Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Senior Solutions Architect
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80509
Job Descriptions:
Ready for What’s Next? At Kratos, we encourage an entrepreneurial spirit balanced with discipline. We work hard, and take care of our customers, employees, and families. Recognized as thought leaders in our industry, we are motivated by creating and delivering innovative solutions to our nation and global customers. Join a world class team of solution architects designing complex systems to meet mission needs and solve demanding problems. This position will focus on the solution design and technical proposal development for enterprise ground systems related to satellites and in orbit assets. Primary job duties will be to support business development and capture activities including shaping campaigns, supporting industry & partner engagements, interfacing with potential customers to understand technical requirements, determining available solutions, and providing technical leadership as a solutions architecture.
Required Experience:
Explain how satellite operations and distributed ground system work (be able to draw functions w/ work-flow)
Understand data, control, and status interfaces between C2 elements
Review customer requirements and identify gaps vs. current in-house products/capabilities
Real-time, ground-based command & control (C2) of LEO, MEO, GEO, HEO satellites
Experience with C2 of small and large constellations of commercial and federal satellites
Experience with cloud-based C2 (CBC2) using micro-service applications
Cloud computing, data analytics, network communication, and hybrid cloud architectures
Decompose applications into microservices
Determine effort to modify applications for cloud deployment)
Experience with DevSecOps
Compute network and storage requirements for cloud deployments
Knowledge of TT&C and flight dynamics
Power Point, Visio, Word, Excel, architectural diagraming
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Skills and Experience
Experience estimating engineering effort required to fill gaps based on technical gap analysis
Understanding of business development, capture management, & development/delivery functions
Experience with digital engineering such as Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)
Experience with agile software development process
Satellite mission planning and scheduling
#LI-Hybrid
The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skills.
Competitive salary based on experience and education Salary Range: $150,000-$200,000
Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offerings—from commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. Customers trust us to stay relevant and know we are in it for the long-haul. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on. And, we always deliver.
This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.
Keyword: Cloud, Satellite Communications, Systems Engineering, Enterprise Software Development, Systems Integration
Kratos Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Disability Accessibility Accommodation
If you require an accommodation to navigate or apply to our careers site, please send your request to HRAccessibility@kratosdefense.com or call 858-964-2916. Any inquires not related to requesting an accommodation will be discarded.
Pay Transparency
The company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
Job Applicant Privacy Notice
For applicants in the EU and California residents, please review our privacy notice.
From: Kratos Defense
Ready for What’s Next? At Kratos, we encourage an entrepreneurial spirit balanced with discipline. We work hard, and take care of our customers, employees, and families. Recognized as thought leaders in our industry, we are motivated by creating and delivering innovative solutions to our nation and global customers. Join a world class team of solution architects designing complex systems to meet mission needs and solve demanding problems. This position will focus on the solution design and technical proposal development for enterprise ground systems related to satellites and in orbit assets. Primary job duties will be to support business development and capture activities including shaping campaigns, supporting industry & partner engagements, interfacing with potential customers to understand technical requirements, determining available solutions, and providing technical leadership as a solutions architecture.
Required Experience:
Explain how satellite operations and distributed ground system work (be able to draw functions w/ work-flow)
Understand data, control, and status interfaces between C2 elements
Review customer requirements and identify gaps vs. current in-house products/capabilities
Real-time, ground-based command & control (C2) of LEO, MEO, GEO, HEO satellites
Experience with C2 of small and large constellations of commercial and federal satellites
Experience with cloud-based C2 (CBC2) using micro-service applications
Cloud computing, data analytics, network communication, and hybrid cloud architectures
Decompose applications into microservices
Determine effort to modify applications for cloud deployment)
Experience with DevSecOps
Compute network and storage requirements for cloud deployments
Knowledge of TT&C and flight dynamics
Power Point, Visio, Word, Excel, architectural diagraming
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Skills and Experience
Experience estimating engineering effort required to fill gaps based on technical gap analysis
Understanding of business development, capture management, & development/delivery functions
Experience with digital engineering such as Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)
Experience with agile software development process
Satellite mission planning and scheduling
#LI-Hybrid
The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skills.
Competitive salary based on experience and education Salary Range: $150,000-$200,000
Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offerings—from commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. Customers trust us to stay relevant and know we are in it for the long-haul. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on. And, we always deliver.
This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.
Keyword: Cloud, Satellite Communications, Systems Engineering, Enterprise Software Development, Systems Integration
Kratos Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Disability Accessibility Accommodation
If you require an accommodation to navigate or apply to our careers site, please send your request to HRAccessibility@kratosdefense.com or call 858-964-2916. Any inquires not related to requesting an accommodation will be discarded.
Pay Transparency
The company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
Job Applicant Privacy Notice
For applicants in the EU and California residents, please review our privacy notice.
From: Kratos Defense