Requirements Expert

Archer; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer, in collaboration with MANTECH, seeks a career- and customer-oriented Requirements Expert to join our team in Washington, D.C. This hybrid role requires 1 day onsite and 4 days remote per week, offering exposure to DHS acquisition programs and senior-level stakeholder engagement.

You will bridge mission requirements with technical implementation, lead elicitation sessions, and produce clear use cases and acceptance criteria while maintaining Top Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Sciences, or related field.
• 12+ years of requirements or capabilities elicitation experience.
• Experience interviewing and running workshops with stakeholders.
• Knowledge of DHS acquisition policy and lifecycle.
• Proven technical report and briefing-writing for senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME and technical authority in requirements elicitation and management.
• Identify capability gaps and align with DHS mission goals and objectives.
• Create use cases, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Verify deployed capabilities meet stakeholder requirements.
• Align test activities with mission-critical objectives and provide evidence.
• Ensure deliverables meet DHS S&T quality standards.
• Bridge mission requirements to technical implementation for procurement decisions.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Stakeholder interviews

Technical writing

DHS policy knowledge

Acquisition lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Sciences

Master's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Archer is collaborating with MANTECH to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

MANTECH seeks a career and customer-oriented Requirements Expert to join our team in Washington, D.C. This is a hybrid position with 1 day onsite and 4 days remote per week.

The role requires an individual with a unique combination of deep technical knowledge, managerial acumen, and extensive experience within the DHS or Department of War (DoW) acquisition ecosystems.

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Serve as a senior Subject Matter Expert and technical authority and high-level domain expertise in requirements and capabilities elicitation, development, and management
• Identify and quantify capability gaps between the current and desired operational and user state, and in alignment the DHS component mission goals and objectives
• Create clear-use cases, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Verify that the deployed capabilities meet stakeholder requirements
• Ensure test activities align with mission-critical objectives and provide the statistical evidence required to justify acquisition decisions
• Ensure that all deliverables meet DHS S&T quality standards
• Serve as a key bridge between mission requirements and technical implementation, ensuring that Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation efforts are consistently documented to support procurement decisions

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Sciences, or a related field
• 12+ years of experience in requirements or capabilities elicitation or research
• Deep knowledge conducting interviews and workshops with stakeholders to translate user needs into measurable program expectations
• Policy Proficiency: Experience with DHS acquisition policy and DHS systems engineering lifecycle
• Comprehensive understanding of DHS Acquisition Management Instruction 102-01-001 (ALF)
• Technical Writing: Proven experience in developing complex technical reports and briefings for senior leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Sciences, or a related field
• War Acquisition University (WAU) or DHS System Engineering or Test and Evaluation Certifications are highly desirable

Clearance Requirements

• Must possess active Top Secret clearance

Physical Requirements

• The person in this position must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time
• Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, via email, phone, and or virtual communication, which may involve delivering presentations