Missile Defense Specialist, Senior
Listed on 2026-09-05
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity, IT Support
Missile Defense Specialist, Senior
The Opportunity:
As an acquisition-focused Missile Defense Specialist, you’ll bring your strategic and technical expertise to work alongside senior portfolio management leaderson projects that drive acquisition policy and defense procurement decisions. You’ll use your skills and expertise to assess technical capabilities, evaluate readiness, and establish doctrine for the DoW’s lower-tier missile defense portfolio. You will collaborate with Joint and Interagency partners to recommend policy-driven Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) architectures, drive senior executive engagements, and assess IAMD system acquisition performance against a rapidly evolving, multi-domain threat landscape.
Further your career while creating mission-forward solutions that matter.
Join us. The world can’t wait.
You Have:5+ years of experience within the lower-tier IAMD acquisition enterprise, including system and radar performance, interceptors, or engagement profiles such as Patriot, Sentinel radar, AIAMD/IBCS, IFPC, SPY-6, LTAMDS, or M-SHORAD
Experience developing and evaluating acquisition strategies, acquisition program baselines, risk reduction plans, or international cooperation plans
Experience preparing and coordinating correspondence requests directed to senior department leadership, legislative branch offices, audits, foreign governments or agencies, international organizations, or suppliers
Ability to conduct technical or programmatic assessments and present to leadership
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor’s degree
Experience analyzing mission capability portfolios to assess cost, schedule, and performance risks associated with the system-of-systems required to execute mission threads
Experience with the Defense of Guam architecture and strategy
Experience developing monthly and quarterly status reports on major acquisition programs, including Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs)
Experience supporting the preparation of Acquisition Decision Memoranda, Overarching Integrated Product Team (OIPT) reports, or program update briefings
Experience supporting General Accounting Office and DoW Inspector General studies and audits
Experience with Department correspondence software, including CATMS or ETMS2
Defense Acquisition University Certification in Systems Acquisition or the Defense Industry
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements foraccess to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.
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Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $62,000.00 to $ (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees.
This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.
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