Export Compliance Contract Team Lead

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

As The Export Compliance Contract Team Lead, you will:

Perform export-control review, licensing support, documentation, and coordination for sensitive defense information, technology, and technical data.
• Evaluate proposed releases and transfers, apply applicable regulatory and Government guidance, and support licensing application and review processes in multinational or partner-facing environments.
• Collaborate with security, legal, engineering, disclosure, and program stakeholders to identify restrictions, document decisions, and protect controlled information while enabling authorized mission activity.

• Through disciplined records, compliance monitoring, and timely issue resolution, the Export Compliance Specialist helps ensure that export-related actions are properly reviewed, approved, traceable, and integrated with program execution without compromising protected capabilities or information.

• Review proposed exports, transfers, technical exchanges, and data releases for compliance with applicable export-control requirements.
• Prepare and coordinate licensing applications, supporting documentation, proviso reviews, and related approval actions.
• Analyze technical information and release requests to identify restrictions, control considerations, and required safeguards.
• Coordinate export matters with Government stakeholders, legal counsel, engineers, security personnel, and international support teams.
• Maintain accurate records of licenses, approvals, limitations, correspondence, and completed export-compliance actions.
• Monitor authorized activities for adherence to license conditions, release guidance, and approved handling procedures.
• Develop and update export-compliance procedures, review tools, briefings, and awareness materials.
• Resolve export-control questions and recommend compliant courses of action that support authorized mission objectives.

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant discipline and 10 years of directly relevant experience; or a bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline plus 14 years of directly related work experience.
• Experience must include support to Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate effectively across Government, contractor, and external stakeholders; prepare briefings, reports, standard operating procedures, and official correspondence; and lead a team in fast paced classified environments.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; must be able to meet any applicable Special Access Program eligibility requirements identified by the Government.