MOSA Architect & Systems Integration Lead - Clearance Required

MOSA Architect & Systems Integration Lead

We are seeking a Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) Architect & Systems Integration Lead for a critical Army portfolio to advise on strategy, policy, technical, and programmatic dimensions of MOSA implementation across the Army. This role is not just about compliance; it is about engineering lethality and flexibility in the next generation of Army systems. You will leverage Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and digital thread integration to define the logical boundaries and interfaces that allow the Army to swap components rapidly without vendor lock-in, helping ensure system architectures are interoperable, interchangeable, and ready for multi-domain operations.

This is not a compliance or documentation role. The right candidate understands why MOSA succeeds or fails in practice and the gap between well-intentioned policy and real acquisition behavior and can operate credibly with senior leaders, program managers, engineers, contracting professions, and Industry. The advisor will help translate emerging MOSA policy into implementable guidance, governance, and practice; diagnose and address the organizational, technical, contractual, and cultural barriers to adoption;

and drive genuine buy-in across a community where "MOSA" means many things to many people. The advisor may provide technical direction to developmental personnel supporting MOSA work streams, or directly execute portions of those efforts, depending on priorities.

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• Advise the Army MOSA lead on strategy, policy translation, and implementation across the acquisition enterprise.
• Diagnose barriers to MOSA adoption and develop practical, low-bureaucracy approaches to overcome them.
• Support development of implementation guidance, governance frameworks, seam/architecture management practices, modular contracting approaches, and data/module-description standards.
• Translate senior-level policy intent into actionable guidance for the acquisition community — and translate program-level realities back up to inform policy.
• Build and sustain buy-in across Government and Industry through credible, two-sided engagement.
• Provide technical direction to developmental personnel supporting MOSA work streams as needed.
• Translate complex Army requirements into modular solutions using SysML. Develop model libraries and profiles to serve as the Authoritative Source of Truth for system-of-systems.
• Identify logical boundaries and system interfaces to enable seamless component interchangeability.
• Apply open standards (e.g., SOSA, DoDAF, and UAF) to practical hardware/software builds. Draft and refine DoD systems engineering guidance and technical criteria for MOSA implementation across Programs of Record.
• Design and manage digital threads, integrating MBSE with Product Lifecycle Management and Dev Sec Ops  stacks.
• Conduct trade-off studies and "what-if" assessments to balance modularity benefits against rapid deployment needs; defend MOSA business cases for milestone decisions.
• Support the development of technical assessment frameworks and performance metrics to evaluate MOSA compliance throughout the systems engineering V-model.
• Facilitate or engage in technical exchange meetings, potentially with various PAEs to drive digital convergence.

Required Qualifications

• BS/MS in Systems, Electrical, or Computer Engineering (or equivalent technical industry…