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# Senior Systems Engineer - Requirements & Engineering Governance

- **Company:** Arcfield, Inc.
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,036.0 - $234,801.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Configuration Management, Cyber Security, Software Engineering, DOORS (Software), Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Enterprise Integration, Devsecops, Servicenow
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9294903/senior-systems-engineer-requirements-engineering-governance

## About the Role

* Clearance: Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI with Poly
 * Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline with 10-12 years of relevant experience; OR a Master's degree with 8-10 years of experience; PhD with 5-7 years of experience OR equivalent relevant professional experience.
 * Systems Engineering Expertise: Extensive background supporting complex, highly integrated systems or system-of-systems environments.
 * Requirements & Change Management: Proven track record in requirements development/traceability and engineering change processes (RFCs, configuration management).
 * Governance Leadership: Demonstrated experience facilitating technical reviews, ERBs, or Configuration Control Boards (CCBs), with the ability to evaluate complex cross-system dependencies.
 * Soft Skills: Exceptional technical leadership, facilitation, writing, and briefing skills. Must possess the confidence and diplomacy required to provide independent advice to senior Government stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

 * Experience supporting Intelligence Community (IC) or DoD ground systems and architectures.
 * Hands-on experience with industry-standard requirements and configuration management tools (e.g., DOORS, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow).
 * Experience with interface management, enterprise integration, and system modernization efforts.
 * Familiarity with modern engineering and development environments, including Agile, Digital Engineering, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), or DevSecOps .

## Description

In this role, you will act as a senior technical advisor to the Government, serving as the linchpin for enterprise requirements, Requests for Change (RFCs), and technical governance. You will maintain disciplined engineering rigor across a highly complex , system-of-systems environment, ensuring that proposed changes are thoroughly understood, de-conflicted, and evaluated before decisions are made.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who excels at identifying hidden dependencies, facilitating high-stakes technical discussions, and translating complex engineering impacts into actionable advice for Government leaders., * Requirements Lifecycle Management: Drive the development, decomposition, refinement, and traceability of enterprise and system-level requirements. Rigorously assess requirements for completeness, consistency, feasibility, and testability.

 * Change Management & RFC Evaluation: Lead the technical review of proposed RFCs and engineering changes. Evaluate submissions for technical merit, architecture alignment, interface dependencies, mission risk, and schedule impact.
 * Engineering Governance & ERBs: Lead and facilitate Engineering Review Boards (ERBs). Ensure issues are comprehensively analyzed, debated, and documented to support sound Government decision-making and baseline management.
 * Cross-System Impact Analysis: Look beyond individual systems to identify cross-program dependencies and evaluate how proposed engineering changes will impact the broader enterprise architecture and downstream mission capabilities.
 * Stakeholder Alignment & De-confliction: Coordinate assessments across diverse technical teams (systems engineers, architects, software developers, cybersecurity, and integrators). Actively resolve or elevate conflicting requirements and technical positions.
 * Strategic Advisory & Leadership: Develop executive-level decision packages, technical assessments, and briefings. Advise Government leadership on technical tradeoffs and recommended courses of action, while mentoring junior and mid-level engineers in governance best practices.