Statement of Work.pdf
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The document is a Statement of Work (SOW) for a Front End Application Engineer position with the United States Naval Observatory (USNO). The SOW seeks a contractor to support the development, deployment, documentation, and sustainment of scientific software applications, with a focus on modernizing aging software systems for critical time, astrometry, and Earth Orientation Parameters used by the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community.
The ideal candidate must be a Senior Application Engineer with 5 years of experience in astronomy or physics applications, web and user interface development, and containerization technologies. Key requirements include supporting various USNO departments, ensuring compliance with DoD information assurance standards, maintaining documentation, and obtaining a Secret clearance. The related federal contract opportunity is a pre-solicitation Sources Sought Notice (Solicitation Number: N6228525RC01C2T) seeking small business contractors under NAICS code 541715, with responses required to include company details, business size, capability statements, and past performance information.
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Front End Application Engineer
STATEMENT OF WORK
BACKGROUND
The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) is responsible for the production and dissemination of Precise Time, Astrometry, and Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP) to the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) for use in navigation under DoD Instruction (DoDI) 4650.06. The accuracy and security of these data products is critical to the scientific mission, and operation capacity of the USNO. Modern software development principles and practices are critical to modernizing the cutting edge data products that USNO disseminates. A modern scientific application work flow with a focus in containerization, modern security practices that meet DoD standards, and multithreaded capable code is critical for the future success of the operational missions at the USNO.
SCOPE
This effort provides contractor support for programming, documentation, testing, and accreditation activities for the development of updated versions of the scientific software applications. Many of the current versions of software are aging and must be revised for compatibility with modern programming practices. The USNO is seeking an engineer to support the development, deployment, documentation, and sustainment activities of scientific applications.
REQUIREMENTS:
Individual contractors shall have the following qualifications:
1. Contractor must meet the requirements of the labor category: Senior Application
Engineer
2. 5 years of experience developing astronomy or physics applications
3. Experience in the development of Scientific Applications
4. Experience developing User Interface Applications
5. Experience developing and maintaining Web Applications
6. Experience in maintenance of application user platforms
7. Experience in containerization technologies (Docker, Podman)
All Contractors are required to:
1. Engage and provide customer support to USNO departments (Celestial Reference Frame Department [CRF], Earth Orientation [EO], Precise Time [PT], Astronomical Applications [AA], and USNO-Flagstaff [NOFS])
2. Engage with Information Assurance staff to ensure compliance with DoD requirements
3. Prepare and maintain documentation in all areas of expertise
4. Obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
5. Complete successful “check-in” and “check-out” processes for contractors prior to commencing/terminating work at USNO
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