Company: SPA
Location: Alexandria, VA
Career Level: Associate
Industries: Manufacturing, Engineering, Aerospace
Description
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, or Engineering.
- U.S. Citizen with DoD Top Secret clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain DoD clearance.
- Military experience; particularly Marine Corps Security Forces, Navy Surface Warfare/Expeditionary Warfare, Army Special Operations or Intelligence.
- Experience leading projects having to do with defense, security, or operational effectiveness.
- Ability to interpret, draft, and implement DoD and service level policy and lead operational planning and effectiveness assessments.
- Exceptional writing, presentation, and meeting facilitation abilities and self-motivated with a strong work ethic, time-management, and interpersonal skills.
Desired Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in Social Sciences, Operations Research, Natural Sciences, or other discipline.
- Understanding of asymmetric threats and risk assessment methodologies encompassing cyber, human, and physical elements.
- Experience conducting operational assessments using live, virtual (e.g., table top exercises), or constructive (e.g., modeling and simulation) methods.
- Familiarity with Service/Joint Operational Mission Planning Process.
Responsibilities
Successful candidates will be able to manage several lines of effort in a fast-paced environment while facing multiple deadlines and competing resources. Candidates must also be able to understand and meet current customer needs/constraints while anticipating the direction of future analytical support. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Interpreting, developing, and implementing security and safety policy.
- Understanding threat capabilities and analyzing mission impact.
- Supporting assessment of system effectiveness and development of future capabilities.
- Facilitating the vulnerability assessment process and leading in operational planning.
- Preparing briefings and reports for senior leadership engagement.
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