Data Systems Engineer – Acquisition & Integration

Arcfield; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcfield in Chantilly, VA seeks a Data Systems Engineer to provide SETA support for the Government's EDAP office. You will translate data strategies into executable acquisition plans and help drive enterprise data capabilities across missions.

The role requires strong systems engineering background, experience with data governance, and the ability to work with government stakeholders to ensure feasible, cost-effective solutions within schedule and performance constraints.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Experience in systems engineering, acquisition, enterprise data systems, or related programs.
• Experience developing or managing technical requirements and documentation.
• Understanding of government acquisition processes and deliverables.
• Familiarity with enterprise data architecture, governance, metadata, and lifecycle concepts.
• Ability to assess feasibility, requirements compliance, and risks in data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide SETA support for enterprise data requirements, planning, integration, and implementation.
• Translate data strategies into technical requirements and acquisition plans.
• Support SOOs, cost estimates, technical evaluations, and deliverable tracking.
• Evaluate data solutions for feasibility, interoperability, and compliance.
• Coordinate across engineering, acquisition, and mission stakeholders.
• Assess catalogs, metadata, ontologies, provenance, and data lifecycle needs.
• Track milestones, risks, and progress; advise Government leadership.

Skills

Clearance TS/SCI with Polygraph

Systems Engineering

Enterprise data architectures

Technical writing & stakeholder comms

Data governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, CS, Data Science, Information Systems, Engineering

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Responsibilities

Arcfield is seeking a Data Systems Engineer to provide Systems Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) support to the Government's Enterprise Data and Applications Platforms (EDAP) office under the Merigold contract, supporting the acquisition, integration, and implementation of enterprise data capabilities.

In this role, you will support technical and acquisition activities that expand enterprise data services across existing and future mission systems and constellations. Working with Government stakeholders, systems engineers, architects, acquisition professionals, and developers, you will translate enterprise data strategies and requirements into executable acquisition packages, technical evaluations, and implementation plans.

The ideal candidate combines systems engineering experience with an understanding of enterprise data architecture, governance, and acquisition processes. You will help ensure proposed data capabilities are technically sound, appropriately scoped, aligned with enterprise standards, and executable within cost, schedule, and performance constraints.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical and acquisition SETA support for enterprise data requirements, planning, integration, and implementation.
• Translate enterprise data strategies and mission objectives into technical requirements, acquisition documentation, and implementation plans.
• Support acquisition activities, including statements of work, cost estimates, technical evaluations, solicitations, and deliverable tracking.
• Evaluate data solutions for technical feasibility, interoperability, compliance, and alignment with future enterprise architectures.
• Coordinate across engineering, acquisition, and mission stakeholders to resolve dependencies and support execution.
• Assess data requirements for catalogs, metadata, ontologies, provenance, lineage, accessibility, and lifecycle management.
• Track acquisition milestones, technical risks, and implementation progress; provide assessments and recommendations to Government leadership.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 8–10 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 6–8 years with a Master’s degree; or 3–5 years with a PhD in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Experience supporting systems engineering, technical acquisition, enterprise data systems, or related technical programs.
• Experience developing, analyzing, or managing technical requirements and associated documentation.
• Understanding of Government acquisition processes, including acquisition planning, technical evaluations, cost estimates, or contract deliverables.
• Familiarity with enterprise data architecture, governance, metadata management, interoperability, and data lifecycle concepts.
• Ability to assess technical solutions for feasibility, requirements compliance, integration dependencies, and implementation risks.
• Strong analytical, technical writing, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting Intelligence Community or DoD technical acquisition programs, particularly enterprise data or software-intensive capabilities.
• Familiarity with enterprise data platforms, catalogs, ontologies, metadata frameworks, data integration, and distributed architectures.
• Experienc supporting acquistion documentation, Agile development, technical evaluations, or program execution using tools such as Jira and Confluence.

Equal Pay Act

This is the projected compensation range for this position. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, Arcfield invests in its employees beyond just compensation. Arcfield ’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.

Min: $110,204.91Max: $191,624.96

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.