AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Systems Acquisition Analyst

AMERICAN SYSTEMS
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeUnited StatesSeniorLead💰 $110,800 - $185,100 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in systems engineering and government acquisition, with a strong focus on requirements engineering, risk management, and the integration of DoD acquisition frameworks. Proficient in developing clear artifacts and facilitating communication among diverse stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Requirements EngineeringFAR/DFARS ProficiencyDoD AAF PathwaysRisk ManagementConfiguration/Change Control

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About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead discovery with mission owners to elicit operational objectives, MOEs, and MOPs
  • Convert mission needs into testable requirements and acquisition artifacts
  • Establish traceability from mission needs through system requirements, architecture, verification plans, and fielded performance
  • Shape FAR/DFARS-based, OTA, and IDIQ/task order acquisition strategies
  • Integrate DoD Adaptive Acquisition Framework pathways with technical baselines and milestone criteria
  • Support AoA, source selection inputs, contracting packages, and sustainment strategies
  • Facilitate requirements development, decomposition, and change control
  • Maintain CONOPS, ICDs, interface documents, architecture views, and verification/validation strategies
  • Coordinate T&E planning and map test cases to mission outcomes and acceptance criteria
  • Run risk workshops and maintain risk registers with mitigations tied to decision gates
  • Support cost realism/ROM analyses, BOEs, and technical schedule integration with EVMS and Agile increments
  • Drive trade studies involving performance, affordability, logistics, cyber, and interoperability
  • Bridge engineering teams, contracting officers, program managers, and operators through artifacts and briefings
  • Prepare decision memos, milestone packages, and operational dashboards
  • Promote MBSE practices and digital threads for traceability
  • Align agile backlogs and CI/CD pipelines with formal requirements and test objectives
  • Build architecture views and interface control documents; manage configuration and change control

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • BS in Systems Engineering, Electrical/Mechanical/Software Engineering, Operations Research, or related field
  • 8+ years across government acquisition and systems engineering
  • Demonstrated success through at least one full lifecycle from concept to fielding
  • Working proficiency with FAR/DFARS, DoD AAF pathways, source selection processes, and contracting vehicles such as OTA and IDIQ
  • Experience with requirements engineering, architecture, T&E, risk management, configuration/change control
  • Familiarity with ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 principles
  • Exceptional ability to create clear, concise artifacts and brief senior leaders
  • Active Secret clearance or ability to obtain
  • TS/SCI preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Healthcare benefits
  • Paid leave
  • Retirement plans
  • Insurance programs
  • Education and training assistance

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Hard Skills
Systems EngineeringRequirements DevelopmentTest & Evaluation (T&E)Risk ManagementConfiguration ManagementArchitecture DevelopmentCost Realism AnalysisAgile MethodologiesModel-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)Decision Memo Preparation
Soft Skills
Clear CommunicationArtifact CreationStakeholder EngagementFacilitation SkillsBriefing Senior Leaders
Tools & Technologies
EVMSCI/CD PipelinesAgile BacklogsDigital ThreadsInterface Control Documents
Certifications & Qualifications
Active Secret ClearanceTS/SCI Preferred
Industry Keywords
Government AcquisitionDoD Acquisition FrameworkOperational ObjectivesMission OutcomesAcquisition ArtifactsSource Selection ProcessesISO/IEC/IEEE 15288Milestone PackagesOperational DashboardsTrade Studies