Chief Systems Engineer

Gridiron IT is seeking a Chief Systems Engineer to support an international program in Fairfax, VA

Position Summary: Primarily focused on the development and organization of IT Systems. Leads effort to form a structured development process that facilitates IT Systems operations.

I. Primary Responsibilities:

Database administrator (DBA) in support of Association Management System (AMS), member portal and membership databases.

Lead software architect responsible for online member portal maintenance and upgrades.

Lead reporting specialist supporting all departments as needed with reporting requirements.

Lead on development efforts for special projects as required.

Other AFCEA duties as required.

II. Education & Experience:

BS or higher in computer science or engineering discipline.

Association experience desired, but not required.

Professional Experience –

Management experience supervising employees and processes.

Data warehousing and migration experience

Cloud database services background (NoSQL, Azure SQL, or AWS RDS)

Salesforce expertise (assuming the association moves to SF as an AMS solution)

Data API coding skills (JSON/XML)

Operational report generation capabilities

Web programming language competency

An understanding of association data requirements across multiple areas (membership, donations, events, publishing/media)

Experience in the following areas would also be beneficial to the position: Java, JSP (Java Server Pages), JDBC, SQL (specifically Oracle), Database Stored Procedures, Relational Database Design, Database Administration (Oracle), HTML, CSS, Javascript, REST API, XML required.

III. Role Specific Certification:

Microsoft Certifications desired.

Remain current in association management programming and applications.

Participate in on-the-job training.

Attend programs sponsored by other associations and professional seminars or programs related to management of the association’s IT infrastructure.

IV. Role Specific Technical Competencies:

Supervisory Role – Responsible for some training and supervision of AFCEA IT and Finance staff in utilization of finance and service center database administration.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to analyze and solve problems.

Comprehensive knowledge of IT systems design and implementation.

Ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically with diverse audiences internal and external to the organization.

VIII. Physical Requirements:

This position requires sitting (80%), standing (5%), and walking (15%). Additional physical requirements are as follows:

Requires lifting materials of approximately 20-25 lbs.

Often requires extensive use of computer keyboard, mouse and monitor.

IX. Work Environment/Conditions:

Dayshift hours primarily, however, may work Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and nights without compensatory pay