Senior Science and Technology Analyst (TS/SCI 26-024) with Security Clearance

About the role

Strategic Analysis, Inc. seeks a Senior Science and Technology (S&T) Analyst to support our DoD client in major Technical Integration program areas, to include Communications and Networks; Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Advanced Computing; Software and Embedded Systems; and others. This is an on-site position at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. Due to position classification, the ability to telework is situational and expected to be very limited.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review inputs to strategy documents, research plans, and roadmaps for technical program.
• Support and attend program reviews of DoD and non-DoD Services/Agencies Communities of Interest.
• Facilitate or lead deep dive, cross-organizational teams into high-interest or game changing technology areas.
• Aid in review, draft, and coordination of Congressional Reports, GAO studies, policy guidance and responses, budget justifications, quarterly progress review briefings, and other PPBE materials.
• Provide coordination of technical program with DoD/Interagency policy, such as the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program and Interagency Working Group (IWG) activities and tasks, Office of Science and Technology Policy working groups, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), and Federal Initiatives.
• Assist in preparing for meetings and workshops, to include coordination of calendars of senior DoD personnel; preparation of announcements, agendas, read-ahead documents, meeting minutes, and technical briefing materials; management of logistics, travel arrangements, foreign visit requests, and meeting-facility support; and preparation and administration of action items.
• Provide analysis of Congressional Special Interest Items, Combatant Command engagements, research funding of DoD Labs, SBIR, OSD and Services S&T initiatives, Federal S&T policy, and Combatant Command engagements.
• Provide technical assessments and programmatic assistance, from concept definition through initial capability demonstrations.
• Provide technical and operational analysis, linking emerging technologies and concepts to joint operational capabilities.
• Prepare research and technical analyses to align assessments of new and emerging threats to state of the art technologies that have potential to defeat those threats.
• Provide analyses on technologies and community trends to identify key scientific developments and researchers/organizations and develop forecast of topics and trends.
• Conduct technology intelligence and research on topics of interest.

Qualifications

• Clearance: An active TS/SCI clearance is required.
• Education: At minimum, a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required; computer science or electrical engineering degree is preferred. At the discretion of the Government, specialized experience may be substituted in lieu of specific educational requirements.
• Experience: Ten (10) years’ recent and relevant experience, of which at least five (5) years is in program/project management or oversight of DoD S&T and Research, Development and Acquisition (RD&A) efforts at the Headquarters level or equivalent.
• Proficiency in technical research and in-depth knowledge of relevant technology disciplines, such as radiofrequency and optical sensors and communications, cyber, autonomy, modeling and simulation, AI, and decision support analytics/visualization.
• Understanding of the PPBE process and terms.
• Excellent communication skills, unstructured verbal interactions, briefings, and meeting moderation.
• Ability to work independently with both junior and senior staff in a distributed environment while maintaining a strong commitment to scheduled deliverables.

Benefits

Strategic Analysis, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to non-discrimination in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religions, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, disability (physical or mental), age (40 or older), protected veteran status, genetic information (including family medical history) or any other characteristic protected by law.