Mission Outcome Lead

Freedom Technology Solutions Group

$210K — $260K *
Aerospace & Defense
15+ years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 20+ years in systems engineering or related fields
  • Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline
  • Experience across the full engineering lifecycle
  • Ability to understand complex system architectures and dependencies
  • Experience leading technical execution across multiple teams
  • Strong troubleshooting skills at the systems level
  • Experience translating mission objectives into technical requirements

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the senior technical integration lead for mission areas across multiple products
  • Maintain a systems-level view of mission-area architectures and dependencies
  • Provide guidance to Delivery Technical Leads on complex engineering challenges
  • Communicate with leadership to translate objectives into actionable plans
  • Apply systems engineering principles throughout the product lifecycle
  • Manage cross-product dependencies and technical risks
  • Mentor technical leads and communicate technical findings clearly

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment
  • Collaborative team of professionals
  • Access to innovative technologies
  • Strong emphasis on work-life balance
  • Career growth opportunities funded by the company
  • 401k matching and fully paid medical coverage
  • Generous paid time off and site closure days
  • Paid training and tuition reimbursement
  • Company sponsored events and gatherings
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Mission Outcome Lead (MOL) to join one of our Prime Contracts supporting the Government's Corporate Management Services (CMS) organization. In this role, you will provide senior technical leadership across a portfolio of mission-aligned enterprise systems, operating at the intersection of mission needs, systems engineering, software delivery, architecture, and technical integration. You will work across multiple products and technical teams to translate mission priorities into coordinated, technically executable outcomes; identify and resolve cross-product dependencies, integration challenges, lifecycle issues, and technical risks; and provide senior technical guidance to Delivery Technical Leads (DTLs) and product teams when issues extend beyond an individual product boundary. Successful candidates will understand the full engineering lifecycle-from requirements and architecture through design, development, integration, verification, deployment, operations, sustainment, and modernization-and possess the engineering judgment to evaluate technical approaches, challenge assumptions, recognize gaps, and bring the right technical disciplines together to solve complex problems.

If you're looking for an opportunity where your work has broad enterprise impact, you'll find it here. Our diverse and growing team offers the chance to solve complex technical challenges, collaborate with talented professionals, and directly contribute to the technology and services that enable the Government's mission around the world.

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Serve as the senior technical integration and delivery lead for an assigned mission area spanning multiple products, applications, platforms, and engineering teams, translating Government mission objectives and stakeholder priorities into coordinated technical outcomes and executable engineering activities.
  • Maintain a systems-level view of mission-area architectures, interfaces, data flows, environments, infrastructure, security boundaries, dependencies, constraints, and modernization efforts to identify cross-product impacts and ensure solutions work effectively across the broader enterprise.
  • Provide senior technical guidance and escalation support to Delivery Technical Leads (DTLs), helping teams navigate complex engineering challenges, unclear technical direction, integration issues, lifecycle concerns, and decisions requiring broader systems-level context or expertise.
  • Interface and communicate with A+3 leadership and Product Leads to understand strategic priorities, develop and maintain technical roadmaps, gather desired outcomes, and translate leadership direction into actionable objectives and technical activities.
  • Apply systems engineering and software development lifecycle principles across requirements, architecture, design, development, integration, verification and validation, deployment, operations, sustainment, and modernization to drive disciplined and technically sound delivery.
  • Assess technical approaches, implementation strategies, estimates, sequencing, dependencies, assumptions, constraints, and resource needs to evaluate engineering feasibility, technical completeness, operational readiness, and alignment with mission objectives.
  • Identify and proactively manage cross-product dependencies, technical risks, architectural conflicts, integration gaps, technical debt, cybersecurity impacts, infrastructure constraints, and lifecycle concerns; facilitate resolution by engaging the appropriate engineering disciplines and subject matter experts.
  • Partner with Government stakeholders, DTLs, Product Leads, engineers, architects, and technical SMEs to clarify mission needs and requirements, surface ambiguity and missing technical information, and ensure work is sufficiently understood and actionable before significant engineering execution begins.
  • Ensure engineering teams adhere to program-level governance, systems engineering practices, technical standards, and established development and deliver processes; identify deviations or gaps and coordinate appropriate corrective actions to maintain technical consistency and program alignment.
  • Coordinate technical planning and execution across products when mission outcomes require changes to multiple systems, interfaces, environments, or teams, ensuring dependencies, integration activities, technical decisions, and delivery sequencing are understood and appropriately managed.
  • Monitor and assess contract deliverables across assigned products and engineering teams, ensuring technical commitments, requirements, milestones, and acceptance criteria are understood, tracked, and met; identify deliver risks and escalate concerns with clear analysis and recommended actions.
  • Monitor mission-area technical health and delivery progress, distinguishing product-level issues from systemic or portfolio-level concerns, and escalating significant technical, architectural, integration, security, or delivery risks with clear analysis, alternatives, trade-offs, and recommended actions.
  • Mentor and strengthen DTLs through technical coaching, systems-level perspective, and engineering lifecycle guidance; communicate complex technical findings, decisions, risks, and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders while fostering collaboration across engineering disciplines.
  • Validate and communicate staffing position requirements to the PMO, ensuring roles, responsibilities, technical skill requirements, and resource needs are accurately defined, aligned with planned engineering activities and mission outcomes, and reflected in program staffing plans.
  • Establish and maintain technical decision traceability across the assigned mission area, ensuring significant architecture, integration, technology, implementation, and lifecycle decisions are documented with their rationale, assumptions, dependencies, trade-offs, impacts, and responsible decision authority, and are communicated to affected products and engineering teams.

