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Learn more about Cole Engineering, our customers and our services.

Benefits:

The greatest benefit of working with CESI is knowing that you are contributing to the training of warriors protecting the American way of life. Other benefits include:

  • Medical/Vision/ADD Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Short Term/Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Simple IRA (Company Match Contribution)
  • Roth IRA (option)
  • 15 days of Personal Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Holidays
  • Vision
  • Health Savings Account (option)
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (option)
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Resumes should be submitted to: jobs@coleengineering.com


Current Job Opportunities:

Project Control Analyst/Scheduler

Minimum/General Experience:  5+ (five) years of related job experience working on government DoD programs, with scheduling, billing and project control.

Functional Responsibility:  Responsible for support of program planning, tracking, analysis and reporting.

  • Develop and update program schedules.
  • Implement financial procedures in support of the program, develop and maintain budget baselines and EACs and provide variance analyses.
  • Develop and analyze Estimates to Complete and Estimates at Completion
    • Prepare cost estimate projections for proposed funding allocations and spending plans
    • Establish and maintain budget baselines
    • Assist in preparation of Program Management Review presentations
    • Ensure compliance with company EAC policy
  • Provide guidance to program on EVMS process and tool integration
  • Provide training to team on EVMS process and implementation; develop and perform monthly CAM reviews
  • Provide support for Program Integrated Baseline Review(s).
  • Measure performance (earned value) on a regular basis and generate EV reports, graphs, analysis, etc. Be able to prepare CPR & CFSR data items. Ensure cost/schedule integration is maintained per industry standards. Ensure compliance with CESI EVM policies & procedures.
  • Provide support, when needed, in developing plans and procedures in implementing a standard IMP/IMS approach.
  • Update, as required, the Work Breakdown Structure, the mapping and integration of statements of work, and the incorporation of appropriate criteria for measuring Earned Value
  • Monitor and report performance against plans to ensure that contractual, cost, and schedule objectives are met.
  • Maintain current spend plan based upon funding/requirements to include Organic labor, Subcontractors, Contract Labor, ODC and Material.
  • Monitor actual costs and commitments (contract labor, Subcontractors ODC & Material) at the SLIN/ACRN level.
  • Maintain Charge Numbers and distribute to team
  • Monitor financial cost/schedule of subcontractor efforts
  • Produce financial CDRLs as required per contract
  • Provide bi-weekly invoice cost breakdown to the program manager
  • Monitor funding and ceiling modifications
  • Assist in the development and analysis of cost proposals for submittal to customers
  • If needed, order/monitor program ODCs/Material purchases
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  • Implement financial procedures in support of the program, develop and maintain budget baselines and EACs and provide variance analyses.

Skill Requirements

  • Must be proficient in MS Project (equivalent scheduling tools also recommended) and EVMS principles, including integration of cost and schedule information
  • IMS resource loading experience; critical path analysis and experience in supporting government program/project management ANSI 748 compliance requirements, and performance measurement schedule baseline experience
  • Quality Assurance Experience is a plus
  • Understanding of all government project types, Cost Plus, Fixed Price, and Time and Materials
  • Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Knowledge of Deltek MPM preferred
  • GCS experience preferred
  • Must have good presentation, communication, and training skills
  • Must have good financial analytical skills and work well in teams
  • Must have good organizational skills and ability to coordinate multiple activities effectively
  • Must be self-motivated and have the ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Must be a US Citizen; Position requires ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance preferred; eight (8) years of Department of Defense Program Control/EVMS experience may be substituted in lieu of degree


Software Engineer (Contingent)

Functional Responsibility: Candidate will work on a team through research, development, and design of the EDGE system. Responsibility also includes interfacing OneSAF to a virtual world game engine and will involve interacting with and integrating software from co-developers. Follows software engineering standards and assists the engineering team in software system or subsystem development and documentation efforts. Understands and adheres to project schedules and stays within established budgets.

Minimum Skills/General Experience:  Minimum 4+ years software engineering experience. Required skills include:

  • OneSAF development experience
  • Ability to lead a small team effort.
  • Familiar with industry software development standards and with the capabilities of related Department of Defense software systems.

Desired skills include: 

  •  Prior experience with EDGE
  • OneSAF to game interoperability or OneSAF interoperability in general
  • Gaming and interface development

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree in a technical discipline such as electrical engineering, computer science, information technology, systems or software engineering from an accredited college or university.

Other Requirements: Must be a US Citizen & able to obtain a secret security clearance


Jr. Software Engineer (Contingent)

Minimum/General Experience: Must have 2+ years of experience in OOA/OOD using Java or equivalent language, and development experience in a Linux or Windows environment. Must have in-depth knowledge in large-scale software systems design and sustainment across the full software development life cycle. Must have demonstrable skills in Java and C++.

Functional Responsibility: The candidate will develop new features, and diagnose and fix software defects for a large scale distributed Simulation based training system. Software is Java based and includes Computer Generated Forces (CGF), simulated and real communications and distributed control. Responsibilities include: UML design and documentation, Java coding and testing, support for integration and test and Trouble Report fixes

Desired Skills: 2+ years of OneSAF development experience, development experience in Computer Generated Forces (CGF) and HLA/DIS distributed simulation are discriminators.

Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required. Masters Degree strongly desired in a technical discipline such as Computer Science.

Other Requirements: Must be a US citizen and have (or be able to obtain) a US Secret Clearance as needed.


