Job Description

Job Description:
Essential Job Functions

* Architects highly complex, global solutions across the appropriate engineering environments to meet business requirements or enhance performance.
* Reviews cost analyses and vendor comparison reports to ensure cost-effective and efficient operations. Recommends vendor/approach and presents to senior management.
* Reviews and recommends highly complex systems investment(s) to management and customers based on results of independent assessment of current and future performance, stability, and systems management/life cycle issues.
* Provides escalated, highly complex technical support to customers by investigating and resolving systems-related matters of significance; provides support telephonically and/or electronically.
* Plans, conducts and oversees the technical aspects of large, complex projects; coordinates the efforts of technical support staff in the performance of assigned projects. Reviews completion and implementation of system additions and/or enhancements and provides management overview.
* Develops and applies advanced methods, theories and research techniques in the investigation and solution of highly complex system requirements and problems. Develops training tools and documentation; oversees implementation of same.
* Reviews literature, patents and current practices to support business requirements and/or new industry technology. Prepares reports and/or recommendations regarding new technology to appropriate personnel.
* Provides complex technical consultation on current and proposed systems to other organizations and clients.
* Provides leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel.

Basic Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
* Bachelor's degree in engineering, systems engineering, physics, computer science, management information systems, or related field preferred
* Twelve or more years of experience in systems engineering, software engineering, operating systems programming or naval architecture
* Experience working with specific software and/or hardware systems with a specific concentration in one or more areas
* Experience working with one or more structured programming languages
* Experience working with design principles and applications

Other Qualifications

* Strong leadership skills to effectively mentor and lead junior level personnel
* Strong analytical and creative problem solving skills for design, creation and testing of complex systems
* Strong communication skills to communicate systems proposals to management and customers and provide systems diagnoses and resolution for current systems
* Strong interpersonal skills to interact with customers, senior level personnel, subordinates and team members
* Strong organization skills to prioritize work, balance and lead complex projects
* Ability to work independently and as part of a global team
* Ability to integrate highly complex hardware and software systems

Work Environment

* Office environment