Expert Level GEOINT Systems Integrator, Job# 622

Allen Integrated Solutions•St. Louis, MO

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Expert-Level GEOINT Systems Integrator supports enterprise transformation initiatives across GEOINT mission systems and projects. The role requires hands-on experience throughout the systems engineering and integration lifecycle, including architecture, requirements, CONOPS, integration, testing, and transition. The integrator provides expertise in NGA and Mission Partner GEOINT Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) Architecture, with particular focus on GEOINT metadata standards. This position leads large-scale, multi-phase integration efforts across agencies and the GEOINT community, supporting enterprise readiness and transition. As a member of the Enterprise Engineering & Architecture Division’s Integration Team, the integrator leads agency and joint transition planning and readiness for next-generation GEOINT data standards. The role advises the customer, identifies and mitigates integration and transition risks, and guides high-visibility initiatives from project planning through Transition to Operations (TTO). The position is fully onsite in Chantilly/Springfield, Virginia, or St. Louis, Missouri. An active TS/SCI clearance is required, or the ability to obtain SCI eligibility and successfully pass a polygraph.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM discipline, or equivalent expert-level experience as a Systems Integrator.
18 or more years of relevant experience; this experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Experience integrating solutions using cloud-based technologies, including Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, measured service, SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.
Hands-on experience architecting and building large-scale, service-oriented software products.
Active TS/SCI clearance, or ability to obtain SCI eligibility and successfully pass a polygraph.

Nice To Haves

Significant experience and working knowledge of GEOINT TCPED Architecture, including data providers, systems and services, interfaces, and data flows.
Experience leading complex, multi-organization, multi-agency, and multi-stakeholder initiatives, including establishing and leading IPTs, developing transformation roadmaps and dual-operations architectures, and leading end-to-end transition and readiness planning.
Knowledge of current NSG/ASG and NRO enterprises.
Knowledge of current and legacy GEOINT metadata standards, including Commercial, NITF, Still, Motion, and related standards, and an understanding of their limitations.
Knowledge of transformational initiatives, including Automation, Artificial Intelligence, and/or Multi-Cloud Architectures.
Experience authoring Requests for Change (RFCs) and leading enterprise impact coordination.
Experience with Agile project management tools such as Jira and Confluence.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Strong customer relationship and engagement skills.
Strong technical mentorship skills for engineering teammates.
Experience with or working knowledge of MBSE processes, tools, and languages.

Responsibilities

Lead enterprise transition planning and readiness for adoption of modernized GEOINT data standards across the NSG.
Develop Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) for enterprise architecture, engineering, integration, testing, and transition activities.
Conduct Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs) and develop dual-operations transition architectures.
Develop and manage multi-phase enterprise transition roadmaps.
Provide subject-matter expertise in developing enterprise and program requirements.
Lead strategy development for joint baseline management updates, enterprise test planning, and joint transition planning.
Lead coordination for readiness milestones.
Develop community outreach plans and messaging.
Lead integration and transition efforts between NGA and Mission Partners.
Lead and participate in architecture gap, enterprise requirements, alternatives, courses of action, trade, risk, critical path, and enterprise technical impact analyses.
Develop recommendations for transition architectures and investment decisions.
Use knowledge of the Joint Enterprise Ground and Space Architecture and GEOINT data standards to inform technical planning and integration.
Define modernized system integration processes that advance Agile, Digital Engineering, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), and AI adoption and improve process efficiency.
Facilitate development of integrated project plans, requirements, epics, target-state architectures, CONOPS, and roadmaps within NGA’s Digital Engineering Environment.
Establish and lead Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) and working groups across organizations, agencies, and stakeholders.
Lead preparations for NGA and Joint Agency engineering boards and working groups.
Participate in NGA and Joint Governance, Configuration Management, and Risk Management processes.
Identify risks, issues, and opportunities, and develop mitigation or exploitation plans.
Identify opportunities to expand team scope and develop project plans defining tasking, deliverables, and execution timelines.
Lead and participate in cross-organizational IPTs focused on Analytic, Collection Management, Data Services, Foundation GEOINT, and Information Technology modernization.
Provide technical leadership and ensure integrated solutions and capability deliveries.
Help drive adoption of Digital Engineering, MBSE, Automation, and AI to modernize engineering processes and products.
Mentor Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-Level GEOINT Systems Engineers and Integrators.
Provide task-management oversight for engineering teammates.
Collaborate with engineers and integrators at senior, mid, and junior levels to execute complex enterprise initiatives.