System Architect, Mobile Domain System Design

MD System Integration: as techOPI to direct, monitor and support MD system integration

• Direct MD SI team: as needed providing direction on MD SI priority and delivery dates.
• Monitor and support MD SI team: coordinating with stakeholders on issues potentially impacting MD SI; conducting weekly update meetings with MD SI team.
• PI planning support: supporting MD SI team on PI planning, including preplanning discussion with the team, and participating PI planning with the team.
• SAFe support: participating in daily Scrum meetings; participating in bi-weekly sprint planning, sprint review, sprint demo.
• Monitor MD SI technical issues: conducting regular reviews of observations and SPR’s related to MD SI.
• Coordinate with other test houses on MD baseline test, including SIL and SOS SI (MD).
• Field visit/test witness in Calgary: conducting quarterly visits to MD SI team in Calgary, to coordinate with MD SI team, and to witness actual tests.
• Conducting reviews on MD SI technical documents, including test plan and test cases, lab layout plan, and delivery submission such as VDD and EDP.

MD Baseline support: to monitor MD Baseline management working group

• Monitoring MD Baseline progression: working with baseline manager to manage the MD Baselines, including baseline progression from creation to release.
• Participating in MD Baseline WG meetings and reporting MD Baseline status.

MD System Design and Architecture

• Conduct technical design review on MD system design through CR Review Meeting.
• Participate in MD Steering Committee and review issues and designs.
• Participate in MD Architecture Working Group meeting and review designs.
• Participate in MD SPR Review meetings and review SPRs.
• Participate in bi-weekly working group meetings and review technical issues.

MD IM: D3 IMO and D3 EIS IA (info admin)

• As EIS IA, administering EIS MD SharePoint access, including regular access and restricted access on ITAR controlled items.
• As D3 IMO, administering DWAN SharePoint.

MD Document Management:

• Coordinate with engineering staff on document management.

Support Mobile Domain trials and exercise:

• Provide technical support to MD trials at the System Integration Lab (SIL) with System Problem Report management and reports.

Qualifications

• Proof of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) Master’s degree in network, software, computer, systems, electrical, or a suitable engineering or technical field required to support Land C4ISR.
• Must have demonstrated Professional Engineer License within Canada.
• Experience as a System Architect on Military Command and Control Communication and Information systems or ISTAR systems.
• Experience in the preparation of technical concept documents, system specifications, and technical proposals in the field of Information Technology / Information management or engineering.
• Communicating information technology frameworks/strategies to management and technical staff.
• Communicating system engineering direction for projects or systems.
• Providing advice, guidance, and recommendations on technical issues to support the decision-making of senior management.
• Leading multidisciplinary teams in the development of IT tactical systems, frameworks or strategies.
• Developing architecture in one or more of the following areas:
• System requirements gathering for complex systems;
• System level architecture for command and control communication and information systems within a distributed platform environment;
• System level architecture for command and control communication and information systems, within a Client/Server environment;
• C4ISR systems; and/or
• Data architecture definition and implementation for C4ISR systems or similar systems.
• Analyzing, designing and/or implementing solutions in one or more of the following areas:
• Command and control communication and information systems within a distributed platform environment;
• Command and control communication and information systems within a client/server environment;
• Military ISTAR systems;
• Joint or Allied C4ISR Interoperability solutions using NATO Standardization Agreements; and
• System management solutions (tools and processes) for communication & information systems and/or ISTAR systems.
• Demonstrated work experience in system integration, verification and validation, for hardware and software components (COTS and/or custom developed) in new or existing systems, in one of the following areas:
• Command and control communication and information systems within a distributed platform environment;
• Command and control communication and information systems within a client/server environment;
• Military ISTAR systems; Joint or Allied C4ISR Interoperability solutions using NATO Standardization Agreements; and
• System management solutions (tools and processes) for communication & information systems and/or ISTAR systems.