Expert Level Systems Integrator

Job Status: Position is active/funded and contingent upon acceptance by customer

Location: Springfield, VA (on customer site)

Clearance Required: Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency. Must be able to pass a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.

Background:

Assured Consulting Solutions provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators.

We are seeking an experienced Systems Integrator to support the Advanced Analytics Platform (AAP) within the Counterproliferation Advanced Analytics Division (AOCC). This role provides direct support to the AAP Program Management Office (PMO) and works closely with AOCC leadership, the AAP Program Manager, and technical leads to ensure sustained mission responsiveness and rapid delivery of advanced analytic capabilities.

The ideal candidate brings a strong blend of program management insight, systems engineering expertise, and enterprise integration experience to help evolve a high-performance compute and big data platform supporting critical GEOINT missions.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support the AAP PMO's strategic decision-making and resource management through development of decision briefs, CONOPS, system architecture documents, and program artifacts.
• Partner with the AAP Program Manager, Technical Lead, and Lead Systems Engineer to evaluate and evolve the platform's technical design, including high-performance compute and big data environments.
• Generate clear, actionable systems and programmatic documentation for diverse audiences and purposes.
• Assess and recommend solutions that enable rapid, iterative technology development while leveraging NGA enterprise IT capabilities.
• Advise the AAP PMO on integration with NGA enterprise IT services and represent the program with internal and external stakeholders as needed.
• Identify and manage cross-project dependencies to ensure alignment to a shared user vision.
• Evaluate proposed data and technology insertions, providing prioritized recommendations and summary materials for leadership review.
• Coordinate with engineers to assess impacts, risks, and tradeoffs related to capability and data changes.
• Engage mission users and customers to define future capabilities and shape platform evolution.
• Participate in strategic and tactical planning, system architecture development, and mission service evolution.
• Assess emerging technologies using quantifiable, traceable criteria to support informed decision-making.
• Conduct Analyses of Alternatives (AoA) and deliver data-driven recommendations.
• Identify key decision points and provide clear options and recommendations to leadership.
• Communicate architecture changes, operational concepts, and project status to users and stakeholders.
• Produce weekly activity reports and develop effective technical briefings for senior leaders and mixed technical audiences.
• Clearly explain complex technical issues and coordinate resolution across organizations and agencies.
• Provide guidance on acquisition and program management best practices.
• Draft documentation describing both current ("as-is") and future ("to-be") platform states.

Required Qualifications:

• 18+ years of experience in systems engineering, systems integration, or systems development.
• Prior experience supporting NGA Analysis or a similar analytic organization.
• Experience in government or industry supporting:
  • DoD and/or Intelligence Community acquisition processes
  • Agile or SAFe Agile systems development
  • Integration of bespoke capabilities with enterprise services
  • Merging disparate system architectures
  • CONOPS development and systems documentation
  • Defining future-state solutions with incomplete or evolving requirements
  • Supporting or conducting GEOINT analysis

Desired Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Engineering, or related technical field.
• 2+ years of experience in one or more GEOINT analytic tradecraft disciplines and analytic production system development.
• 3+ years of experience with government acquisition processes.
• 3+ years of experience in Agile systems development environments.
• Experience working with high-performance computing (HPC) and big data systems.

Essential Job Functions:

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to focus on the essential functions of a position to determine whether an individual is qualified. Essential job functions are the fundamental job duties that an applicant or employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact ACS Human Resources at (703) 662-5062 .

The physical requirements of this position include:

• Ability to collaborate and work in a customer, classified, cubicle environment.
• Ability to to work from a desk for an average of 8 hours per day and 5 days per week
• Ability to create, deliver, and communicate analysis and technical concepts that are easy to understand, well documented, and of high quality

Education Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent technical experience).

Years of experience:

• 18+ years of experience with a Bachelors degree or higher

Position Type: Full-Time

Shift: Day

Export Control: For all positions re quiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ACS may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.

Assured Consulting Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Minorities, females, disabled and protected veterans are urged to apply. ACS' utilization of any external recruitment or job placement agency is predicated upon its full compliance with our equal opportunity/affirmative action policies. ACS does not accept resumes from unsolicited recruiting firms. We pay no fees for unsolicited services.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact ACS Human Resources at (703) 662-5062.

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Pay Range: $175,000 - $202,000 per year