Systems Engineer / Decommissioning Lead - Military Veterans

ASRC Federal is a leading government contractor furthering missions in space, public health and defense. As an Alaska Native owned corporation, our work helps secure an enduring future for our shareholders. Join our team and discover why we are a top veteran employer and Certified Great Place to Work™

ASRC Federal is seeking a strategic and hands-on Systems Engineer / Decommissioning Lead, with extensive experience in decommissioning projects. Our program supports the Defense Health Agency's mission to deploy industry-leading solutions by providing a full range of business, operational, and technical work streams for the Program Executive Office (PEO), Defense Healthcare Management Systems (DHMS), and the associated Program Management Offices.

The Decommissioning Lead will drive the planning, progress, solutioning, and executional oversight of decommissioning activities for decommissioning Theater Medical Data Store (TMDS) Software Test Facility (STF). This role demands a proactive individual who can navigate a complex stakeholder ecosystem, facilitate meetings, understand intricate technical topics, and apply robust program management skills needed to ensure executional certainty. Over time, as systems decommission, focus will shift more toward integration initiative across the modernized portfolio.

This role will work closely with the DHA leaders, the prime contractor, multiple vendors, and multiple subcontractors in support of the Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems (J OMIS) program.

Work location is remote.

Responsibilities:

• Work with ecosystem of stakeholders (internal & external) to develop and maintain decommissioning plans, ensuring they are viable and proceed according to schedule
• Support in execution of decommissioning activities, ensuring all activities are strategically aligned and executed efficiently
• Work across value teams to identify, evaluate, and elevate key milestones, risks/mitigations, and dependencies in decommissioning as well as with broader integration efforts
• Work closely with Value Teams and vendor staff to establish and communicate priorities, ensuring slippage of schedules or performance is communicated across value teams and up to JOMIS leadership
• Develop materials presenting Courses of Action (COAs), Levels of Effort (LOEs), and the status of decommissioning activities
• Support the identification of key Theater Medical Data Store (TMDS) use cases and ensure they are appropriately mapped to modernized systems or document decisions not to map functionalities
• Serve as a liaison between management and technical staff to ensure common understanding and effective communication of decommissioning efforts
• Attend and contribute to key engineering forums, including technical working groups and the Engineering Review Board (ERB).
• Assist in Program Increment (PI) Planning to ensure integration efforts, starting with the TMDS decommissioning, are properly estimated, committed to, and tracked.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Healthcare IT, or a related field is required. Master's degree is preferred.

• PMP certification (preferred but not required)

• Proven experience in program management, particularly within Operational Medicine and Healthcare IT software development
• Extensive experience in decommissioning projects
• Experience working in a government environment, particularly with the Department of Defense
• Strong background in Agile methodologies and tools, particularly JIRA and Confluence
• Strategic thinker with excellent problem-solving and critical thinking abilities
• Strong technical acumen and ability to understand complex technical topics
• Exceptional facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to navigate and manage complex stakeholder ecosystems
• Proficiency in developing and presenting detailed project plans, status reports, and risk assessments

• Ability to perform multiple / fragmented tasks at once with poise in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with high degree of accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; capable of tailoring complex concepts in a clear, concise, unambiguous, engaging, and convincing manner to persuade effectively, influence and negotiate, as appropriate

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to develop effective working relationships with team while demonstrating a positive, personal, and professional image; ability to hold others accountable and push back when necessary
• Proven track record of working independently, setting priorities, planning workflow, taking initiative, and delivering complex projects on time and within budget
• Must be a flexible, positive team player providing outstanding customer service
• U.S. citizenship is required and ability to obtain a government-issued CAC (Common Access Card)

We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.

EEO Statement

ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, religion, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.