Critical Thinking and Decision Support Analyst (Red Team Facilit

Core4ce is seeking a Red Team Analyst, in support of a Government Customer in Arlington, VA. The ideal candidate will provide Red Teaming analysis, oversight, and curricula design.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate red teams for Department of Defense strategic initiatives using appropriate structured analytic techniques (SATs) to identify and challenge assumptions, mitigate groupthink, support unbiased decision making, foster cultural empathy and deliberately apply critical thinking.
• Collaborate with sensitive initiative planners/authors, action officers, and subject matter experts (SMEs) throughout a red team's "life cycle".
• Develop and evaluate structured analytic techniques for applicability to the red teaming process.
• Execute tasks and analyses related to Red Teaming military education and training initiatives.
• Work with planners, action officers, educators, and leaders to identify lessons learned through red teaming to teach/implement best practices going forward.
• Research divergent and convergent thinking methodologies, decision making, military design and strategic planning to provide insights, improve processes and inform working groups.
• Provide subject matter expert advice for Department level guidance and policy, career development, and enterprise design.
• Contributes subject matter issue pattern/trends analysis of plans, initiatives and assessments, with an eye toward applying greater red team levels of effort against these patterns/trends going forward.

Minimum Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI Clearance and willingness to submit to a CI polygraph
• Bachelor's Degree, preferably a major which fosters particularly strong critical thinking skills, e.g. philosophy, pre-law, data sciences, political science
• Some level of formal training (preferably certification) as a Red Team facilitator (e.g. from TRADOC's University of Foreign Studies and Cultural Studies or equivalent Red Team or Design program
• Experience in facilitating working groups or red teams (from 8 - 32 participants)
• Familiarity with joint planning processes
• Exceptional critical thinking/reasoning and communication skills

Why Work for Us?

Core4ce is a team of innovators, self-starters, and critical thinkers-driven by a shared mission to strengthen national security and advance warfighting outcomes.

We offer:

• 401(k) with 100% company match on the first 6% deferred, with immediate vesting
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage-employee portion paid 100% by Core4ce
• Unlimited access to training and certifications, with no pre-set cap on eligible professional development
• Tuition assistance for job-related degrees and courses
• Paid parental leave, PTO that grows with tenure, and generous holiday schedules
• Got a big idea? At Core4ce, The Forge gives every employee the chance to propose bold innovations and help bring them to life with internal backing.

Join us to build a career that matters-supported by a company that invests in you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, veteran status, age, genetic information, or other legally protected status.