Arcfield Looking for Technical Governance Systems Engineer at McLean, VA  Full Time

Arcfield is a leading provider of full lifecycle, mission-focused systems engineering and integration capabilities to the U.S. government and its allies. The company has more than 60 years of proven experience providing advanced engineering and analysis, IT and C5ISR capabilities to support our nation’s most critical national security missions. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA and with 16 offices around the world, Arcfield employs approximately 1,200 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals who put our customers’ missions first, helping them solve their most complex challenges through innovations in modeling, simulation and analysis, digital transformation and C5ISR. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

The individual selected for this position will support the Sponsor’s Program Management Office responsible for providing a unified decision-making approach to reduce risk across the Sponsor’s Internet activities. This includes providing governance support, requirements triage, facilitation, and other types of Systems Engineering and Integration support. Sponsor PM is seeking an Systems Engineer to design and implement a new governance board to facilitate organization wide deconfliction activities, technical decision making and internet risk reduction. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Create, coordinate and develop business process management of governance board(s) to include maintenance of policies, decision-making structures, charters, etc.
• Provide technical, consultant, facilitation, and administrative support to the Sponsor component’s governance process and board(s).
• Manage technical exchange meetings and support ongoing collection and analysis/triage of requirements.
• Communicate and document internet risk management, diversification, tradecraft, and capabilities to Senior Stakeholders and Senior Board Members.
• Track and manage Action Items, meeting minutes, generating quarterly/yearly reports, as required.
• Define and capture requirements by interacting with stakeholders and subsequently conducting independent research and analysis of information in preparation for meetings; seeking information from personnel within the supported principal’s organization or appropriate external stakeholders to provide background information the principal will require for meetings and other engagements. Follow-up to ensure material is ready for review in advance of meeting.
• Create and maintain Sponsor’s content for branding/messaging of board and governance activities.
• Update, maintain, and operate current information in a centralize repository and website wherever content is hosted.
• Plan and coordinate program management process activities and leverage experience to recommend efficiencies and/or streamlining, to include developing standard operating procedures and associated documentation.
• Develop schedule version control processes, policies, and procedures and ensure that they are followed.
• Work in collaboration with Sponsor Program Manager and stakeholders to drive consistency of the project scheduling approach to facilitate accuracy in project reporting.
• Assist Sponsor Program Manager with evaluating schedule impacts and establishing formal PMR documentation and meetings.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience with executive level engagement(s) and communication(s); meetings, briefings, written and interpersonal communications, etc.; to include creating and providing briefings/presentations, planning and facilitating meetings and providing support for technical documentation.
• Proven ability to multi-task and perform independently, proactive self-starter.
• Ability to operate/navigate in ambiguous situations; to include the ability to put plans in place, lead those plans and ensure progress and completion.
• Critical thinking skills sufficient to make sound and timely recommendations in unique situations, considering alternate actions.
• Process oriented, conceptually driven, and possess the ability to work collaboratively across organizational boundaries and with various employee levels (to include Senior Executive Leaders).
• Demonstrated expertise in supporting complex organizations and fast pace operational environment.
• Demonstrated on-the-job experience coordinating and working action items to completion.
• Organizational, collaboration, negotiation, and interpersonal skills to effectively complete tasks.
• Must have a minimum of Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated expertise with a minimum of 12 years as a Systems Engineer in Information Technology disciplines.
• BS 10-12, MS 8-10, Phd 5-7
• Active TS/SCI w/poly

Desired Qualifications:

• 3+ years directly supporting the Sponsor.
• Working knowledge of Sponsor’s mission and other stakeholders’ missions.
• Demonstrated experience of supporting internet operations for the Sponsor and the Intelligence Community.

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