Digital Fires System Engineer (DFSE)

The Department of the Army is seeking one full-time Digital Fires System Engineer (DFSE) to provide on-site technical support to the III Armored Corps Fire Support Element at Fort Hood, Texas. This position was created to fill a critical capability gap resulting from the Army's cessation of Field Service Representatives effective December 5, 2025. The DFSE must possess a minimum of five years of hands-on technical experience with digital fire support systems, an active SECRET security clearance or the ability to obtain one within 90 days, U.S. citizenship, and DoD Information Assurance Level I certification (DoD 8570 compliant) or the ability to obtain it within 60 days. Key performance requirements include responding to support requests within two hours during duty hours (0800-1700 Monday-Friday), resolving 90 percent of technical issues within 24 hours, delivering a minimum of 20 contact hours of monthly technical instruction, and submitting monthly status reports by the fifth workday of each month. The contract will be awarded on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis, with the technical approach evaluated on a Pass/Fail basis and price evaluated for reasonableness and completeness. The quotation deadline is February 26, 2026, at 1500 CST.

This opportunity is a 100 percent set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) under FAR 19.1405, with NAICS code 541330 (Engineering Services) and a small business size standard of $25.5 million in average annual receipts. The base contract period runs from March 11, 2026, through March 10, 2027, with four one-year option periods and a final extension through September 10, 2031, providing potential contract duration of over five years. The place of performance is Fort Cavazos, Texas (formerly Fort Hood), where the DFSE will provide daily technical expertise for loading, configuration, integration, operation, maintenance, and enhancement of digital fire support systems including AFATDS/AXS, JADOCS/JTIC2S, PF-D/PF-M, LFED/PFED, MFCS, MMC-S, JETS/LLDR, FS3, and various tactical radios. The contract structure includes a firm-fixed-price component for the DFSE position, with travel costs to Fort Bliss, Fort Riley, and the National Training Center (NTC) funded separately under additional CLINs on an actual cost reimbursement basis per the Joint Travel Regulation. Quotations must include a technical approach, key personnel resume, a minimum of two past performance references, and a completed pricing schedule.