Senior International Acquisitions Technical & Engineering Support (Lifecycle Acquisition)

Red Gate Group•Springfield, VA

About The Position

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 management—ensuring 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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.