Company: SPA
Location: Alexandria, VA
Career Level: Associate
Industries: Manufacturing, Engineering, Aerospace
Description
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, or Engineering.
- U.S. Citizen with DoD Top Secret clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance.
- Ability to work at SPA HQ in Alexandria, VA, full-time.
- Military experience; particularly Marine Corps Security Forces, Navy Surface Warfare/Expeditionary Warfare, Army Special Operations or Intelligence.
- Experience leading projects having to do with defense, security, or operational effectiveness.
- Ability to interpret, draft, and implement DoD and service level policy and lead operational planning and effectiveness assessments.
- Exceptional writing, presentation, and meeting facilitation abilities and self-motivated with a strong work ethic, time-management, and interpersonal skills.
Desired Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in Social Sciences, Operations Research, Natural Sciences, or other discipline.
- Understanding of asymmetric threats and risk assessment methodologies encompassing cyber, human, and physical elements.
- Experience conducting operational assessments using live, virtual (e.g., table top exercises), or constructive (e.g., modeling and simulation) methods.
Responsibilities
Successful candidates will be able to manage several lines of effort in a fast-paced environment while facing multiple deadlines and competing resources. Candidates must also be able to understand and meet current customer needs/constraints while anticipating the direction of future analytical support. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Interpreting, developing, and implementing security policy.
- Understanding threat capabilities and analyzing mission impact.
- Supporting assessment of system effectiveness and development of future capabilities.
- Facilitating the vulnerability assessment process and leading operational planning.
- Preparing briefings and reports for senior leadership engagement.
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