Senior Systems Architect – DoD Battle Network

DCS Corp; Bedford (MA); On-site; GBP 107,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401k

ESOP

PTO

Education reimbursement

Work/life balance

Parental leave

Job summary

DCS Corp is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to support the Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM) at Hanscom AFB. The role emphasizes translating requirements into technical solutions and driving integrated architectures across DoD programs.

The ideal candidate brings extensive DoD experience, top-secret clearance, and leadership in system-of-systems architecture and enterprise integration.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree and 20+ years of experience with 12+ years of DoD related experience.
• Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI later.
• Systems Engineering across the acquisition lifecycle.
• DoD and USAF systems engineering experience.
• System-of-Systems Architecture Development.
• Mission Integration and Enterprise Architecture.
• Requirements Development and Analysis.

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

Acquisition lifecycle

DoD/USAF experience

Architecture development

Mission integration

Requirements development

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Job description

DCS Corp is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to support the Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM) at Hanscom AFB. The role emphasizes translating requirements into technical solutions and driving integrated architectures across DoD programs.

The ideal candidate brings extensive DoD experience, top-secret clearance, and leadership in system-of-systems architecture and enterprise integration.