8-koi is currently pursuing an opportunity that would support NAWCTSD in the Acquisition and Management of Navy Training Services, in Orlando, FL.  This contract will provide support to overarching programs including; Aviation Platforms, Sea Platforms, Undersea Platforms, Schools, Research as well as other programs that fall under NAWCTSD Program Directorates or Competencies.

We are currently targeting an award date in late 2019 with Contract Transition to begin in early 2020.  As is typical in the Government Contracts Arena, Incumbent (current) employees that fit the skill set and compensation metrics, with a successful performance record will be given first right of refusal to retain employment on this contract while new applicants will be considered for all position on an as needed basis.

Please review all opportunities that are listed and apply to any/all positions that match your skill set.  For further information or any questions please reach out to byeargin@8-koi.com.

Software Development:

The 8-koi team will design, develop, implement, and document Modeling and Simulation (M&S) systems, software, research efforts, and related processes including system interoperability. The team will also identify research requirements and methods to improve current systems and processes, and will provide additional support in following areas:

a. Develop software using high order languages that is efficient, readable, and well documented.

b. Prepare reports describing status of software under development.

c. Monitor the progress of training system contractors during computer systems, software and/or equipment development and procurement. Test and install the procured item(s) upon receipt for compliance with procurement and design requirements.

d. Solve problems that arise during the development or modification of simulation related real-time computational systems.

e. Analyze requirements and prepare a software design approach for proposed training system(s). Provide alternative design approaches with tradeoff analyses and risk assessments.

f. Develop cost and lead-time estimates for the software to be developed.

g. Prepare budgets and plans for purchase and maintenance of software to be developed.

h. Conduct analyses to ensure that software designs are cost effective and satisfy requirements.

i. Develop engineering specifications detailing design, expected performance, testing, and provisions for software acceptance.

j. Review training system contractor's design approach, criteria, and design reports.

k. Review software design and conduct code reviews.

l. Monitor and adhere to the software configuration management practices.

m. Become familiar with external contractor's procedures and controls for software development in order to effectively monitor and assess the software development effort.

n. Identify problems encountered in software development and provide recommendations that resolve these problems.

o. Develop test plans and when needed, perform examinations and acceptance tests.

p. Actively maintain and enhance job related knowledge and skills in M&S, software development techniques, state-of-the-art computer architectures, emerging technologies, and other software development areas.

q. Apply decision analysis techniques to ensure that the engineering approach is cost effective and satisfies the training objectives.

r. Monitor and assess software development status and provide CSS in resolving related programmatic issues.


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