Mission-Focused Systems Acquisition Analyst with Security Clearance

American Systems Corporation; Hillcrest Heights (MD); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a hybrid acquisition-systems engineering professional to translate mission needs into executable technical solutions across the full lifecycle.

The ideal candidate combines FAR/DFARS and DoD framework expertise with systems engineering discipline to ensure strategy, contracts, and baselines deliver capability on time and within budget, with measurable mission impact.

Qualifications

• Education: BS in Systems Engineering, Electrical/Mechanical/Software Engineering, Operations Research, or related field.
• Experience: 8+ years across government acquisition and systems engineering; demonstrated success through at least one full lifecycle from concept to fielding.
• Acquisition Knowledge: Proficient with FAR/DFARS, DoD AAF pathways, source selection processes, contracting vehicles (e.g., OTA, IDIQ).
• Systems Engineering: Requirements engineering, architecture, T&E, risk management, configuration/change control; familiarity with ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288.
• Communication: Ability to create clear, concise artifacts and brief senior leaders.
• Clearance: Active Secret or ability to obtain; TS/SCI preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead mission translation by eliciting objectives, MOEs, and MOPs and converting to requirements and artifacts.
• Establish traceability from mission needs to system requirements, architecture, verification, and fielded performance.
• Shape acquisition strategies aligned with maturity, risk, and schedule; integrate AAF pathways with baselines.
• Plan AoA, source selection inputs, contracting packages, and sustainment strategies.
• Develop/curate architecture views (SysML/UML, DoDAF-lite) and define verification strategies.
• Coordinate T&E planning and ensure test cases map to mission outcomes and acceptance criteria.
• Run risk workshops, maintain risk registers with mitigations tied to gates; support cost realism analyses.
• Bridge engineering, contracting officers, program managers, and operators with clear artifacts and dashboards.
• Promote MBSE and digital threads; align agile backlogs and CI/CD with requirements and tests.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Acquisition Knowledge

MBSE / Digital Engineering

Communication

Education

B.S. in Systems Engineering

B.S. in Electrical/Mechanical/Software Eng

Operations Research

Tools

SysML/UML

DoDAF-lite

EVMS

Job description

We are seeking a hybrid acquisition-systems engineering professional who can translate mission needs into executable technical solutions across the full lifecycle. The ideal candidate blends government acquisition expertise (FAR/DFARS, DoD Adaptive Acquisition Framework) with systems engineering discipline (requirements, architecture, T&E, risk, sustainment) and a strong orientation to measurable mission outcomes. This role works at the intersection of program management, engineering, and operational stakeholders, ensuring that strategy, contracts, and technical baselines cohere to deliver capability on time, on budget, and with demonstrable mission impact.

Responsibilities

Mission Translation & Outcome Alignment

• Lead discovery with mission owners to elicit operational objectives, measures of effectiveness (MOEs), and measures of performance (MOPs); convert them into testable requirements and acquisition artifacts.
• Establish traceability from mission needs → system requirements → architecture → verification plans → fielded performance.

Acquisition Strategy & Lifecycle Integration

• Shape acquisition strategies (e.g., FAR/DFARS-based, OTA, IDIQ/task order structures) that align with technical maturity, risk, and schedule.
• Integrate the Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) pathways with program technical baselines and milestone criteria.
• Support planning and execution of AoA, source selection inputs, contracting packages, and sustainment strategies.

Systems Engineering & Technical Baselines

• Facilitate requirements development, decomposition, and change control; maintain CONOPS, ICDs, and interface documents.
• Develop/curate architecture views (e.g., SysML/UML, DoDAF-lite) and define verification/validation strategies.
• Coordinate T&E planning (TEMP) and ensure test cases map to mission outcomes and acceptance criteria.

Risk, Cost, and Schedule Integration

• Run risk workshops; maintain program risk registers with mitigations tied to decision gates.
• Support cost realism/ROM analyses, BOEs, and technical schedule integration with EVMS and Agile increments.
• Drive decision-quality trade studies (performance, affordability, logistics, cyber, interoperability)

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Bridge engineering teams, contracting officers, program managers, and operators through clear artifacts and briefings.
• Prepare succinct decision memos, milestone packages, and operationally-relevant dashboards.

Digital Engineering & Agile/DevSecOps (Preferred)

• Promote model-based systems engineering (MBSE) practices and digital threads for traceability.
• Align agile backlogs and CI/CD pipelines with formal requirements and test objectives.
• Build architecture views and interface control documents; manage configuration and change control.

Qualifications

• Education: BS in Systems Engineering, Electrical/Mechanical/Software Engineering, Operations Research, or related field.
• Experience: 8+ years across government acquisition and systems engineering; demonstrated success through at least one full lifecycle from concept to fielding.
• Acquisition Knowledge: Working proficiency with FAR/DFARS, DoD AAF pathways, source selection processes, and contracting vehicles (e.g., OTA, IDIQ).
• Systems Engineering: Requirements engineering, architecture, T&E, risk management, configuration/change control; familiarity with ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 principles.
• Communication: Exceptional ability to create clear, concise artifacts and to brief senior leaders.
• Clearance: Active Secret or the ability to obtain; TS/SCI preferred.

Pay Transparency Statement

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $110,800.00/Yr. - USD $185,100.00/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law.

• AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

EEO Statement

EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status