Modeling & Simulation Analyst (Contingent)

Duties: Operate, provide instruction, and maintain various simulation models in support of simulation events. Often acts as senior simulation control lead during simulation events. Translate event requirements; identify simulation training required, equipment, and contractor resources in support of simulation based events. Direct simulation operator actions in response to event requirements. Assist exercise planners in understanding simulation capabilities with respect to training objectives, and the simulation applications necessary to support those objectives. Determine simulation event subscriber requirements from the simulation to various simulation interfaces and selected communication and C4I systems. Understand capabilities of various scenario generation tools with respect to terrain and force list database preparation for both C4I and simulation systems. Become versed in all aspects of a model’s capability. Regularly travel throughout the operating force and supporting establishment in support of simulation-based events and participate in planning meetings. Maintain knowledge of automated processing standards, life cycle management, and configuration management practices for supported models. Prepare written plans describing a simulation event to include:

  • Simulation models used, and integration thereof
  • After action system capabilities
  • Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)/scripting
  • Technical considerations
  • MAGTF C4I interfaces
  • Intelligence models support
  • Response cell augmentation and layout
  • Simulation training plan
  • Simulation control procedures
  • Simulation center layout

Education: Bachelor's degree required; major in operations research, management, military science, political science or equivalent area desired. Masters degree is desirable in information technology management or military science. 

Military Education: Minimum three years experience in military training and education. Attendance at Intermediate Level School such as Marine Corps CSC or completion of equivalent nonresident course is preferred.

Military Operational Experience: Minimum eight years operational experience in maneuver, aviation, fires, logistics, or intelligence operations as it pertains to computer-assisted exercises. Minimum three years demonstrated knowledge of military doctrine, tactics, and command relationships at MAGTF or joint/combined command level as measured by actual operational force employment experience. Real world operations participation is desired. 

Modeling and Simulation Experience: Minimum five years experience in DOD modeling and simulation. Demonstrated experience with MTWS, and other simulation models such as JCATS, JSAF, OneSAF, CBS, or JTLS desired. Shall be required to operate new simulation systems that may be introduced or integrated into the Marine Corps’ simulation inventory.

Other Requirements:  Must be a US Citizen & possess/able to obtain a secret security clearance


Lead Federation Simulation Analyst (Contingent)

Duties: Operate, provide instruction, and maintain various simulation models in support of simulation events. Often acts as senior simulation control lead during simulation events. Translate event requirements; identify simulation training required, equipment, and contractor resources in support of simulation based events. Direct simulation operator actions in response to event requirements. Assist exercise planners in understanding simulation capabilities with respect to training objectives, and the simulation applications necessary to support those objectives. Determine simulation event subscriber requirements from the simulation to various simulation interfaces and selected communication and C4I systems. Understand capabilities of various scenario generation tools with respect to terrain and force list database preparation for both C4I and simulation systems. Become versed in all aspects of a model’s capability. Regularly travel throughout the operating force and supporting establishment in support of simulation-based events and participate in planning meetings. Maintain knowledge of automated processing standards, life cycle management, and configuration management practices for supported models. Prepare written plans describing a simulation event to include:

  • Simulation models used, and integration thereof
  • After action system capabilities
  • Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)/scripting
  • Technical considerations
  • MAGTF C4I interfaces
  • Intelligence models support
  • Response cell augmentation and layout
  • Simulation training plan
  • Simulation control procedures
  • Simulation center layout

Education: Bachelor's degree required; major in operations research, management, military science, political science or equivalent area desired. Masters degree is desirable in information technology management or military science. 

Military Education: Minimum three years experience in military training and education. Attendance at Intermediate Level School such as Marine Corps CSC or completion of equivalent nonresident course is preferred. 

Military Operational Experience: Minimum eight years operational experience in maneuver, aviation, fires, logistics, or intelligence operations as it pertains to computer-assisted exercises. Minimum three years demonstrated knowledge of military doctrine, tactics, and command relationships at MAGTF or joint/combined command level as measured by actual operational force employment experience. Real world operations participation is desired.

Modeling and Simulation Experience: Minimum five years experience in DOD modeling and simulation. Demonstrated experience with MTWS, and other simulation models such as JCATS, JSAF, OneSAF, CBS, or JTLS desired. Shall be required to operate new simulation systems that may be introduced or integrated into the Marine Corps’ simulation inventory.

Other Requirements: Must be a US Citizen & possess/able to obtain a secret security clearance


Simulation Technician (Contingent)

Duties: Install, operate, and maintain simulation computer workstations and networks in support of simulation based events. Perform simulation systems administration and integration in an exercise environment, supporting exercise design, and planning and preparation, execution and post-exercise events. Responsible for the interoperability of assorted simulation hardware and software components necessary for model and simulation driven exercises. Prepare, monitors and evaluates simulation test plans and events. May be called upon to edit software/hardware documentation. Capable of system administration in an HP/UNIX, Linux, and NT/Win2000 computer operating, network environment. Shall be knowledgeable of distributed simulation protocols/communication technologies in support of remote operations conducted at various selected sites. This position requires experience with integration of government-purchased simulation support hardware/software at government training sites.

Education: Bachelor's degree is preferable; major in information technology or computer science or equivalent desired. Individual should possess a documented experience in Internetworking with TCP/IP and Cisco Routers. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) is desired. Documented experience with routing in a TCP/IP environment is required. Demonstrate capabilities in UNIX, Linux, Microsoft Operating Systems, and principles of database installation, configuration, and operation. 

Military/Government Experience: Minimum three years experience in DOD modeling and simulation. Previous experience with MTWS, and other simulation models such as JCATS, JSAF, OneSAF/JSAF, or CBS is desired.

Other Requirements:  Must be a US Citizen & possess/able to obtain a secret security clearance


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Equal Employment Opportunity

Cole Engineering Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, marital status, disability and genetic information, or Vietnam era, or other eligible veteran status, membership in an employee organization, or any other non-merit factor. This policy affirms CESI's commitment to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all vestiges of discriminatory practices. We encourage all employees to take advantage of opportunities for promotion as they occur.

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