Missile Defense Specialist, Senior
Booz Allen Hamilton
- Location
- Arlington, VA
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- Salary
- $62k – $141k/yr
- H-1B history
- 9 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- Aug 25, 2026
About this role
Missile Defense Specialist, Senior The Opportunity: As an acquisition-focused Missile Defense Spe cia list, you’ll bring your strategic and technical expertise to work alongside senior portfolio management leaders on projects that drive acquisition policy and defense procurement decisions. You’ll use your skills and expertise to assess technical capabilities, evaluate readiness, and establish doctrine for the DoW's lower-tier missile defense portfolio. You will collaborate with Joint and Interagency partners to recommend policy -driven Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) architectures, drive senior executive e nga gements, and assess IAMD system acquisition performance against a rapidly evolving, multi-domain threat landscape. Further your career while creating mission-forward solutions that matter. Join us. The world can’t wait. You Have: 5+ years of experience within the lower-tier IAMD acquisition enterprise, including system and radar performance, interceptors, or e nga gement profiles such as Patriot, Sentinel radar, AIAMD / IBCS, IFPC, SPY-6, LTAMDS, or M-SHORAD Experience developing and evaluating acquisition strategies, acquisition program baselines, risk reduction plans, or international cooperation plans Experience preparing and coordinating correspondence requests directed to senior department leadership, legislative branch offices, audits, foreign governments or agencies, international organizations, or suppliers Ability to conduct technical or programmatic assessments and present to leadership TS/SCI clearance Bachelor's degree Nice If You Have: Experience analyzing mission capability portfolios to assess cost, schedule, and performance risks asso cia ted with the system-of-systems required to execute mission threads Experience with the Defense of Guam architecture and strategy Experience developing monthly and quarterly status reports on major acquisition programs, including Selected Acquisition Reports ( SARs ) Experience supporting the preparation of Acquisition Decision Memoranda, Overarching Integrated Product Team ( OIPT ) reports, or program update briefings Experience supporting General Accounting Office and DoW Inspector General studies and audits Experience with Department correspondence sof tware, including CATMS or ETMS2 Defense Acquisition University Certification in Systems Acquisition or the Defense Industry Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information ; TS/SCI clearance is required.
Compensation
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $62,000.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for