Project Engineer - Acquisition

Overview

What do you get when you bring together a team of bright individuals and place them into an environment where work means making a difference in the lives of people across the globe?

You get Sciolex Corporation, a fast-growing defense contractor focused on providing the U.S. Government a level of service that surpasses the epitome of excellence. Our core services include systems engineering technical advice, technical support, and administrative assistance. From our humble beginning as a small Service Disabled, Veteran Owned Small Business in Chantilly, VA, Sciolex Corporation is now the home for over 1,000 employees across the U.S.

Over the past 19 years, Sciolex Corporation has constructed an environment that celebrates diversity and encourages a positive work/life balance, all while supporting government missions that our employees are proud to be a part of. When you work for Sciolex Corporation, you are working for a stable company that values you and is committed to ensuring you receive the utmost employee care.

Responsibilities

The desired and expected qualifications for the Project Engineer - Acquisition role is as follows.

Desired

+ Master's or PhD in Tech, computer science, engineering, business or related field

+ Professional cert in Acquisition (such as DAWIA)

+ domain knowledge and expertise for systems engineering of multiple interrelated satellite ground system acquisitions

+ IC experience w/in the last 5 yrs

+ Familiarity with the NROs and DoDs national and tactical space architectures

+ Knowledge of Electro-optical, RADAR, SIGINT, Communications, Mission Management, and Mission processing systems supporting a space and ground architecture

+ Knowledge of SAFe Agile or similar agile processes and JIRA and Confluence

+ Certified in one or more of the following: INCOSE (or DAWIA equivalent), OMG Systems Modeler, Agile, Project Management, MBSE

+ + systems engineering of multiple interrelated satellite ground system acquisitions

+ Specifically: digital engineering and data engineering

Qualifications & Physical Requirements

Must hold TS/SCI w/ CI Poly Clearance

Expected

+ Bachelors in Tech, computer science, engineering, business or a related field; if no Bachelors - demonstrate an additional 4 yrs of related acquisition experience for each level

+ Domain knowledge and expertise for all phases of the acquisition cycle of multiple large system acquisitions (>$50M)

+ Experience in project management and acquisition, with emphasis on Government acquisition in DoD or IC

+ Expereince with project management; monitoring developer cost, schedule, and performance; and program office processes, techniques, and documentation

+ Experience with different contracting types, e.g.: competition, sole source, IDIQ/TOs, Other Transactions, or Broad Agency Announcements)

+ all phases of the acquisition cycle of multiple large system acquisitions

+ Specifically: cloud services, software services platform, DevSecOps, data centricity and management, data management, MBSE, enterprise governance, across organizational and system boundaries

+ Provide acquisition guidance, planning, and recommendations related to the integration of National Systems-based capabilities

+ Assist the development of RFP packages and coordinate completion of technical evaluation of proposals received in response to the RFPs, Task Orders, BAAs, and Other Transactions

+ Support Agile-based program management

+ Support in multiple areas at the systems, mission, and enterprise levels; with program management; acquisition support; analytic support and analysis; and budgetary practices

Job LocationsUS-VA-Chantilly

ID 2025-2259

Category Professional

Position Type Regular Full-Time