Principal System Engineer/Program Portfolio Manager (Contingent Hire) at DKC Group, LLC in Patuxent River-MD Hybrid - US
- Company: DKC Group, LLC
- Location: Patuxent River-MD Hybrid - US
- Posted: Sep 19, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Salary: $135,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year
- Experience: 8+ years
Overview
DKC Group is building a National Security Solutions team to provide high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting …
Job description
- DKC Group is building a National Security Solutions team to provide high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.
- DKC Group is looking for an experienced, results-oriented System Engineer/Program Portfolio Manager to join the team in Patuxent River, Maryland. Position supports the customers’ mission to manage and oversee prioritized IT investments established by the government. Work requires ensuring that portfolio activities are integrated with other activities across the IC IT and IE enterprises. It also will require contributing information to OMB and congressional inquiries and other reports and briefs.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive program and investment management support by translating user needs into technical requirements, developing assessment methodologies, and evaluating program effectiveness across cost, schedule, performance, and risk. Responsibilities include monitoring investment compliance, ensuring alignment with IC and ODNI objectives, and offering recommendations to improve integration, interoperability, and enterprise oversight processes.
- Support includes creating business cases, concepts of operations, agreements, and detailed project plans, as well as forecasting and analyzing programmatic trends, lifecycle costs, and technology capability gaps. Assist in developing data collection strategies, performance goals, key milestones, dashboards, and maturity models to enhance government oversight and decision‑making.
- Facilitate program management and interagency reviews, contributing to integrated schedules, reporting key performance indicators, conducting quality reviews, and supporting analysis of alternatives. Overall, deliver strategic insights and actionable guidance to strengthen planning,
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI with polygraph
- Bachelor's degree + 8 years of applicable experience is required, or a master’s degree + 6 years of applicable experience. Additional experience can be substituted for degree requirement.
- Experience manipulating data to pull out pertinent information for intelligence products.
- Experience coordinating with multiple community partners.
- Experience with managing multiple time sensitive deliverables.
- Strong communication skills are required in order to work with multiple organizations.
Skills
Required
- Active TS/SCI with polygraph
- Strong communication skills
Benefits
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Bonus based on performance
- Company parties
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Donation matching
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Home office stipend
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- Wellness resources
- This range is for the Maryland area only The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.
- DKC Group may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short term incentives, long term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.
- Flexible work from home options available.
- Compensation: $135,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year
About DKC Group, LLC
Innovative Projects: Work at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions. Collaborative Environment: Lead a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace. Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing air defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of NAVAIR defense. D. Kent Consulting Group, LLC (DKC Group), established in 2016, is a mission solutions engineering firm specializing in designing, integrating, and optimizing complex organizational and technical systems. Our focus is on enabling agile, resilient, and high‑performing mission environments across federal enterprises. DKC Group brings deep technical and operational expertise in mission engineering, enterprise architecture, and large‑scale program modernization. Following a distinguished public-sector career, DKC Group was founded in the Washington, D.C. region to continue advancing mission readiness and technical excellence within government and industry. We engineer mission-aligned capabilities that improve performance, strengthen decision-making, and accelerate delivery of services to the American public. DKC Group supports organizations of all sizes by shaping technical strategies, optimizing system architectures, and driving solution execution for mission‑critical programs. Our approach ensures measurable outcomes, operational efficiency, and strong return on investment. Joining DKC Group means contributing to the engineering and integration of capabilities that directly support national missions. We seek professionals skilled in systems engineering, architecture, data-driven design, and complex problem-solving. If you are passionate about enabling mission success through advanced engineering and strategic technical design, you will find a highly impactful and rewarding environment with us. At DKC Group, we are passionate about our people and our community culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a people first company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can excel.