Lead Systems Engineer – DoD Battle Network

Astrion; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to support the C3BM division at Hanscom AFB, MA. This role requires Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and extensive DoD experience, including systems engineering across the acquisition lifecycle and ICAM strategy.

You will translate operational requirements into technical solutions, support architecture development, and drive interoperability across the DAF Battle Network.

Qualifications

• Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
• Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain an active Top Secret level clearance and be SCI eligible.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree
• Years of experience: 20+ years of experience with 12+ years of DoD related experience

Responsibilities

• Provide systems engineering support throughout the acquisition lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture development, system integration, sustainment, and disposal activities.
• Support Mission Integration Team (MIT) activities by translating operational and functional requirements into technical requirements.
• Participate in architecture definition efforts to ensure integration and interoperability across the DAF Battle Network enterprise architecture.
• Review current DoD architecture models and support development of future-state architectures that enable sensor-to-shooter connectivity.
• Drive interoperability and integration efforts across Program Executive Offices (PEOs), weapon systems, and mission partners.
• Conduct capability risk assessments and support development of mitigation strategies in coordination with stakeholders.
• Support development of execution management strategies and transition capability requirements to the acquisition community.
• Support development of test and evaluation strategies in coordination with acquisition and test organizations.
• Capture and analyze current-state and future-state architectures driven by mission and engagement scenarios.
• Engage with joint and coalition stakeholders to support development of integrated multi-domain architectures.
• Document requirements for the DAF Battle Network (DBN) Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) environment.
• Evaluate existing ICAM solutions across DBN programs against established requirements.
• Identify preferred ICAM solutions and assess capability gaps against documented requirements.
• Support development of Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) to address identified capability gaps.
• Draft and maintain ICAM strategy documentation and support implementation activities across participating programs.
• Support development of technical briefings, engineering documentation, reports, recommendations, and acquisition artifacts for Government leadership.

Skills

Systems engineering

DoD/USAF experience

SOA development

Mission integration

ICAM

Risk assessment

Cloud systems

Agile/DevSecOps

DoDI knowledge

Modeling & simulation

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree

Job description

Astrion is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to support the C3BM division at Hanscom AFB, MA. This role requires Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and extensive DoD experience, including systems engineering across the acquisition lifecycle and ICAM strategy.

You will translate operational requirements into technical solutions, support architecture development, and drive interoperability across the DAF Battle Network.