ASRC Federal Holding Company
ASRC Federal is a leading government contractor furthering missions in space, public health and defense. As an Alaska Native owned corporation, our work helps secure an enduring future for our shareholders. Join our team and discover why we are a top veteran employer and Certified Great Place to Work
ASRC Federal is a leading government contractor furthering missions in space, public health and defense. As an Alaska Native owned corporation, our work helps secure an enduring future for our shareholders. Join our team and discover why we are a top veteran employer and Certified Great Place to Work
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) is a community-based collaboration model for the Weather Enterprise (i.e., government, industry, and academia) designed to accelerate innovation that improves weather forecasting systems, such as the Unified Forecast System (UFS). The result is mitigating the devastating impacts of hazardous weather and other environmental events on life, property, and the nation's economy. The EPIC contract customer is NOAA's Weather Program Office (WPO) within NOAA's Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) line office. The EPIC Performance Work Statement (PWS) describes EPIC's requirements as "advancing weather modeling skill, reclaiming and maintaining international leadership in the area of numerical weather prediction, and improving the transition of research into operations. The general objective and scope of this PWS is to obtain state-of-the-art software architecture, software engineering and scientific and technical support services to maintain and continuously expand the community modeling infrastructure that facilitates robust user support and easy access for advanced Earth system models, applications and components in the framework of the Unified Forecast System (UFS), a community-based, coupled, comprehensive Earth modeling system spanning spatial scales from local to global, and temporal scales from hourly to seasonal forecast scales."
We are seeking a Chief System Architect for NOAA EPIC.
Primary Responsibilities:
Defines and communicates the architectural vision and strategy across the organization.
Leads the design and implementation of complex technical solutions aligned with business objectives.
Evaluates emerging technologies and recommends solutions to enhance organizational capabilities.
Collaborates with stakeholders to ensure architectural consistency and alignment with strategic goals.
Mentors and guides architects and technical teams to promote best practices and architectural excellence.
Oversees the creation and maintenance of architectural documentation, standards, and guidelines.
Identifies and mitigates technical risks, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations and NOAA Information System Requirements.
Leads architectural reviews and provides guidance on critical technical decisions.
Coordinates design of subsystems and integration of total system.
Identifies, analyzes, and resolves program support deficiencies. Develops and recommends corrective actions.
May provide technical guidance for database administrators and software developers.
Working with the PM, Chief Scientist, and Chief Software Engineer, identify and collaborates with key stakeholders in the NWP and the ESM communities to identify future strategic directions to advance NWP in an ESM framework.
With the product manager, ensures that capabilities developed by the contract are advancing the highest priority science-based outcomes of stakeholders.
Requirements:
Required Qualifications:
8 years of relevant experience in related field (e.g., IT, software development, engineering)
Excellent written and communication skills
* Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a related discipline (e.g., IT, technology, engineering)
5 years of experience in systems architecture design, associated documentation, and implementation in related field (e.g., IT, software development)
Experience with Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD) software development pipelines or similar DevSecOps toolchains, incl. some aspect in the cloud
Experience with cloud-based system architecture
Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) systems design
Experience in weather-related science (incl. modeling) or forecasting, preferably Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
Experience at NOAA or similar organization that performs weather-related science or forecasting
Understands NOAA's Unified Forecast System (UFS)
Understands how Artificial Intelligence / Machine Language approaches are, and can be, applied to weather modeling and forecasting
We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.
We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.
EEO Statement
ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, religion, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.
Job Details
Job Family
Information Technology
Job Function
Cloud Computing
Pay Type
Salary
ASRC Federal is a leading government contractor furthering missions in space, public health and defense. As an Alaska Native owned corporation, our work helps secure an enduring future for our shareholders. Join our team and discover why we are a top veteran employer and Certified Great Place to Work
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) is a community-based collaboration model for the Weather Enterprise (i.e., government, industry, and academia) designed to accelerate innovation that improves weather forecasting systems, such as the Unified Forecast System (UFS). The result is mitigating the devastating impacts of hazardous weather and other environmental events on life, property, and the nation's economy. The EPIC contract customer is NOAA's Weather Program Office (WPO) within NOAA's Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) line office. The EPIC Performance Work Statement (PWS) describes EPIC's requirements as "advancing weather modeling skill, reclaiming and maintaining international leadership in the area of numerical weather prediction, and improving the transition of research into operations. The general objective and scope of this PWS is to obtain state-of-the-art software architecture, software engineering and scientific and technical support services to maintain and continuously expand the community modeling infrastructure that facilitates robust user support and easy access for advanced Earth system models, applications and components in the framework of the Unified Forecast System (UFS), a community-based, coupled, comprehensive Earth modeling system spanning spatial scales from local to global, and temporal scales from hourly to seasonal forecast scales."
We are seeking a Chief System Architect for NOAA EPIC.
Primary Responsibilities:
Defines and communicates the architectural vision and strategy across the organization.
Leads the design and implementation of complex technical solutions aligned with business objectives.
Evaluates emerging technologies and recommends solutions to enhance organizational capabilities.
Collaborates with stakeholders to ensure architectural consistency and alignment with strategic goals.
Mentors and guides architects and technical teams to promote best practices and architectural excellence.
Oversees the creation and maintenance of architectural documentation, standards, and guidelines.
Identifies and mitigates technical risks, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations and NOAA Information System Requirements.
Leads architectural reviews and provides guidance on critical technical decisions.
Coordinates design of subsystems and integration of total system.
Identifies, analyzes, and resolves program support deficiencies. Develops and recommends corrective actions.
May provide technical guidance for database administrators and software developers.
Working with the PM, Chief Scientist, and Chief Software Engineer, identify and collaborates with key stakeholders in the NWP and the ESM communities to identify future strategic directions to advance NWP in an ESM framework.
With the product manager, ensures that capabilities developed by the contract are advancing the highest priority science-based outcomes of stakeholders.
Requirements:
Required Qualifications:
8 years of relevant experience in related field (e.g., IT, software development, engineering)
Excellent written and communication skills
* Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a related discipline (e.g., IT, technology, engineering)
5 years of experience in systems architecture design, associated documentation, and implementation in related field (e.g., IT, software development)
Experience with Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD) software development pipelines or similar DevSecOps toolchains, incl. some aspect in the cloud
Experience with cloud-based system architecture
Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) systems design
Experience in weather-related science (incl. modeling) or forecasting, preferably Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
Experience at NOAA or similar organization that performs weather-related science or forecasting
Understands NOAA's Unified Forecast System (UFS)
Understands how Artificial Intelligence / Machine Language approaches are, and can be, applied to weather modeling and forecasting
We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.
We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.
EEO Statement
ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, religion, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.
Job Details
Job Family
Information Technology
Job Function
Cloud Computing
Pay Type
Salary