Lead Integrator (Expert) 

Clearance Required:  TS/SCI 

Location: This position is fully onsite in either Chantilly or Springfield, VA

Overall Assignment Description:

We are seeking an Expert GEOINT Lead Integrator to support enterprise transformation initiatives across NGA and its Mission Partners. In this highly visible technical leadership role, you will guide systems engineering and integration efforts spanning the full engineering lifecycle—from architecture and requirements development through integration, testing, and transition to operations.

As a trusted technical advisor, you will help modernize the GEOINT enterprise by leading complex integration initiatives, shaping future-state architectures, and providing strategic recommendations that influence mission capability investments. Working within NGA's Enterprise Engineering & Architecture Division, you will collaborate across multiple organizations to ensure alignment of enterprise architecture, requirements, interfaces, and mission capabilities.

This position is ideal for an experienced systems integration leader with deep knowledge of GEOINT TCPED architecture, enterprise systems engineering, and Digital Engineering/Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) practices.

What You'll Do

Enterprise Systems Integration

• Lead enterprise-wide systems integration efforts across NGA Program Executive Offices (PEOs) and Mission Partners.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to government stakeholders on integration strategy, architecture modernization, and enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Establish partnerships across organizations to drive synchronized integration planning and execution.
• Lead high-visibility integration projects from concept development through Transition to Operations (TTO).

Architecture & Engineering

• Lead architecture gap analyses and development of future-state enterprise architectures.
• Perform engineering assessments, trade studies, Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), and Courses of Action (COAs) to support strategic investment decisions.
• Analyze enterprise baselines and ensure end-to-end traceability between requirements, architecture, interfaces, and system capabilities.
• Capture and translate mission and customer needs into technical requirements and integrated solutions.

Digital Engineering & Technical Leadership

• Drive adoption of Digital Engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies.
• Develop integrated project plans, CONOPS, target-state architectures, roadmaps, and engineering documentation.
• Lead cross-functional Integrated Project Teams supporting GEOINT modernization initiatives across Analytic, Collection Management, Data Services, Foundation GEOINT, and IT domains.
• Define and improve modern systems integration processes using Agile, Digital Engineering, AI, and industry best practices.
• Mentor engineers and integrators while identifying new opportunities to expand team capabilities and support customer mission needs.

Governance & Collaboration

• Participate in NGA governance, configuration management, and risk management activities.
• Ensure enterprise documentation remains aligned across architecture, requirements, interfaces, and engineering baselines.
• Provide technical leadership during enterprise planning, coordination, and decision-making efforts.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or another STEM discipline.
• 18+ years' of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 18+ years of experience leading systems engineering, systems integration, architecture, and technical analysis efforts across the full system lifecycle.
• Extensive experience designing, analyzing, documenting, and integrating complex IT or enterprise systems.
• Expert-level experience supporting DoD or Intelligence Community acquisition processes and/or PPBES.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, cross-organizational engineering and integration initiatives.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of the GEOINT Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) Architecture.
• Experience supporting the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence (ASG), and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) environments.
• Knowledge of enterprise modernization initiatives, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Multi-Cloud architectures, and Edge Computing.
• Experience with Digital Engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools, processes, and methodologies.
• Experience using Agile project management tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification(s).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts to senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong customer relationships and lead multi-agency integrated project teams.
• Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.