Systems Integrator Mission AI Campaign

Full Job Description

The Policy & Capabilities (PC) Directorate ensures the IC is best postured for the threats and challenges of an uncertain future, through strategy, policy, and capabilities development.

PC is comprised of the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) and Policy Strategy and Accountability (PSA) Office.

Mandatory Requirements: Federal Acquisition and Program Environment: Minimum twelve (12) years of progressive technical experience in Federal, Department of Defense, or Intelligence Community program environments.

Direct experience managing or overseeing AI/ML acquisition programs or technically complex systems integration efforts from the government side.

Working knowledge of the Software Acquisition Pathway, Federal Acquisition Regulation and applicable agency-specific acquisition policies.

Superior understanding of government network constraints including Authority to Operate processes and air-gapped system environments.

Technical Knowledge: Superior working knowledge of AI/ML system architectures including transformer-based models, vector databases and cloud infrastructure platforms.

Ability to read and evaluate API documentation, data schemas and system architecture diagrams to identify technical deficiencies without requiring hands-on software development proficiency.

Acquisition and Engineering Documentation: Superior experience applying Systems Engineering fundamentals within a federal acquisition framework.

Portfolio of authored technical acquisition documents including Statements of Work, Risk Management Plans and Test and Evaluation strategies.

Experience managing technical baselines and tracking contractor performance against established cost and schedule constraints.

Cost Estimating: Superior ability to review contractor cost submissions and produce defensible Government cost positions.

Communication and Documentation: Superior ability to produce senior-level technical briefs, formal assessment memoranda and policy-grade written products with minimal supervisory review.

Ability to synthesize large volumes of technical and financial data into concise, decision-quality products for senior Government officials Superior oral and written communication and interpersonal skills and the superior ability to work effectively with peers and leaders from across the IC and Department of Defense.

Education: Master's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.

Equivalent operational or experience in a directly related technical field may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Desired Requirements: PMP certified. COTR Certified.

Experience with agile development methodologies, rapid prototyping or innovation initiatives. Demonstrated experience supporting the development of agentic, multi-modal AI systems.

Demonstrated experience building or integrating advanced compute systems. Experience with multi-vendor system integration in complex, classified environments.

Familiarity with IC-specific data standards, security frameworks and compliance requirements. Major Duties:

ODNI's PC Directorate is squarely focused on winning the geostrategic competition to secure America's future.

PC establishes the IC's strategic roadmap, develops requisite IC policies and drives technology capabilities in alignment with national priorities.

Within PC, the SCO leads DNI-directed, results-oriented campaigns in key contested areas, including on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Advanced Compute and Space & Sensors.

These campaigns run from 18-36 months and are focused on establishing multi-agency capabilities that will transform the intelligence community (IC).

SCO is seeking a Systems Integrator to support the implementation and deployment of the Mission AI campaign.

Working closely with the Technical Director, this individual will lead end-to-end integration across Mission AI campaign components, vendors and operating environments.

The Systems Integrator will articulate the wield the technical expertise and acumen in complex system-of-systems integration and deployment and embody the ethos required to ensure success of this no-fail mission.

Privacy, security, technical, data and policy issues must be solved to build this capability and the Systems Integrator will be instrumental in ensuring these elements are effectively integrated across the campaign.

Major Duties and Responsibilities: The Systems Integrator serves as a lead for systems integration governance, oversight and execution for the Mission AI Campaign.

This officer drives integration activities and is accountable for the integrity, cost realism and operational viability of contractor-proposed system architectures and solutions.

Responsible for end-to-end integration across Mission AI Campaign components, vendors and operating environments.

Establishes integration governance forums (e.g., interface control working group) to manage cross-vendor dependencies, integration issues and technical decisions requiring adjudication.

Defines, maintains and enforces interface specifications and change control for APIs, data schemas, data flows and integration patterns; ensures interface requirements are documented and traceable.

Plans and oversees integration and interoperability testing, including technical entry/exit criteria, defect triage and verification of corrective actions to closure.

Ensures interoperability with required enterprise services and controls (e.g., identity and access management, auditing/logging, key management, monitoring/observability and data handling/markings) consistent with security and compliance requirements.

Reviews and critically evaluates contractor technical proposals, system architecture documentation and cost submissions for technical soundness and internal consistency.

Issues formal technical findings and assessment memoranda that directly inform source selection decisions, contract negotiations and program milestone reviews.

Challenges contractor performance claims against system metrics and behavior and independently validates that delivered capabilities meet government-defined acceptance criteria.

Coordinates with CORs to ensure technical findings are appropriately documented. Shapes and provides technical inputs to the Integrated Master Schedule roadmap.

Translates mission requirements into measurable engineering specifications suitable for incorporation into acquisition artifacts. Authors and reviews key acquisition and engineering artifacts.

Ensures requirements are technically defensible and traceable to mission needs. Participates in requirements reviews, design reviews and technical interchange meetings.

Maintains a single-source-of-truth repository for systems engineering and integration artifacts. Coordinates AI assurance and AI security across the full system development lifecycle.

Supports identification and documentation of AI/MLOps risks and the development and enforcement of technical guardrails to ensure system security, reliability and compliance with Intelligence Community Directives.

Monitors technical dependencies across concurrent program workstreams and elevates risk to program leadership when primary mission objectives are threatened.

Advises the Technical Director, Program Manager and other leadership on technical integration strategy, architectural trade-offs and emerging AI capability areas relevant to the mission.

Maintains and updates the program's technical baseline and ensures configuration management discipline is applied across all contractor deliverables.

Conceive, plan and conduct activities in support of the identification and synthesis of future technology trends to guide IC S&T investments, manage contracts, coordinate forecasted activities, and develop periodic reports for the IC.