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