What are the responsibilities and job description for the USAF - Technical Advisor position at cFocus Software Incorporated?
cFocus Software seeks a Technical Advisor to join our program supporting the United States Air Force (USAF). This position is on-site in Linthicum Heights, MD. This position requires an Active TS/SCI clearance.
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- Experience evaluating enterprise IT solutions and advising stakeholders on technical strategy.
- Broad knowledge of infrastructure, applications, cloud and hybrid environments, data integration, and cybersecurity.
- Ability to translate mission requirements into technical alternatives and actionable recommendations.
- Experience developing engineering trade studies, feasibility assessments, and technical risk analyses.
- Ability to evaluate technical debt, lifecycle costs, build/buy options, and modernization priorities.
- Understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD, configuration management, and secure systems integration.
- Working knowledge of RMF, authorization boundaries, and security requirements for mission systems.
- Strong analytical, technical writing, briefing, and stakeholder coordination skills
- Analyze mission priorities and incoming IT and cybersecurity requirements; identify technical needs, dependencies, constraints, and gaps for stakeholder resolution.
- Advise on enterprise IT architecture, cloud computing strategy, and enterprise data strategy in alignment with DC3 priorities and approved standards.
- Assess existing systems and proposed solutions for feasibility, interoperability, security, maintainability, scalability, and operational impact.
- Support technical evaluations of data-layer interoperability with designated DoD mission partner architectures and systems of record.
- Develop engineering trade studies comparing Refactor, Replatform, Replace, and Retire alternatives before legacy architecture changes, including Total Cost of Ownership models.
- Conduct cost-benefit and build/buy analyses to inform resource allocation, acquisition strategies, portfolio priorities, and investment decisions.
- Assess technical debt in code architecture, obsolete infrastructure, security compliance gaps, and data schemas; contribute to the Enterprise Technical Debt Register.
- Recommend modernization priorities and transition approaches; support remediation planning and approved execution through modular DevSecOps sprints.
- Review technical designs and integration approaches across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments; document risks, assumptions, and tradeoffs.
- Advise on CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Configuration as Code, security guardrails, and configuration management practices supporting repeatable delivery.
- Coordinate with cybersecurity specialists on Zero Trust alignment, authorization boundaries, RMF controls, and technical evidence supporting ATO and continuous ATO.
- Research emerging technologies and cybersecurity best practices; present benefits, risks, prerequisites, and implementation recommendations for Government consideration.
- Evaluate proposed AI capabilities and use cases with relevant specialists; support research and testing before Government-approved adoption.
- Support enterprise evolution roadmaps, lifecycle planning, resilience, and recovery reviews; coordinate technical dependencies with project and operations teams.
- Prepare technical assessments, decision briefs, recommendations, and stakeholder presentations; facilitate collaboration with internal and external mission partners.