System Engineer (Acquisition Specialist)

Arcfield; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

Short Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Retirement and Savings

Learning and Development opportunities

Wellness programs

Job summary

Arcfield is seeking an experienced Intelligence Community Acquisition Professional to guide senior government directors on ground enterprise solutions within IC and DoD, leveraging strong system integration and project management skills.

The role focuses on SE&I services for acquisition and operations, involving CONOPS, requirements, testing, and transition to operations, with frequent client interaction and adherence to customer standards as the program matures.

Qualifications

• Requires TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Experience with DoD/IC acquisition policy and procedures.
• Apply Agile principles to management of government/contractor software teams.
• Strong project management skills and ability to brief status to senior leadership.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop acquisition plans, source selection documents, cost estimates, justifications and RFPs.
• Validate acquisition strategies with team leads to ensure technically feasible outcomes.
• Use quantitative analysis to assess acquisition processes and mitigation approaches.
• Integrate new systems with customer/mission partner requirements and work with developers.
• Lead preparation and briefing of presentations and reports.
• Monitor schedules and dependencies across programs.
• Support meetings and information sessions; aid in facilitation.
• Support agile development for government/contractor projects.
• Complete NDA/Confidentiality and COI certifications.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Polygraph

DAWIA Program Management

Acquisition policy

Agile project management

DoD/IC experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Responsibilities

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the government space? Do you want to improve products or enhance processes to get ahead of problems rather than waiting for them to occur? What if you could find a position that leverages your previous technical experience and problem‑solving skills? Our team is looking for you, an experienced Intelligence Community Acquisition Professional with strong system integration and project management skills to provide guidance and support to senior level government directors for ground enterprise solutions in the IC and DoD.

This program provides SETA (Systems Engineering Technical Advisor) & SE&I (Systems Engineering & Integration) services to an IC customer with a focus on acquisition and operations of a complex mission system and supporting IT infrastructure. The contract support is part of the customer core team focused on all aspects of the systems life cycle including CONOPS development, capturing requirements, working with developers to deliver capability, testing to ensure capabilities meet requirements, transition to operations and operations support. The program also supports innovations/technology development, provides acquisition and project management support to government program managers and IT information assurance security support.

The selected candidate will have frequent client interactions, and support system and mission strategy development across the various ground offices. The candidate will have daily interaction with the customer and supporting contractors and will need to follow customer standards and processes as the program matures through the life cycle. Candidate will interact with multiple Acquisition Offices (AOs) and support technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Develop acquisition plans, source selection documents (including evaluation criteria), Independent Government Cost Estimates, justifications and approvals, synopses, and requests for proposals/quotes/bids.
• Works with the Team leads, program managers and acquisition professionals to validate acquisition strategies will support a technically feasible outcome that meets the customer's needs.
• Use quantitative analytical techniques to assess system acquisition process issues and develop risk reduction/mitigation approaches for improving acquisition/program planning, control, and execution.
• Integrate new systems and initiatives in support of customer/mission partner requirements and work directly with our developers and users in operations.
• Strong background with acquisition policy and procedures.
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification in Program Management.
• Ability to lead the preparation of presentations and reports.
• Monitor system/segment schedules and recognize dependencies.
• Aiding in meeting facilitation and information sessions.
• Prior agile development experience.
• Candidate will be required to sign and adhere to Non-Disclosure Agreement(s) and (2) Confidential Agreement and Conflict of Interest Certification.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree with 10-12 years of relevant experience; OR a Master's degree with 8-10 years of experience; OR PhD with 5-7 years of experience.
• Required Clearance: Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Intelligence Community Mission Partner experience and work history.
• Strong project management skills and ability to concisely brief project status to senior leadership.
• Experience with DoD/IC acquisition policy and procedures.
• Apply Agile principles to management of a government/contractor software development team working disparate projects.
• Demonstrated performance as an individual contributor working across integrated customer/contractor project and functional teams to deliver capabilities.
• Expected to create/brief packages which include technical requirements, implementation plan, risks and success criteria.
• Excellent communication skills, multi-task and lead several projects simultaneously.

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: $135,035.83 Max: $234,801.11

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.