Systems Engineer (Senior) (t1 151)

Compatible Technology Solutions, Inc.; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NGA is seeking a Senior-Level GEOINT Systems Engineer to lead end-to-end integration across enterprise transformation programs, focusing on architecture, requirements, CONOPS, and roadmaps.

The role requires deep systems engineering experience, DoD/IC processes, and expertise in TCPED architecture, with the ability to coordinate across multiple teams and offices to modernize GEOINT capabilities and drive investments from planning through transition to operations.

Qualifications

• 12+ to 18 years of experience in systems engineering or related field.
• Senior-level experience in DoD/IC Acquisition, Requirements, PPBES, or large System of Systems.
• Experience with the systems engineering lifecycle and enterprise architecture.

Responsibilities

• Perform architecture gap analysis and develop the Future State Enterprise Architecture.
• Conduct engineering analyses to inform GEOINT investment decisions.
• Drive end-to-end traceability of requirements and architecture across programs.
• Translate mission needs into system requirements and solutions.
• Lead and participate in integrated project teams; develop plans, CONOPS, roadmaps, and risk artifacts.
• Lead AoAs/CoAs/Trade Studies and engineering assessments.
• Support NGA governance, configuration management, and risk management processes.

Skills

GEOINT TCPED

Systems engineering lifecycle

Architecture gap analysis

Requirements analysis

Cross-organisational coordination

SAFe Certification

Model Based Systems Engineering

Education

Bachelors in Systems Engineering or related STEM

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Patriot Ridge (Springfield, VA) or Chantilly, VA

TS/SCI Position

We are seeking a Senior-Level GEOINT Systems Engineer with hands‑on experience across the Systems Engineering & Integration Lifecycle (e.g., Architecture, Requirements, CONOPS, Integration, Test, Transition) to support a variety of enterprise transformation initiatives across GEOINT mission systems and projects. The ideal candidate has expertise with the GEOINT Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) Architecture and will bring a critical‑thinking mindset to strategic enterprise architecture and technical planning, engineering analyses, and cross‑organization coordination and integration activities to modernise the GEOINT architecture and advance GEOINT mission capabilities.

As a member of the Enterprise Engineering & Architecture Division’s Integration Team, you will work alongside Expert, Senior, Mid, and Junior Engineer and Integrator teammates to conduct a wide variety of analyses (e.g., Architecture Gap Analysis, Enterprise Requirements Analysis, Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Courses of Action (COAs), and Trade Studies), developing recommendations that will inform investment decisions (e.g., system divestitures and consolidation). You will apply your Systems Engineering and Integration knowledge to support a variety of integration activities across NGA Program Executive Offices (PEOs), ensuring synchronization of activities and documentation of the Enterprise baseline (e.g., architecture, requirements, interfaces). You will leverage your knowledge of the Joint Enterprise Ground and Space Architecture and lead end‑to‑end integration projects between NGA and its Mission Partners, from project planning through Transition to Operations (TTO).

Working within NGA’s Digital Engineering Environment, you will help to facilitate the development of integrated project plans, requirements, epics, target state architectures, CONOPS, and roadmaps. You will lead / participate in cross‑organisational Integrated Project Teams focused on Analytic, Collection Management, Data Services, Foundation GEOINT, and Information Technology modernisation, ensuring integrated solutions and capability deliveries.

Location: Patriot Ridge (Springfield, VA) or Chantilly, VA

Duties:

Duties include (but are not limited to): In partnership with Systems Engineer, Integrator, and Architecture Teammates,

• Perform architecture gap analysis and develop the Future State Enterprise Architecture.
• Conduct engineering analyses to inform GEOINT Mission and IT capability investment decisions in alignment with the Enterprise Architecture baseline.
• Conduct baseline analysis, driving allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programmes and end‑to‑end traceability of requirements, architecture, etc.
• Capture and translate mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
• Perform systems integration activities across organisations; lead and participate in integrated project teams, driving the development of project plans, architecture and engineering artifacts (e.g., CONOPS), roadmaps / schedules, Risks, etc.
• Lead / participate in Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), Course of Actions (CoAs), Trade Studies, and Engineering Assessments.
• Provide thought leadership, identifying opportunities to expand team scope and defining project plans to capture team tasking, deliverables, and execution timelines.
• Participate in NGA Governance, Configuration Management, and Risk Management processes.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 12+ to 18 years experience
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree programme, or equivalent Senior level experience as a Systems Engineer
• Senior‑level working experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including: DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, PPBES Process or system engineering of large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture/Cloud environments
• Experience with and strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Extensive experience / working knowledge of the GEOINT TCPED Architecture (Data Providers, Systems / Services, Interfaces, Data Flows)
• Demonstrated knowledge of the current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises
• Demonstrated knowledge of transformational initiatives, such as Artificial Intelligence, Multi‑Cloud, and/or Edge Nodes
• Experience leading cross‑organisation Working Groups, Tiger Teams, and/or IPTs
• Experience leading large‑scale, complex enterprise transitions
• Experience conducting a variety of engineering analyses, from project plan development through recommendation out‑brief
• Experience with agile project management tools, such as Jira and Confluence
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Certification(s)
• Experience / working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools, and languages