Location

On site at Fort George G. Meade, MD, on a hybrid schedule. Daily on-site coverage Monday through Friday, core hours 0900 to 1500 ET; the onsite and telework balance is set by the COR at award.

About RAND Consulting Group

RAND Consulting Group, LLC (RCG) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and SBA 8(a) firm supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community in financial management, PPBE, audit readiness, ServiceNow, and cloud data products. RCG holds a Top Secret facility clearance, CMMC Level 2 certification, and ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001, and ISO/IEC 20000-1 certifications.

Position Summary

Serve as the lead technical engineer on a Department of Defense emerging technology program. Working independently or with minimal oversight, you will assess, evaluate, pilot, and transition new technologies and lead system integration testing in a government technology analysis lab.

Responsibilities

• Lead system integration testing for candidate technologies with minimal oversight.
• Conduct technology assessments covering maturity, usability, security, scalability, DoD deployment history, cost model, Technology Readiness Level, and solution architecture, and write the assessment reports that support the decision to proceed to evaluation.
• Set up, configure, deploy, and secure new technologies in a test environment; develop test plans and measures, conduct testing, and write test reports.
• Produce concept and solution architecture diagrams, system and operational views, ports, protocols and services documentation, software bills of material, and hardware requirements.
• Run vulnerability scans, recommend security configurations, and identify issues that would prevent production deployment.
• Support pilot deployments in production or production-like environments, from pilot planning and architecture through installation, testing against success criteria, and post-pilot reporting.
• Conduct security assessments and prepare the documentation needed for deployment and an Authorization to Operate (ATO), including briefings and artifacts for the Authorizing Official.
• Prepare transition artifacts such as the transition plan, system design document, configuration management plan, and risk management plan, and lead technical exchanges and informal user training with receiving organizations.
• Monitor emerging technology trends and contribute to the program technology watchlist.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of DoD experience.
• Active Secret clearance. U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to provide on-site support at Fort George G. Meade, MD, during core hours.
• Where the role includes privileged access to Government systems, a DoD 8140 certification aligned to the applicable DCWF work role, obtained before award or within three months of award.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with technology assessment, evaluation, or pilot programs in a DoD environment.
• Experience preparing RMF security documentation and ATO packages.
• Scripting in Python, Linux shell (Bash), or PowerShell.

This position is contingent upon contract award. RAND Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.