Space Control Architecture SME

Overview

Headquarters United States Air Force, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration.

Responsibilities


The Space Control Superiority and Command and Control (C2) Subject Matter Expert (SME) primarily support the Systems Engineering Directorate by providing technical expertise, facilitating studies, drafting and reviewing reports, and coordinating on various staff actions. While working in a Special Access Programs security working environment, the SME helps forge and sustain effective working relationships with the organization's internal and external stakeholders, thrives in a work environment ambiguity, and executes diverse work assignments while maintaining strict attention to detail.



Responsibilities

• Assess the system integration of programs within the National Security Space Enterprise, specifically with respect to Space Combat Power, Space Domain Awareness, and C2, for their ability to achieve capability goals and satisfy current and anticipated priorities.
• Contribute to system of systems analysis for closing mission critical kill chains, as it pertains to tactical and operational C2 and the overall Space Control Enterprise.
• Provide technical support in the areas of planning (data collection and analysis, developing understanding and insights, generating viable options, and preparing documents) and program assessment (reviewing budget database, defending annual Program Objective Memorandum (POM) inputs and choices, and understanding the impacts of budget adjustments).Support Policy, Strategy, and Plan Development for tactical and operational Command and Control and Space Control, as it pertains to acquisition and integration.
• Provide Command and Control and Space Control expertise to support formulation, development, coordination and integration of space policies, strategies, plans, roadmaps, and doctrine across the DoD, intelligence community, civil, commercial and international domains.
• Support in the development of programmed and objective force and supports DoD organizations developing future space control and C2 technologies.
• Provide staffing and SME support to annual POM investment initiatives, acquisition program milestone decision processes, and enterprise technical governance processes.
• Any other tasks closely associated with the performance of duties list above and as coordinated with the Contracting Officer's Representative.

Skills Required


Skills Required

• Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Proficiency with using Microsoft Office and other standard computer applications.
• Experience successfully briefing senior executives at multiple organizational levels.
• Experience fostering stable and productive working relationships that communicate expectations and promote cooperation.
• Experience communicating effectively and concisely using a variety of styles and techniques appropriate to the audience.
• Ability to work collaboratively with personnel at all levels of the organization.
• Exemplary writing and editing skills with strict attention to detail.
• Ability to rapidly adjust to ambiguous work environments while maintaining high levels of performance.
• Recent experience working at Service Headquarters (HQ), Joint Service, or US Space Command.
• Working familiarity with standard HQ tasks and correspondence coordination tools to include Task Management Tool (TMT), Enterprise Task Management System (ETMS-2), or Correspondence and Task Management System (CATMS).

Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with Defense Space and National Security Space in the areas of policy, strategy, requirements, capabilities, architectures, programs, acquisition, and operations.
• Familiarity with civil, commercial and international space capabilities.
• Experience with AFSPC, SMC, NRO, NASA, NOAA.

Education

• Master's degree and 25-30 years of experience in or directly supporting National Security space operations or acquisition, including seven (7) or more years of experience in or directly supporting Command and Control integration with the broader space control architecture.

Education

Bachelor's degree required, preferably in math, engineering, business, or the sciences.