Acquisition Mission Integrator

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The MITRE National Security Sector (MNS) and its National Security Engineering Center (NSEC) FFRDC solve the nation’s most complex security challenges across the War Department, Intelligence Community, interagency partners, industry, and allies. The Office of the Secretary of War Program Division is seeking for the N221 Acquisition Studies and Analysis Department (N221) a well-connected and recognized expert to contribute to modernizing defense acquisition across the defense ecosystem.

The ideal candidate will be a credible authority on defense acquisition transformation and digital, systems, & mission engineering to support national security sponsors in accelerating the impact to mission timelines. You will belong to a high-performing team that regularly initiates, forms teams, implements, and leads projects in support of sponsors’ strategic initiatives, often before a sponsor can fully recognize or articulate that they are needed.

As an Acquisition Mission Integrator, you will collaborate with sponsors and government stakeholders to accelerate innovation and capability delivery across acquisition and operational communities.

You will support the department responsible for enabling the Secretary of Defense’s directives for acquisition transformation, including modern software acquisition, portfolio-based acquisition, mission/digital engineering, and test & evaluation across war fighting domains—including Weapon Systems, Command and Control, Business Systems, Dev Sec Ops , Cloud, Data, Applications, and AI. You will work across MITRE divisions to identify integration opportunities across the services and guide investments aligned with defense acquisition priorities.

You will also partner with MITRE project and group leaders to enhance N221 department capabilities through sponsor engagements and R&D with MITRE Technology and Engineering.

• Coordinate with major program offices to improve speed, innovation, and capability delivery by leveraging and defining modern acquisition practices, including digital and mission engineering and software-based acquisition.

• Recommend strategies to drive change and align programs with modern practices.

• Collaborate across MITRE, DoW, and external organizations to deliver innovative solutions.

• Provide tools and support to help programs tailor acquisition strategies.

• Enable acquisition and modernization of mission-critical systems across classified and unclassified domains, ensuring alignment with DoW acquisition frameworks.

• Work independently, communicate effectively, implement advanced acquisition and software strategies, and integrate best practices from industry, DoD, and academia.

• Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 10 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 7 years’ experience; or equivalent…