Senior International Acquisitions Technical & Engineering Support (Lifecycle Acquisition)

The Red Gate Group is seeking a Senior International Acquisitions Technical & Engineering Support professional to provide lifecycle acquisition engineering and technical leadership in support of a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) international program. This role serves as a senior subject matter expert (SME) within the Program Management Office (PMO) advising the Program Manager across the full system and acquisition lifecycle.

In this position you will operate at the nexus of systems engineering acquisition strategy international mission integration and risk managementensuring technical rigor compliance and mission alignment across complex multi-stakeholder programs supporting Geospatial Non-Standard Data Content and National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Program & Lifecycle Acquisition Support

• Provide senior SME support to the Program Manager throughout the acquisition lifecycle including material solution analysis source selection task order proposals Requests for Change (RFCs) Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and transition to operations.
• Advise on cost schedule performance and risk management strategies to ensure successful program execution.
• Support early system lifecycle activities including initiation and sustainment of Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes for new system capabilities.
• Provide technical and acquisition input for budgets taskers and program actions in support of international geospatial mission objectives.

Systems Engineering & Technical Leadership

• Author and review system CONOPS system architectures and requirements documentation.
• Conduct risk issue and opportunity analysis including qualitative risk assessments and mitigation planning.
• Support the development of quality assurance plans technical metrics and performance measures.
• Review Technical Measurement Parameters and provide assessments to inform deployment decisions.

Stakeholder Engagement & Coordination

• Provide senior SME support at briefings Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) design reviews readiness reviews and program management reviews.
• Coordinate planning and technical exchanges between prime contractors NGA segments projects and mission stakeholders.
• Participate in NSG and ASG forums evaluating external system changes for impacts to international program objectives.
• Collaborate with customers stakeholders and development contractors to ensure integration of requirements and functionality across program elements.

Testing Transition & Operations

• Plan coordinate and oversee formal test activities under Verification and Validation Group (VVG) supervision.
• Track and coordinate test events for future software and hardware deliveries at factory and deployment sites.
• Serve as PMO lead validator during formal test events and provide results and recommendations to support operational baseline deployment decisions.
• Support the development and execution of integration and transition plans to move capabilities into the NSG Enterprise.
• Coordinate transition of software builds hardware deployments and discrepancy report (DR) fixes into operations.

Security Compliance & Governance

• Coordinate with development contractors NCAT security NGA security offices and OCIO to maintain active C&A programs.
• Facilitate TEMs to resolve C&A issues and ensure ongoing compliance.
• Provide property accountability support to the PM and COR advising on actions required under agency Total Access Management systems.

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree
• Demonstrated experience supporting the acquisition of U.S. Government systems
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI eligibility

Desired Qualifications

• Understanding of the geospatial intelligence mission and its contribution to the Intelligence Community
• Knowledge of NGA processes and tools including systems engineering acquisition configuration management quality readiness and security
• Familiarity with NGA requirements processes for Non-State Entities (NSEs) and NGA Crisis Action Teams (NCATs)
• Familiarity with Microsoft SharePoint
• Knowledge of quality assurance and quality control processes
• Detailed knowledge of risk management methodologies
• Familiarity with NSG and ASG architectures
• Familiarity with the NGA ISP/ASP Model
• Familiarity with NGA/TI programs

Additional Information :

The Red Gate Group Ltd. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The Red Gate Group Ltd. considers applicants without regard to race color religion age national origin ancestry ethnicity gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation marital status veteran status disability genetic information citizenship status or membership in any other group protected by federal state or local law. Know Your Rights

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time