What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Defense Technologist - Special Activities position at Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.?
Modern Technology Solutions Incorporated (MTSI) is seeking a Senior Defense Technologist. You will shape the future of special operations and advanced capabilities across complex campaigns. This critical role supports efforts to evaluate military effectiveness, increase investment in transformational technologies, and facilitate the transition of innovative solutions into operational use. Your work will drive results aligned with national security priorities.This position is located in the National Capital Region (NCR).
You'll be a great fit for this role if:
- You are a strategic thinker who thrives on solving complex problems that have far-reaching impacts across defense campaigns.
- You are a collaborative leader who excels at building partnerships and influencing high-level decision-makers across the DoW enterprise.
- You possess a technical curiosity and enjoy combining operational expertise with innovative research to push the boundaries of what's possible.
- You're a results-oriented innovator who can adapt rapidly to shifting priorities while maintaining focus on delivering mission-critical outcomes.
- You have a passion for national security and want your work to directly contribute to advancing military capabilities and protecting the nation.
Responsibilities:
Your essential job functions will include but may not be limited to:
- Strategic Program Development: Lead planning and development for technical projects with high strategic importance. Rely on your expertise to tackle unique problems, address campaign objectives, and influence major DoW programs.
- Broader Campaign Assessments: Integrate advanced warfare technologies into studies evaluating operational effectiveness. Create solutions designed to deliver impact across coordinated joint and interagency campaign plans.
- Technology Transition: Assess engineering feasibility for novel systems and utilize your experience in program transitions to ensure readiness for operational fielding.
- Multi-Domain Collaboration: Work alongside Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, and other DoW organizations to advance capability development and shape investment strategies.
- R&D Leadership: Conceive and execute research studies combining operational expertise with innovative technology approaches, ensuring solutions meet the demands of dynamic operating environments and future challenges.
- Trusted Partnership: Build collaborative relationships across defense stakeholders to ensure goals are aligned, timelines are realistic, and the resulting capabilities provide measurable impact.
- Effective Communication:Generate support documentation (e.g., scenario, background, order of battle).
Qualifications Required:
15 years of experience working with advanced operations warfare technologies and special compartmented activities within the DoW with emphasis on:
- Conducting campaign-level assessments to evaluate military effectiveness and develop engineering approaches.
- Supporting technical efforts from concept development through operational deployment for high-priority DoW capabilities.
- Collaborating with Joint Staff, Combatant/Functional Commands, and other stakeholders across the defense enterprise.
Education:
- Required: Master's degree in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Desired: Doctoral/Terminal degree in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Even better if you have these desired skills:
- Demonstrated knowledge of program transition efforts and familiarity with transitioning technologies into joint force structures.
- Background in working with Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, and/or military services to integrate capabilities into campaign planning.
- Joint/Combatant Command staff experience (highly preferred).
Clearance Requirements:
- An active Top Secret (TS) security clearance (with SCI and SAP/CAP eligibility) is required.
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- Interesting Work: Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
- Values: Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
- 100% Employee Owned: We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
- Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
- Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year 10 holidays/year
- Flexible schedules
- 6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
- Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
- Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
- Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
- Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
- Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
- Track Record of Success: We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance
MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.
For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com
MTSI embraces nine core values including our first core value of Employees come first. Consistent with our Core Values, we are committed to Equal Opportunity, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, military/veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. MTSI is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with physical and/or mental disabilities.
MTSI is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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