Space Threat Analyst

Job Title

Space Threat Analyst

Location

Alexandria – VA

Position Requirements

Active Department of War (DoW) Top Secret / SCI Clearance

Counterintelligence Polygraph

Willingness to travel as needed

JOB SPECIFIC TAG LINE (OPTIONAL FOR RECRUITER):

Threat Intelligence Analyst to serve as the Space and FMP subject matter expert supporting multiple lines of effort for the Test & Evaluation Threat Resource Activity (TETRA) in support of the Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E).

TETRA’s core mission is to inform DOT&E of intelligence defining current and emerging future threats to DoW weapons and systems to facilitate realistic, operationally relevant test and evaluation prior to fielding in contested warfare environments.

DOT&E’s mission is to determine a system’s operational effectiveness, suitability, survivability, and lethality – supporting every Soldier, Sailor, Airmen, Marine, and Guardian, along with the strategists and decision makers in the chain of command. DOT&E serves as the independent, unbiased assessor of American warfighting capability.

MINIMUM SKILLS REQUIRED:

·      Minimum of a Bachelor's degree and eight (8) years' relevant work-related experience

·      Core defense intelligence all-source analysis experience working with Intelligence Production Centers, and using intelligence tools and tradecraft to solve complex problems

·      Strong Space Warfare background with a deep understanding of current foreign threats

·      Proven ability and history of briefing senior DoW leadership and stakeholders

·      Strong analytical, research, and critical thinking skills

·      Excellent problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to develop innovative solutions

·      Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment

·      Excellent verbal, writing, and briefing skills with the ability to document and convey both technical and operational information to wide-ranging audiences

·      Familiarity with intelligence tools including Defense Intelligence Threat Library, Validated Online Lifecycle Threat reports, Community On-Line Intelligence System for End Users and Managers, Intelligence Production Center “Request for Information” process, Intelligence Community databases, Intelligence Mission Data, Machine-assisted Analytic Rapid-repository System, Lifecycle Mission Data Plans, and Critical Intelligence Parameters

DESIRED SKILLS:

·      Engineering background (i.e., education credentials and/or work experience)

·      Foreign materiel acquisition experience

• Ability to leverage foreign material expertise to develop comprehensive threat analyses

·      Possess a detailed understanding of the Foreign Materiel Review Board operations

·      Familiarity with DoW operations, policy, doctrine, and intelligence driven processes

·      Experience with threat emulation capability resource requirements

·      Familiarity with operational/developmental testing and threat exploitation agencies

·      Validation, verification, and accreditation process experience

·      Understanding of Defense Acquisition policy and the linkage between T&E activities and the Defense Acquisition System (DAS)

·      Self-starter capable of working autonomously in a fast-paced high-pressure environment

·      High degree of attention to detail with strong organizational skills

·      Pentagon and/or Office of the Secretary of War-level experience

PRIMARY DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

·      TETRA’s central customer collocated onsite Space Warfare and foreign material authority, responsible for gathering DOT&E and Operational Test Agency (OTA) task requirements including defining task scope and parameters, establishing suspense, and selecting response product format

·      Provide subject matter expertise and analytical intelligence support to DOT&E, OTAs, and other relevant T&E stakeholders.

·      Conduct intelligence analysis to produce response products that answer DOT&E / OTA information requirements

·      Manage TETRA’s FMP liaising with the Defense Intelligence Agency's Joint Foreign Materiel Program Office to ensure T&E FMP concerns are represented and addressed

• Manage incoming foreign material tasking, conduct analysis, and coordinate FMP activities with TETRA’s Intel Team to provide timely relevant T&E support

·      Coordinate annual DOT&E Foreign Material Requirements Prioritization to rank high priority foreign material requirements needed to support T&E

·      Champion DOT&E FMP concerns during the Foreign Materiel Review Board process

·      Review and provide expert input into critical threat intelligence, T&E and DAS documents including Initial Capabilities Documents, Capabilities Production Documents, T&E Master Plans, Test Plans, Defense Intelligence Threat Library Modules, Validated Online Lifecycle Threat reports, and T&E memorandums

·      Define test concept and test equipment threat requirements for testing operation of U. S. weapon systems in the presence of current and emerging threats

·      Evaluate proposed Space Warfare threat scenarios to inform threat realism for evaluating operational effectiveness, suitability, survivability, and lethality of military systems

·      Determine threat resource requirements, availability, adequacy, and define gap between threat emulation capability and the actual threat

·      Perform as part of a local or distributed team to develop intelligence briefings and analytic products to define operational threat environments

·      Liaison between the intelligence, acquisition and T&E communities

·      Provide oversight and guidance of threat M&S used to support T&E implementations

·      Provide administrative and logistical preparation/planning and support for T&E resources and infrastructure investment portfolios

·      Responsible for working independently and taking broad Government leadership guidance and direction to develop and maintain an overall performance roadmap