AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering & Analysis, Test & Evaluation, and Training.
Responsibilities- Serve as the Solution Architect supporting the design and acceptance of the government’s Asset Management System onto a SAP S/4HANA solution.
- Translate asset-management, facilities, logistics, and operational requirements into a practical, phased solution architecture and implementation roadmap.
- Lead the design for migrating asset-management capabilities and data from an enterprise asset-management platform to SAP S/4HANA.
- Define migration approaches for data profiling, cleansing, normalization, mapping, conversion, reconciliation, and testing.
- Review and validate the system integrator’s designs, configurations, interfaces, migration artifacts, and deliverables for quality and alignment with government requirements.
- Ensure the proposed solution is operationally sustainable and workable for the government organizations and components responsible for managing assets.
- Apply deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Asset Management, including Plant Maintenance, Materials Management, and asset-related financial processes.
- Design and assess integration between SAP asset-management modules and SAP Finance within a shared enterprise instance.
- Develop solution designs, architecture decisions, process flows, requirements traceability, acceptance criteria, and implementation recommendations.
- Bring at least 10 years of enterprise or solution architecture experience, including asset-management or ERP implementation experience within the past 12–18 months.
- Demonstrate 3–5 years of hands-on SAP S/4HANA asset-management experience and a proven ability to convert operational needs into implementable technical and functional designs.
- Apply knowledge of government asset, facilities, or logistics operations (e.g., Fleet) and familiarity with government lifecycle-management frameworks.
- Active CBP BI or TOP SECRET
- U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM field with 10+ years of experience; Master’s degree preferred.
- Previous experience with Department of Homeland Security.
- Previous experience in Systems Engineering and Acquisition.
- Understanding the Systems Engineering and Acquisition Lifecycles at DHS, CBP preferred (e.g., ALF, MD-102).
- Familiarity with IEEE standard 1012.
- Excellent writing, communications, and briefing skills.
- Certifications from DAU and DAWIA are desired.
- Demonstrates initiative, sound judgment, and effective decision-making.
- Skilled in planning, organizing, and prioritizing tasks.
- Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and experienced supporting senior Government leaders and technical/business professionals.
Skills Required
- Active CBP BI or Top Secret security clearance
- U.S. citizenship required to obtain or hold a security clearance
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field
- 10 or more years of enterprise or solution architecture experience
- Asset-management or ERP implementation experience within the past 12–18 months
- 3–5 years of hands-on SAP S/4HANA asset-management experience
- Previous Department of Homeland Security experience
- Previous systems engineering and acquisition experience
- Understanding of DHS or CBP systems engineering and acquisition lifecycles, such as ALF and MD-102
- Familiarity with IEEE Standard 1012
- Excellent writing, communication, and briefing skills
- Initiative, sound judgment, and effective decision-making
- Planning, organizing, and prioritization skills
- Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and experienced supporting senior government and technical or business professionals
- Master's degree
- DAU and DAWIA certifications
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AMERICAN SYSTEMS and has not been reviewed or approved by AMERICAN SYSTEMS.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — The ESOP provides an ownership stake that adds long-term financial value and complements base pay. This employee-ownership structure stands out within the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with automatic enrollment and broad investment options, alongside the ESOP, strengthens retirement pathways beyond salary. These features are presented as competitive within the defense contracting space.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Base pay is considered fair or comparable to industry peers, particularly for technical roles. Starting compensation is described as solid for areas like cybersecurity, systems administration, and IT engineering.
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What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.








