, disability status, gender identity or national origin.