SIGINT Systems Architect

The SIGINT Systems Architect is a member of a high performing team supporting the customer Chief Architect by providing expert advice and performing activities and tasks necessary to define and implement an innovative future SIGINT space architecture in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. The SIGINT Systems Architect supports the development of overhead SIGINT architectures and integration of new capabilities, including requirements definition, analysis and systems engineering to meet compelling national security needs.

Responsibilities Include: 

• Develop Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and architecture requirements, initial requirements flow-down, initial validation and verification approaches, trade studies, and analysis of enterprise-level and segment-specific portions of the end-to-end system
• Perform early architecture level acquisition activities, including evaluating system level trades against enterprise level budgets, acquisition milestones, design reviews, technology assessment, and technology development
• Assist with enterprise architecting, including the development of new concepts, analysis of trades, and engagement across the customer enterprise to manage dependencies and synchronize development activities
• Lead and conduct cost-performance trade studies to identify and assess satellite constellation architectural options. Liaise with mission analysis and acquisition teams to ensure completeness 
• Support annual budget formulation, including developing contingent responses to potential increases and decreases in funding
• Assist coordination with stakeholders and oversight on performance capabilities and acquisition deliverables 
• Develop and coordinate strategic, executive communications, and decision briefings in support of customer priorities, acquisitions, and missions

• Support evaluation of developer proposals

• Support customer design reviews, providing technical insight to evaluate developer design effectiveness and maturity

• Support the customer Chief Engineer and Chief of Outreach as required