Advantage Development, Inc.
925 Bassett Road, Suite A
Westlake, OH 44145
(p) 440.808.1250
(f) 440.835.3415
Employment Opportunities
Recruiting and Growing—All the Time
Smart companies continuously recruit for talent they need and talent they're going to need. We do that. And, what do we look for here at ADI? The best people.
All of our team members have to be the best in their field, or at least passionate about becoming the best. We hire people who are motivated to continuously deliver quality and want to grow within the company and grow in their own capabilities. Our people have to be professional, intelligent, good people, and should enjoy working in a non-politically driven environment.
So, if you know you are ADI material, send us your resume today. We do read each one. We promise we'll call you if we're interested now—or later.
Our View
We believe strongly in some key things when it comes to our people:
- Pay competitively. Reward greatly.
- Provide benefits that allow people and their families to sleep at night.
- No person is better than the next person.
Do We Have a Match?
Our team is made up of professionals serving in the following roles. Are you one of these? If you’d like to explore one of the opportunities below with us, please e-mail your resume to: Office Administrator. We look forward to speaking with you.
Architecture
These positions recognize a fundamental difference between the operational and system sides of the architecture problem. This involves a somewhat more difficult position, which requires an individual who can traverse either side of the problem.
- Master Architect (Click for Details)
- Description
- Creating, analyzing, validating and testing integrated echelons of architecture
- Analyzing and developing courses of action (descriptive domains) to identify states and rules
- Directing processes to “divine” and define new descriptions
- Integrating requirements, system engineering, test, exercise, training, etc. in the architecting process
- Experience
- Strong computer skills, especially Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Visio
- Knowledge of processes, data sources and interactions of different processes
- Extensive architecture, system engineering and simulation and modeling background
- Product development processes and project leadership
- Location
- Senior Architect (Click for Details)
- Description
- Creating, analyzing, validating and testing structured models that are derived from open source, doctrine and SMEs
- Analyzing descriptive domains to identify and validate the components and relationships of the models
- Creating new processes to “divine” new areas of coverage and provide auditable results
- Tying system architecture views back to operational views and validating relationships
- Experience
- Strong computer skills, especially Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Visio
- Knowledge of requirements, allocation processes, validation and tracking of their implementation
- Previous modeling background, including process or activity modeling, discrete event modeling, object modeling or state and sequence modeling
- Product development and launch experience in areas of information, communications and architecture products
- Location
- Architect (Click for Details)
- Description
- Creating structured models that are derived from open source, doctrine and SMEs
- Developing descriptive domains to define the components and relationships of the models
- Tying system architecture views back to operational views
- Experience
- Emergent computer skills, especially Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Visio
- Previous modeling background, including process or activity modeling, discrete event modeling, object modeling or state and sequence modeling
- Experience working with system development and system breakdowns such as bills of materials
- Location
Operational Architecture
An individuals who has an understanding of the warfighting processes, in terms of test and evaluation, training, exercise, etc. This person has strengths in the operational role. The difference between test and evaluation and training and exercise is that one involves hardware and the other involves personnel.
- Master Operational Expert/Architect (Click for Details)
- Description
- Creating, analyzing, validating, and testing structured models
- Analyzing descriptive domains to identify and validate the components and relationships of the model
- Articulating new system architecture views
- Significant customer and affiliate interfacing
- Experience
- Previous simulation and exercise background in the performance measurement of military systems
- Deployment of military systems to field operations
- Undergraduate degree in engineering
- 5-10 years of experience, including operational military experience in a combat development environment or similar
- Senior Operational Expert/Architect (Click for Details)
- Description
- Creating structured models
- Analyzing descriptive domains to identify the components and relationships of the model
- Articulating operational views of existing warfighting functions
- Limited customer interfacing
- Experience
- Previous modeling background, including process or activity modeling, discrete event modeling, object modeling or state and rule modeling
- Deployment of military systems to field operations
- Undergraduate degree in engineering
- 3-5 years of experience, including operational military experience in a combat development environment or similar
System Architecture
These are individuals grown through the systems and development role. They tend to see the complexity of the systems. This role understands the sources of information, the application of this information and the development of new information in the absence of clear indications.
- Master System Expert/Architect (Click for Details)
- Description
- Creating, analyzing, validating, and testing structured models
- Analyzing descriptive domains to identify and validate the components and relationships of the model
- Articulating new system architecture views
- Significant customer and affiliate interfacing
- Experience
- Previous simulation and exercise background in the performance measurement of military systems
- Deployment of military systems to field operations
- Undergraduate degree in engineering
- 5-10 years of experience, including operational military experience in a combat development environment or similar
- Location
- Senior System Expert/Architect (Click for Details)
- Description
- Creating structured models
- Analyzing system descriptions to properly capture all relevant information for the model
- Articulating new system architecture views
- Incorporating and managing customer data strategy
- Experience
- Previous modeling background, including process or activity modeling, discrete event modeling, object modeling or state and rule modeling
- Deployment and familiarity with military systems and field operations
- Undergraduate degree in engineering
- 3-5 years of experience, including operational military experience in a combat development environment or similar
- Location
System Engineering
These individuals clearly have legacy links to the system engineering processes and understand requirements, management plans, risk, risk mitigation and risk tradeoff. This position understands the allocation of requirements, the derivation processes and the decomposition tradeoffs in developing the system topology.
