Platform Systems Engineer – Mid Level

Overview

Arcfield is seeking a Mid-Level Platform Systems Engineer to provide SETA support to a Government Program Office responsible for delivering complex ground, platform, and enterprise capabilities. In this role, you will be part of a team supporting the evaluation, integration, and sustainment of technical systems within a mission-critical, Agile-driven environment.

This position provides an excellent opportunity to apply platform engineering and systems engineering expertise across the Ground Enterprise supporting NRO mission needs. You will work closely with Government technical leads, Ground Directorate program offices, and multi-contractor Agile teams to support architectural evaluations, ground system integration planning, and the development and review of enterprise engineering artifacts.

This is an ideal role for a motivated mid-level engineer, eager to deepen their advisory skills, strengthen their understanding of NRO cloud-based and ground mission architectures, and contribute directly to mission success in a fast-paced, integration-focused Ground Enterprise environment.

Roles & Responsibilities will include:

• Advise Government in reviewing and assessing platform architectures, technical design approaches, interface definitions, and integration strategies across the overhead reconnaissance ground system enterprise.
• Analyze system and IT platform requirements to evaluate the impacts of proposed changes, capability additions, or architectural modifications on mission, system, and enterprise objectives.
• Provide systems engineering support across the full development lifecycle, including architecture development, CONOPs refinement, requirement decomposition, integration planning, verification and validation considerations, and transition-to-operations readiness.
• Evaluate technical deliverables from development contractors, identify risks, dependencies, and integration concerns, and provide mitigation recommendations that enhance mission performance, scalability, usability, and long-term sustainment.
• Participate in Agile activities, including PI planning, sprint planning, sprint reviews, backlog refinement, and technical exchange meetings, ensuring alignment across multi-contractor development teams.
• Assist in the creation and review of enterprise engineering artifacts, including architecture products, technical documentation, interface control documentation (ICDs), system playbooks, and user adoption/onboarding materials.
• Provide clear, concise, and technically defensible reporting and recommendations to Government stakeholders through written assessments, technical briefings, decision inputs, and formal review artifacts.

Required Qualifications

• BS 8-10, MS 6-8, PhD 3-5
• Must possess and have the ability to maintain an active TS/SCI Clearance w/ Poly.
• Working knowledge of hybrid infrastructure environments (on-prem + cloud), container orchestration, and tools that automate the configuration and deployment of infrastructure.
• Familiarity with systems engineering processes including architecture development, requirements analysis, integration planning, verification and validation, and system lifecycle documentation.
• Experience supporting or participating in Agile or SAFe development environments.
• Ability to assess developer technical approaches and provide objective, mission-aligned recommendations to Government leadership.
• Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to prepare and deliver technical assessments, written reports, and decision inputs.

• Prior experience supporting NRO
• 2-4 years of relevant experience in platform engineering, cloud engineering, systems engineering, or related technical advisory functions.
• Exposure to microservices architecture, API integration, and distributed system considerations.
• Experience supporting platform governance, onboarding processes, or developer enablement efforts.

• Cloud Services: AWS, Microsoft, Google environments
• Containerization & Orchestration:
  Docker, Kubernetes
• Infrastructure as Code:
  Terraform, Ansible, Cloud Formation
• CI/CD:
  Jenkins, Git Lab
• Systems Engineering:
  Requirements decomposition, architecture analysis, integration planning, system testing
• Frameworks:
  Agile, Dev Sec Ops -aligned processes

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.