Job Requirements
Bedford, MA
Public Trust Polygraph Unspecified
Career Level not specified
$145,000 - $160,000
Job Description
Join a high-impact engineering team supporting U.S. Air Force acquisition programs at Hanscom AFB, delivering mission-critical capabilities across the lifecycle—from requirements development through integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
This role is ideal for systems engineers who enjoy working across enterprise Windows environments, virtualized infrastructure, cybersecurity-aware architectures, and complex subsystem integrations supporting operational Air Force platforms.
Why Work with us?
Applied Research Solutions (ARS) is respected as a world-class provider of technically integrated solutions as we deliver premier talent and technology across our focused markets for unparalleled, continuous mission support.Awarded a Best Places to Work nominee since 2020, ARS recognizes that without our career- driven, loyal professionals, we would not be able to deliver state-of-the-art results for our mission partners. We firmly believe that prioritizing our employees is of the upmost importance. We provide a culture where our employees are challenged to meet their career goals and aspirations, while still obtaining a work/life balance. ARS employees are motivated through our industry competitive benefits package, our awards and recognition program, and personalized attention from ARS Senior Managers.
Responsibilities include:
Featured Technical Environment (Highly Desired)
Candidates with experience in the following areas tend to excel in this role:
Hands-on familiarity with:
Virtualized Mission Environments
Experience supporting Windows-based application hosting environments using:
Cybersecurity-Aware Engineering Support
Working knowledge of:
Systems Engineering & Integration Experience
Strong candidates will also bring experience supporting:
Qualifications/ Technical Experience Requirements:
All positions at Applied Research Solutions are subject to background investigations. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation including criminal history and identity check.
The annual salary range: $145k - $160k. Salary is dependent upon the role and associated responsibilities, candidate's experience, and qualifications to include education/training, and key skills.
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability and requires affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities.
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans and requires affirmative action by covered contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans.
This role is ideal for systems engineers who enjoy working across enterprise Windows environments, virtualized infrastructure, cybersecurity-aware architectures, and complex subsystem integrations supporting operational Air Force platforms.
Why Work with us?
Applied Research Solutions (ARS) is respected as a world-class provider of technically integrated solutions as we deliver premier talent and technology across our focused markets for unparalleled, continuous mission support.Awarded a Best Places to Work nominee since 2020, ARS recognizes that without our career- driven, loyal professionals, we would not be able to deliver state-of-the-art results for our mission partners. We firmly believe that prioritizing our employees is of the upmost importance. We provide a culture where our employees are challenged to meet their career goals and aspirations, while still obtaining a work/life balance. ARS employees are motivated through our industry competitive benefits package, our awards and recognition program, and personalized attention from ARS Senior Managers.
Responsibilities include:
- Supporting system engineering activities across acquisition and sustainment programs at Hanscom AFB
- Managing and maintaining program technical baselines
- Supporting system integration, validation, and performance verification activities
- Participating in technical reviews of architectures, requirements, and test strategies
- Performing trade studies and capability analyses to support engineering decisions
- Supporting interface definition and integration across multiple subsystems and mission services
- Developing technical documentation including:
- requirements artifacts
- test plans
- implementation plans
- engineering assessments
- Supporting engineering risk identification and mitigation aligned with Air Force SEAM processes
- Assisting with evaluation of COTS/GOTS solutions for compliance with DoD standards
- Supporting lifecycle engineering across:
- acquisition
- integration
- deployment
- sustainment
- operations oversight
- Will perform other duties as assigned
Featured Technical Environment (Highly Desired)
Candidates with experience in the following areas tend to excel in this role:
Hands-on familiarity with:
- Windows Active Directory
- Domain Controllers
- Group Policy Objects (GPO)
- FSMO roles
Virtualized Mission Environments
Experience supporting Windows-based application hosting environments using:
- ESXi
- VxRail
- Enterprise virtual machine provisioning and sustainment
Cybersecurity-Aware Engineering Support
Working knowledge of:
- network topologies
- ports and protocols
- ACAS vulnerability scanning
- secure system integration within DoD environments
Systems Engineering & Integration Experience
Strong candidates will also bring experience supporting:
- technical requirements documentation
- system test planning and validation activities
- implementation planning within DoD acquisition environments
- interface definition and subsystem integration
- configuration and technical data management
- performance and reliability assessments
- modeling and simulation for requirements validation
- cost vs capability trade studies
- Multi-Objective Decision Analysis (MODA)
Qualifications/ Technical Experience Requirements:
- Must be a US Citizen
- Secret Security clearance
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Mathematics
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in technical engineering
All positions at Applied Research Solutions are subject to background investigations. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation including criminal history and identity check.
The annual salary range: $145k - $160k. Salary is dependent upon the role and associated responsibilities, candidate's experience, and qualifications to include education/training, and key skills.
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability and requires affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities.
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans and requires affirmative action by covered contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans.
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