Program Analyst for C-UXS/C-IED

About the role

Overview Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted. The Joint, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Interagency Division provides expert support services to a range of customers spanning across the Department of Defense, Federal Civilian, and international markets. JOID provides a diverse portfolio of analytical and programmatic capabilities to help our customers make informed decisions on their most challenging issues. SPAs NATO Allied Command Transformation Group within JOID provides capability development, portfolio management, program management, quality management, cost estimation analysis, standardization, reporting, software solutions and information management, and capability management support. We also provide an improved capability requirements capture process, including the generation, documentation and tracing of user requirements, with appropriate technical scrutiny, over the entire lifecycle of the requirements from capability definition through capability realization and capability usage. We have a near-term need for a Program Analyst: Counter-Uncrewed Systems and Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-UXS/C-IED) to provide onsite support out of Norfolk, VA.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of Counter-Uncrewed Systems and Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-UXS/C-IED) capability products in accordance with NATO’s governance model for common-funded capabilities.
• Work across the Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership, Personnel, Facilities, and Interoperability (DOTMLPFI) lines of development, supporting a through-life-cycle approach to capability development under the direction of the ACT Joint Effects (JE) Capabilities Programme Director/Section Head, Counter-Threat and Force Protection (CT/FP) Project Coordinator, and JE Integrator/Architect.
• Support programme management activities, coordinate with C-UXS/C-IED stakeholders from the strategic through tactical levels, and contribute to related projects, including initiatives such as the ACT Layered C-UAS Initiative-X (LCI-X) Beacon Project.
• Support the elicitation, capture, development, analysis, evaluation, and traceability of capability requirements, including higher- and lower-level requirements such as capability targets, operational requirements, system specifications, and interoperability requirements across DOTMLPFI.
• Contribute to the development, analysis, and review of C-UXS/C-IED-related policies, doctrine, directives, concepts of operation and employment, courses of action, and alternatives.
• Coordinate DOTMLPFI development and implementation, identify and recommend courses of action to resolve capability development issues throughout the capability lifecycle, maintain programme status information within ACT’s electronic warfare development environment, and support engagement with NATO Agencies regarding capability development and validation.
• Collaborate with national and international military and civilian organizations, including NATO entities, Centres of Excellence, and academia, and organize and participate in workshops, seminars, conferences, and meetings supporting C-UXS/C-IED capability development.
• Identify lessons and best practices and contribute to organizational learning and continuous improvement while providing ongoing programme management support to the JE Capabilities Programme Director and CT/FP Project Coordinator.
• Travel to meetings and conferences within and outside NATO boundaries for up to 40 days per year.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or similar national academic or Military College qualification in engineering, information systems, aeronautics, operations research, project management, business administration, or related disciplines; can be substituted with Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience in relevant field.
• 3+ years of experience in the last 10 in briefing senior leaders/decision makers.
• 5+ years of operational knowledge of C-UXS