Job Status: Position is funded/active and contingent upon acceptance by customer
Location: Springfield, Virginia (on-site)
Clearance Required: Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency. Must be able to pass a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
Background:
Assured Consulting Solutions (ACS) provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators.
ACS is seeking an Expert-Level Systems Engineer with a strong background in Enterprise Architecture to provide technical leadership and support for multi-disciplinary engineering teams. This role involves driving a comprehensive approach to requirements and solutions engineering, systems integration, testing, evaluation, and sustainment across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence (ASG), and other Federal Agencies. The ideal candidate will ensure the timely and accurate delivery of GEOINT capabilities in alignment with mission and enterprise goals.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Lead the documentation of architecture development for an DoD AI/ML program and ensuring alignment into the Enterprise Architecture baseline.
- Highly skilled DoDAF and/or UAF architect.
- Support the Government in the execution of requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability, and systems analysis across the NSG, ASG, and Federal Agencies.
- Assist in the planning and traceability of user and system requirements, architectural design, and process improvement to automate or enhance existing systems and workflows.
- Advise the Government on proposed design changes and technology integrations based on evolving mission requirements.
- Capture and translate mission and customer needs into system and capability requirements and feasible technical solutions.
- Support requirements allocation to system architecture components and program execution activities.
- Assist in performing systems integration activities to ensure interoperability across platforms and domains.
- Contribute to strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design.
- Provide expert-level guidance on aligning vision, strategy, requirements, and capability development to mission outcomes.
- Lead integration and coordination efforts across NGA programs, the DIE, and the Intelligence Community (IC).
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of the current DIE, NSG/ASG, and NRO enterprise architectures and initiatives.
- Oversee and coordinate the efforts of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level Systems Engineers to ensure consistent quality and mission alignment.
Required Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Systems Engineering or Bachelor's Degree and 18+ years of experience in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems.
- 18 years of technical experience is required. If the 18 years is as a Systems Engineer, it may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- 18+ years of working experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including: DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments.
- Demonstrated experience in systems engineering lifecycle.
- TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph.
Desired Qualifications:
- Doctorate in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering. physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
- Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
- Software Development Framework certification.
- INCOSE Expert System Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification.
- Licensure as a professional engineer.
- Membership or leadership participation in any of the following professional organizations:
- ACSM
- ASCE
- ASPRS
- OGC
- SAREM
- USGIF
- Demonstrated work experience in the field of geospatial intelligence.
- Demonstrated experience engineering solutions using Cloud-based technologies.
- Demonstrated experience engineering solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
- Demonstrated experience engineering solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
Essential Job Functions:
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to identify the essential functions of a position to determine whether an individual is qualified. Essential job functions are the fundamental duties of the position that must be performed, with or without reasonable accommodation.
The essential functions of this position include:
- Ability to work onsite in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) environment, as required
- Ability to collaborate effectively with government customers, technical teams, and cross-functional partners
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing
- Ability to operate standard office equipment and remain in a stationary position for extended periods
- Ability to analyze requirements and contribute to technical solutions in a mission-driven environment
- Ability to manage assigned tasks and deliver quality work under deadlines
- Ability to analyze complex system requirements and develop technical recommendations
- Ability to contribute to systems engineering, integration, and evaluation efforts across the lifecycle
- Ability to support technical planning, risk identification, and system improvement initiatives
- Ability to work independently while contributing to team objectives in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work under deadlines
- Ability to comply with all security requirements, including handling classified information in secure environments
Education Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Systems Engineering or Bachelor's Degree and 18+ years of experience in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems.
Years of experience:
- 18 years with Masters degree (experience may be considered in lieu of degree)
Position Type: Full-Time
Shift: Day
Export Control: For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ACS may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.
Assured Consulting Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply. ACS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a workplace free from unlawful discrimination in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. ACS does not accept resumes from unsolicited recruiting firms. We pay no fees for unsolicited services.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact ACS Human Resources at (703) 662-5062.
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