NAVSYS, a GPS and NetCentric innovation company, seeks a database and software solutions architect for programs delivering GPS engineering Products, Solutions and Enterprise Services to DoD and commercial customers. These products typically have tightly integrated hardware, software, firmware, and database solutions. The architect is an experienced hands-on engineer who can design and develop complete database designs with an Oracle back end and a JAVA front end in a fast paced hi-tech R&D environment. Because of the technical nature of the programs involved, the architect brings a strong technical background and direct experience. The architect possesses the ability to serve as the project team technical lead on matters concerning Oracle database architecture on some teams, as well as the ability to serve as a technical or software resource (C/C++ or Java) on others.

This position requires a motivated self-starter and team-player with the ability to address diverse challenges in a complex environment – amongst these challenges are inter-program technology dependencies and mid-program technology changes. Excellent organization and communication skills are a must. An ability to operate fluidly and efficiently and to motivate technical staff assigned in a matrix organization will contribute to the incumbent’s success:

The successful candidate should possess the following knowledge, skills and experience:

• Ten plus years relevant experience directing technical solutions and applications development
• Direct experience with technology architectures involving Oracle RDMS, Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), J2EE applications, Web services and Data Modeling required
• Experience in developing solutions with complex constraints such as limited bandwidth from tactical data links, intermittent communications failures, geographic separation of processing centers, scalability and robustness requirements, interoperability of software components and databases, and failover and load-balancing capabilities
• Ten plus years experience in software development in one of more programming languages such as Java, C++, C# and multiple integrated development environments
• Experience with developing solutions for military environments
• Competency using MS Project and other MS Office applications
• The ability to laugh when under pressure

• U.S. citizenship required and an active secret clearance is a plus. At a minimum, must be security clearance eligible
• BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.  M.S. or higher preferred
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.