Capabilities And Requirements System Architect Senior Analyst

Firebird AST is seeking an onsite Capabilities and Requirements System Architect Senior Analyst with an active DoD Top Secret clearance to support the N98G at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. The contract is pending; anticipated award is April 2025.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Use government provided information and direction to draft, edit, staff and review requirements documentation including: Initial Capabilities Document (ICD), Information System (IS)
• Lead/facilitate Integrated product Teams (IPT) by guiding IPT members (e.g. OPNAV N98 requirements managers and Program Office engineers/acquisition experts) to use DoDAF products and best practices to draft CR and other requirements documents (as described above) that align with current OPNAV and DoD policies, guidance, and format.
• Assist in the preparation of briefing materials for use at Navy Capabilities Boards (NCB), Resources and Requirements Review Boards (R3B), and Joint/other reviews as required to include required DoDAF 2.02 views, or other system views as needed.
• Attend government meetings that can influence requirements generations or updates such as: NCB, R3B, Functional Capability Board (FCB) Working Groups, FCB, Joint Capability Board (JCB), Naval Aviation Requirements Group (NARG), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), and Program Reviews/ Meetings and provide requirements based analysis to OPNAV (N98) staff.
• Analysis: Infer basic use cases (i.e. ways the user can employ or makes use of a system to generate results) from government furnished information and model system architectural views that describe the interactions.
• Assist in drafting Study Plans and guidance for Capabilities Based Assessments (CBA) and Analysis of Alternatives (AoA).
• Monitor CBAs and AoAs and provide requirements based analysis to OPNAV (N98) staff.

REQUIRED

• Must have active DoD Top Secret clearance.
• 7 years experience working in the development of systems and systems concepts, defining system requirements, selecting technologies, and making design decisions.
• Engineering or business bachelors degree.
• Two years of DoD Program Office acquisition experience.

PREFERRED

• Journeyman DoDAF architect who can create DODAF 2.02 views using specialized DoDAF software tools preferred).

EDUCATION

• Bachelors degree in engineering or business

CLEARANCE

• Active DoD Top Secret

About Firebird AST:

Firebird AST is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) based in Northern Virginia and a market-recognized leader within the IC, Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and Law Enforcement. We maintain a corporate culture deeply rooted in the US Military core values that gave us our start - honor, integrity, commitment, and selfless service. For this reason, our customers' needs and missions always comes first. We seek hard working, highly experienced, extremely motivated, professionally proven subject matter experts, trainers, leaders, innovators, and technical experts to serve on our team. Firebird AST has a firm understanding that our employees are our greatest asset and that, accordingly, they are to be provided the greatest level of respect and care possible.

Firebird AST is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.