DETERRENCE ANALYSTS

About the role

The Project Deterrence Analysis and Planning Support position requires performing two core functions: Adversary Decision Calculus Planning Analysis and Course of Action (COA) Analysis and Wargaming. Outputs from these analyses are crucial for informed, reasoned, and adaptive U.S. strategic deterrence planning and operations, and for identifying future deterrence capability requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide advisory and assistance services (A&AS) to maintain Deterrence Analysis and Planning Support.
• Refined Deterrence Analysis Methodology.
• Continue to develop the Global Analysis and Research capabilities.
• Support USSTRATCOM experimentation and war gaming efforts.

Qualifications

• Security Clearance: TS w/SCI eligibility.
• Education: Bachelor degree required; Master degree in Political Science, International Relations, Economics, STEM or related national security degree highly desirable.
• Experience: A minimum of 5 years of academic experience in, or a demonstrated working knowledge of at least 4-5 years working in the field of US defense policy, strategy, or plans.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of strategic military strategy, planning, operations and nuclear enterprise. Knowledge of the current strategic threat environment.

Preferred Experience

• Near-peer adversary subject matter expertise: China, Russia, N. Korea, and/or emerging threats in the current environment.
• High-level administrative support expertise.

Wargaming Analyst Requirements

• A minimum of 4-5 years experience in, or a demonstrated working knowledge of game theory.
• Conduct scenario-based deterrence analysis to war gaming activities designed to test USSTRATCOM OPLAN/CONPLAN deterrence actions.
• Provide scenario-based deterrence assessments to war gaming activities to evaluate USSTRATCOM OPLAN/CONPLAN integration with GCC OPLAN/CONPLAN actions.
• Conduct hypothesis-based Decision Calculus Planning Analysis and Deterrence Impact Analysis to test deterrence assumptions in experimentation.
• Develop/create tools to effectively and professionally display visualizations of scenarios.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement.
• Competitive 401(k) plan.
• Competitive Health Benefits.
• 11 Paid Holidays.
• 5 hrs. of PTO prepay period starting on day 1!

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD