Job Details
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