Systems Engineer (2026-0031)

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language, operations, and technology services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.

We are currently recruiting for a Systems Engineer with TS/SCI clearance and polygraph to join our team in Northern Virginia to e nsure that proper Systems Engineering practices and processes are followed and applied to systems and equipment throughout the development lifecycle, from requirements definition, design & build of the technical solution, integration/verification/validation, and through operations and maintenance of the system.

RESPONSIIBILITES:
Tasks shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Identify technical, CI, and operational risks and recommend mitigations.
• Study the feasibility and vulnerability of new technical collection capabilities and analyze gaps.
• Assess emerging and commercial-off-the-shelf technologies in support of operational requirements and applications.
• Assess key vulnerabilities and single points of failure and recommend mitigations.
• Evaluate, validate, and analyze technical development compliance with stated requirements.
• Integrate, test, verify, and validate end-to-end systems.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Current TS/SCI with polygraph.
• Levels:
  • Full Performance - Bachelors + 4 years
  • Senior - Bachelors + 8 years
  • Expert - Bachelors + 12 years
  • Principal - Masters + 16 years
    • Degree substitutions permitted:
      • 4 years in lieu of a Bachelors
      • 6 years in lieu of a Masters
• Technical undergraduate degree.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Cyber or technical operations experience or a technical graduate