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Enterprise Resiliency Senior Systems Engineer - Defense Team Lead

Job in Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, 20153, USA
Listing for: Arcfield
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-18
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity
  • IT/Tech
    Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Senior Systems Engineer

Arcfield is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer dedicated to supporting Enterprise Resiliency systems in a Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) capacity to be the Lead for major Enterprise Resiliency Defensive-related system acquisitions. The candidate will provide technical modeling support by assessing space requirements, Concept of Operations (CONOPs), architecture products, system schedules, and risks for end-to-end closure of the baseline for Space protection-related activities in the overall Enterprise and provide technical recommendations to the customer.

This component of the Intelligence-Space Programs segment provides Enterprise Systems Engineering and Integration capabilities to a national intelligence acquisition and operations organization. The program supports full lifecycle acquisition implementing digital engineering across all mission domains of complex national systems architecture. SETAs provide the customer with the expertise needed to make decision enabling mission success.

The candidate will work collaboratively across stakeholder organizations to obtain systems end-to-end closure of the Enterprise Resiliency Defense programs by supporting system readiness events out of the model following approved digital engineering processes for integration and closure. Interfacing with customers across the enterprise is imperative for system integration. As the Lead, the candidate would have the responsibility for ensuring the customer has everything needed to make the right decisions.

Strong systems engineering experience, professionalism, collaborativeness, and the ability to communicate space/ground/comm technical recommendations is a must for this position.

The candidate will interact with several government enterprise systems engineers and stakeholders, as well as multiple Acquisition Offices (AOs) and government and contractor stakeholders to drive resolution plans and strategies for complex technical challenges. The candidate, as the Lead of a small team, will also support the Enterprise Resiliency SETA Lead as well as the Enterprise Portfolio Manager with strategic planning for future capability acquisition and insertion into the baseline leveraging digital tools.

Qualifications
  • Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
  • 12 to 15 years with BS/BA or 10 to 13 years with MS or 10+ years with a PhD in a STEM field
  • Technical experience working with space-based sensors and systems
  • Knowledge of space/ground/comm systems and sensor vulnerabilities
  • Familiarity with system threats
  • A passion for learning, helping others, sharing team knowledge, and contributing value to the mission in any way possible
  • Experience with large acquisition systems engineering efforts, methods, and processes
  • Ability to work well in a fast paced, dynamic environment
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Excellent business acumen; ability to relate professionally inside the work environment with all personnel levels
  • Expertise in the System Engineering "V" process and agile acquisition
  • Demonstrated technical leadership in integrated engineering teams
  • Experience with Systems Engineering and all related functional disciplines therein
  • Experience developing and conducting briefings for senior level customer stakeholders
Desired

Skills:
  • OCSMP certification (Level 1 or Level
    2) and willingness to obtain Level 3
  • Extensive experience with MBSE, SysML applications, digital tools, Confluence, and Jira
  • Experience with Intelligence Community (IC) customer or Department of Defense (DoD)
  • Well-versed in Ground systems and overall space and ground architecture including communications systems
  • Awareness of mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment
  • Experience identifying user & enterprise needs/requirements and gap identification, analysis, and assessment
  • Experience in requirements engineering, CONOPS development, verification, test, and system integration to accommodate End to End Systems Engineering in support of customer's missions
  • Proven adaptability and experience with daily interaction on-site with the government customers
  • Experience with…
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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