- Master System Engineer (Click for Details)
- Description
- Creating, analyzing, validating, and testing system performance models
- Analyzing specifications and requirements documents to identify and validate the components and relationships of the model
- Articulating new system visualizations of the architecture
- Significant customer and affiliate interfacing
- Experience
- Previous modeling background, including process or activity modeling, discrete event modeling, object modeling or state and rule modeling
- Deployment of military systems to field operations
- Undergraduate degree in engineering
- 5-10 years of experience, including operational military experience in a combat development environment or similar
- Senior System Engineer (Click for Details)
- Description
- Creating system topologies
- Analyzing system descriptions, specifications and requirements documents to properly capture all relevant information for the model
- Articulating new system views of the architecture and comparing them to the existing
- Incorporating and managing customer data strategy
- Experience
- Previous modeling background, including process or activity modeling, discrete event modeling, object modeling, or state and rule modeling
- Deployment and familiarity with military systems and field operations
- Undergraduate degreein engineering
- 3-5 years of experience, including operational military experience in a combat development environment or similar
- System Engineer (Click for Details)
- Description
- Creating system models
- Analyzing source materials and identifying model components and relationships
- Completing the description of the model components
- Experience
- Previous modeling background, including process or activity and object modeling
- Undergraduate degree in engineering
- 2-3 years of experience, in engineering discipline
Knowledge Discovery
This is a proprietary development area using the integrations of commercial off-the-shelf tools. This area of expertise will provide challenging new assignments on the edge of technology where meaning-based computing involves the structuring, capture, indexing and archiving of knowledge across all media types.
- Master Knowledge Analyst (Click for Details)
- Description
- Position will apply knowledge discovery tools to the creation of architecture descriptions and manipulate the object artifacts for delivery to customers
- Postion will have both technical and languages background and must be proficient in computer modeling, textual and structured models and databases
- Experience
- All of the previous background
- Experience in parsing of language, metadata tagging and indexing, and archival and retrieval
- 3-5 years of engineering environment and background
- Must be able to hold a Department of Defense SECRET clearance
- Senior Semantic Analyst (Click for Details)
- Description
- Position will interface directly in an integrated architecture and knowledge discovery tool environment to provide model inputs and to capture knowledge domains
- Postion will have knowledge in the subject area and must be able to switch between textual and structured models
- Experience
- All of the previous background
- Experience in translations and syntax of language
- Some familiarity with modeling and analysis tools in technical arena
- 1-3 years engineering environment and background
- Must be able to hold a Department of Defense SECRET clearance
- Emerging Technology Expert/Analyst (Click for Details)
- Description
- Position will work with architecture and knowledge discovery tools to provide text parsing, knowledge parsing and taxonomical linking
- Postion will not have to know the subject area but must be able to recognize association of information between textual model and structured model
- Experience
- Undergraduate with excellent writing skills and understanding of the syntactics and semantics of English
- Extensive background in Microsoft tools and understanding of SGML, XML and OWL
- Hard sciences background with some demonstrated training in math and science
- Comfortable and skilled at using advanced knowledge tools—i.e., search engines, knowledge discovery, etc.
- Undergraduate in engineering or English, with strengths in the other, 2-5 years of experience; background might be library sciences with hard science background
- Must be able to hold a Department of Defense SECRET clearance
Corporate Information Systems, Security & Training
- Information Systems & Data Center Manager (Click for Details)
- Description
- Primary POC for data system administration and management
- Server and network administration and information assurance responsiblity
- Responsible for all information interfaces and integrations
- Object database design and integration with complex systems
- Experience
- Windows and UNIX administration
- Network management and Cisco network administration
- Extensive JAVA and tool scripting experience
- Background in information assurance and certification and accreditation of systems on DOD networks
- 5 plus years experience in small or large data center administration
- Position must be able to hold a Department of Defense SECRET clearance
- Location
- Information System Development (Click for Details)
- Description
- Primary POC for data system administration and management
- Server and network administration and information assurance responsiblity
- Responsible for all information interfaces and integrations
- Object database design and integration with complex systems
- Experience
- Windows and UNIX administration
- Network management and Cisco network administration
- Extensive JAVA and tool scripting experience
- Background in information assurance and certification and accreditation of systems on DOD networks
- 5 plus years experience in small or large data center administration
- Position must be able to hold a Department of Defense SECRET clearance
- Location
- Technical Training (Click for Details)
- Description
- Backup information system administration and management
- Provide backup server and network administration and security management
- Development of interfaces and integrations between design tools that supports the work processes of the organization
- Longer term should become part of software design team working with object databases and complex systems
- Position is expected to grow, especially in the areas of tool integrations, JAVA, system and network security, and design processes
- Experience
- Windows administration (some UNIX background a plus)
- Network familiarity and ability to learn Cisco VPN administration
- PERL/TCL scripting experience and ability to work in JAVA
- System engineering and/or software design tools experience
- Undergraduate in engineering or science, 3-5 years experience
- Position must be able to hold a Department of Defense SECRET clearance
- Location
- System Integration & Design Master (Click for Details)
- Description
- Conduct analysis of training requirements for internal staff, affiliates, sub and prime contractors, and customers on concepts and systems related to company's architected solutions
- Develop and implement training plans utilizing traditional and state-of-the-art methodologies and resources and an integrated variety of delivery media
- Experience
- Background in educational psychology, adult learning theory, human factors or instructional media/technology preferred
- Capable of relating technical data to non-technical mid-level military officers and DOD civilians
- A Certified Technical Trainer (CTT) certification or an equivalent Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) code is a plus
- Location
- Dumfries, VA
- Cleveland
- Austin, TX
- San Diego
Project and Contracts Positions
- Master Project Manager
- Senior Project Manager
- Project Accounting
- Senior Contracts Manager
- Contract Administrator