Interoperability Analyst

Position Title: F-35 Interoperability Analyst                              

Location: Arlington, VA

Category: Funded

Schedule (FT/PT): FT

Travel Required: N/A

Shift: Day

Remote Type: Hybrid

Clearance required: Secret with SAR eligibility

Division: Aviation

Salary: $125,000-$145,000

Who is ACT1 Federal? ACT1 Federal LLC is a 100% employee-owned company. We’ve served the Department of Defense (DoD) for nearly thirty years. Our core missions include weapon systems engineering, logistics, space domain expertise, global defense and security, business and financial management for security assistance and major defense articles, as well as military training and arctic security. Join us!

Description: 

The F-35 Interoperability (IO) Analyst serves as an IO Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office (JPO) with a primary focus on orchestrating the documentation and reporting of F-35 joint external IO design compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) net centric guidance as well as the associated external IO operational/systems interface analysis and architecture management.  This individual also serves as the F-35 IO SME for all IO-related deficiency reporting and analysis as well as IO risk management.

Responsibilities:

• Document the planned F-35 external IO design in the Department of Defense Communications Information Officer (DoD CIO)-mandated architectural views and the associated F-35 military standards compliance to support Joint Staff’s Joint Net Ready Key Performance Parameter (NR KPP) certification as well as Joint IO certification by the Joint IO Test Command (JITC)
• Orchestrate the substantive NR KPP compliance documentation required to justify to F-35 planned external IO design -- Includes authoring/documenting the associated F-35 joint military standards compliance and External IO Integrated Architecture views
• Develop and maintain the F-35 IO Support Plan (ISP) to delineate the final Block external IO design implementation and applicable military standards as well as other DoD Functional reporting compliance updates
• Tracks/orchestrates the Joint IO Certification technical and operational assessment verification activities to include required joint Waveform/Message Standards Conformance (WSC/MSC) certification and applicable Service-level testing to comply with Department of Defense JCIDS guidance
• Review and delineate joint military standards compliance and systems interface [i.e., Information Exchange Requirement (IER)] inputs on all F-35 requirements documents and Proposed Specification Change Notices (PSCNs) to ensure proper integration of IO-related certification requirements
• Provide F-35 justification documentation to justify approval of Interim Authority To Operate (IATO) approvals/extensions by the Department of Defense IO Steering Group (ISG)
• Coordinate joint certification assessments of U.S. Military Services/Partner Nation IO-related Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) to ensure F-35 airborne communications interface design implementation and associated certifications address joint and coalition force needs
• Maintain configuration control of IO-related risk management -- Provides status updates on behalf of the F-35 IO Lead to the Air System Technical Review Board (ASTRB) as well as the Risk Management Board
• Analyze identified IO-related information exchange message formatting, message transmit/receive, information fusion, and pilot vehicle interface Deficiency Reports (DRs) – Facilitates cross-functional validation of associated issues and then presents associated recommendations for proper status scoring and related mitigation plans to the JSF DR Review Board. Generates/coordinates associated issue mitigation procedures/workarounds in Flight Services Data (FSD) change requests. Maintains IO-related draft Action Request (AR) and Deficiency Report repositories
• Provide IO-related status inputs to the quarterly F-35 Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES) reporting and also serves as the IO Team point of contact for IO-related inputs and updates to all F-35 planning documents.

Required: 

• SECRET security clearance with eligibility for SAR
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical area
• 10 years of systems-to-systems level interface analysis experience in an engineering or technical position supporting DoD ACAT-I Acquisition Programs and in-depth knowledge of the Net Ready KPP and Joint IO Certification processes
• Four years of experience in processing DoD IO certification documentation as required by the JITC and DoD CIO/Joint Staff JS J6/J8
• In-depth technical understanding of joint/coalition communications network interfaces and associated IO messaging

Desired: 

• Four years of developmental and/or operational test and evaluation experience

Benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance 

• ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) 

• Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance 

• Company Paid Short-Term Disability  

• Voluntary Long-Term Disability 

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) 

• Health Savings Account (HSA) 

• 401K with employer match 

• Paid Time Off  

• Paid Holidays 

• Parental Leave 

• Military Leave 

• Education, Training & Professional Development 

• Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical Illness/Hospital Care 

• Voluntary Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, and Identity Protection 

 
 Salaries are commensurate with experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.