Senior Defense Technologist - Modeling and Simulation

• You can think architecturally-connecting models, tools, data, workflows, and mission engineering processes into a coherent whole.
• You enjoy working in environments that require both technical precision and operational awareness.
• You excel at designing structures that improve analytical rigor, transparency, and repeatability.
• You communicate complex architectural ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• You are energized by contributing to acquisition reform through better analytical foundations.

• Your essential job functions will include but may not be limited to:
• Support the development and maturation of MEIA's M&S architecture, including frameworks, taxonomies, data standards, and integration patterns.
• Define and document architectural requirements derived from mission engineering objectives, operational needs, and analytical workflows.
• Identify, integrate, and align analytical tools, modeling environments, and data sources supporting MEIA's mission engineering processes.
• Ensure M&S architectural components support defensible decision-making, traceability of assumptions, and repeatable analysis.
• Develop model governance structures, version control approaches, and analytic quality standards.
• Collaborate with technical teams to align architecture components with operational constructs, mission threads, and capability concepts.
• Lead technical reviews of architecture components, integration plans, model assumptions, and data structures.
• Support scenario development, mission engineering decomposition, and architecture to analysis mapping.
• Communicate architectural insights, integration findings, and modernization recommendations to senior DoW leadership.
• Maintain compliance with all classification, data handling, and disclosure requirements.

• Minimum 15 years of experience with emphasis on:
• Developing or integrating modeling and simulation architectures, analytical frameworks, or system-of-systems analytical environments.
• Applying mission engineering, operations research, or systems engineering methods to evaluate military capabilities.
• Leading complex analytical or technical integration efforts within classified DoW environments.
• Designing data structures, workflows, or toolchains supporting quantitative mission analysis.
• Translating operational concepts and mission level problems into structured analytical constructs.
• Supporting capability development, concept maturation, or acquisition processes with analytical products.
• Producing high-quality technical documentation and senior-level briefings.

• Master's degree in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, or related technical disciplines requiring modeling, simulation, and analysis.
• Doctoral/Terminal degree in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, or a related technical discipline requiring modeling, simulation, and analysis (preferred).

• Experience transitioning efforts across the lifecycle.
• Military Service Staff/Headquarters, Joint Staff, or similar level analytical experience.
• Demonstrated ability to connect tactical, operational, and strategic considerations into coherent recommendations.
• Experience architecting M&S ecosystems that integrate disparate models, tools, datasets, or mission engineering products.
• Strong systems engineering grounding, especially in decomposition, requirements development, and architecture modeling.
• Knowledge of enterprise M&S frameworks, standards, and best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to work across technical and operational communities to align processes and architectures.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills in integrated government-contractor teams.
• Strong quantitative reasoning and ability to collaborate with M&S and campaign analysis personnel.

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  Interesting Work:
  
  
  
  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
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  Values:
  
  
  
  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
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  100% Employee Owned:
  
  
  
  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  




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  Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
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  Flexible schedules
  
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  6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  
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  Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
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  Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
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  Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  
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  Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
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  Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  




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  Track Record of Success:
  
  
  
  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
  
  

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com