Chief of Platform Operations

As Chief of Platform Operations, you will be assigned to support the US Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC), Operational Command and Control Acquisition Delta, known as Kobayashi Maru. Kobayashi Maru is responsible for continuously delivering impactful software for space operations. The program office's mission includes the development and deployment of software for space defense, space domain awareness, and enabling data services.

***Contingent upon contract award***

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Identify task requirements, interdependencies, and key resources for project success.
• Set goals, benchmarks, and objectives with progress milestones to measure success.
• Continuously measure task performance, reporting progress, risks, issues, problems, and variances from benchmarks.
• Analyzes issues to advise courses-of-action
• Assesses delivered and future capabilities to enable maximum performance delivery
• Work closely with stakeholders to develop, maintain and monitor system requirements
• Ensure development and deployment of solutions meet performance, security, compliance standards, and industry best practices
• Ensure seamless interoperability and integration with existing platforms
• Continuously cloud and platform capabilities and performance
• Ensure high performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Work with the Platform Architect to proactively adapt and evolve our architectural strategies.

***Contingent upon contract award***

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications

Clearance: Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS

Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, STEM, or IT from an accredited institution

Years of Experience: 15 years of professional experience as a cloud engineer, hybrid cloud engineer, DevOps engineer, or software systems engineer

Certifications: Cloud Solutions Architect Expert OR Cloud Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

Skills:

• Expertise with cloud/hybrid cloud computing platforms and their services within various security domains
• Proven experience in designing and implementing large-scale, complex systems that integrate cloud and on-premises platforms with an understanding of storage, compute, and throughput capabilities
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and cloud-native technologies (containers, Kubernetes, serverless computing)
• Strong background in enterprise architecture, systems integration, and hybrid/multi-cloud strategies
• Extensive knowledge of platform services, middleware, and enterprise integration frameworks
• Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and cloud management practices
• Extensive knowledge of cloud security, compliance, and governance

Preferred Qualifications

Clearance: Active Top Secret (TS) clearance

Education: Master's Degree and 13 years of relevant experience; PhD and 10 years of relevant experience

Certifications: Cloud Solutions Architect Expert, Cloud Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, PMP or similar certification

Additional Information

Travel: 10%

Remote:El Segundo. CA or Colorado Springs, CO preferred

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***Contingent upon contract award***

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, is an innovative small business committed to providing world-class technical, management, and training support services to government and public sector clients. We focus on people, processes, and performance to deliver superior results. Since our inception in 1997, our commitment to mission success and customer satisfaction has been recognized with exponential growth and exceptional past performance ratings. We accept challenging assignments and drive projects from the planning stages, through implementation, and into operations and support.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

This position is filled through continuous recruitment and will remain open until a sufficient pool of applications has been received.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Tricare supplement, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, employee assistance program, learning and development benefit, paid time off, and holidays.

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