Key Technical & Engineering Domains
  • Systems or Software Engineering Lifecycle
  • Requirements Engineering and Traceability
  • Solution and System Architecture
  • Systems Integration and Interface Management
  • DevSecOps and CI/CD
  • Configuration and Change Management
  • Release and Environment Management
  • Verification, Validation, Testing, and Operational Readiness
  • Cloud and Infrastructure Concepts
  • Cybersecurity Integration
  • APIs, Services, Data Flows, and System Interfaces
  • Technical Debt and Technology Obsolescence
  • COTS/GOTS Integration and Modernization
  • Agile and Incremental Software Delivery
  • Technical Risk and Dependency Management
  • Production Operations and Sustainment

Required Qualifications:
  • Twenty (20) years of progressively responsible experience in systems engineering, software engineering, systems architecture, technical delivery, or related engineering disciplines supporting programs of similar scope, type, and complexity.
    • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline. Relevant additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree consistent with contract requirements.
  • Demonstrated experience working across the full systems and/or software engineering lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through implementation, integration, testing, deployment, operations, sustainment, and modernization.
  • Demonstrated ability to understand complex system architectures, interfaces, dependencies, data flows, environments, and technical constraints.
  • Experience leading or coordinating technical execution across multiple engineering disciplines, products, applications, or teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex technical and delivery problems at a systems level and help technical leads determine an appropriate path forward.
  • Experience translating mission or business objectives into technical requirements, engineering activities, implementation approaches, and measurable delivery outcomes.
  • Demonstrated experience identifying and managing technical risks, dependencies, assumptions, constraints, integration concerns, and lifecycle impacts.

Desired Qualifications:
  • Experience serving as a Senior Systems Engineer, Systems Architect, Technical Lead, Lead Software Engineer, or similar senior technical role.
  • Experience supporting a portfolio or system-of-systems environment containing multiple interconnected applications, platforms, interfaces, and engineering teams.
  • Experience with COTS/GOTS products, custom software, legacy modernization, and hybrid enterprise environments.
  • Experience with AWS or other cloud environments.
  • Working knowledge of DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, infrastructure automation, and modern software delivery practices.
  • Experience with requirements decomposition, requirements traceability, interface management, architecture analysis, technical reviews, and system integration. Experience facilitating architecture reviews, technical interchange meetings, engineering reviews, root-cause analysis, or cross-team technical problem-solving sessions.
  • Experience working in Government or highly regulated environments involving formal security, engineering, configuration, and operational processes.
  • INCOSE ASEP/CSEP, AWS certification, CISSP, SAFe, PMP, or other relevant engineering or technical certifications are desirable but not required.

The estimated salary range for this position is between $210,000-$260,000 (annualized USD). This range reflects the typical pay for the role and is one part of the company's comprehensive compensation package. Actual salaries are influenced by several factors, such as location, the individual's education, skills, experience, and competencies, as well as contract affordability and organizational needs.

What's in It for You?

Flexible work environment

A team mentality - work with friendly, like-minded professionals

Work with innovative, cutting edge technologies

Enjoy extremely competitive compensation and benefits

A work-life balance you can count on

Opportunities to grow and advance your career on our dime

The Benefits You Get with Freedom

Amazing benefits including matching 401k, fully paid medical, and more

Generous paid time off - including paid site closure days

Competitive salary offerings

Paid training and tuition reimbursement

Referral bonuses

Fully paid life and disability

Annual logo wear allowance

Company sponsored events (game nights, holiday party, summer party, happy hours)

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