Space Warfare and FMP Threat Analyst

Job Title
Space Warfare and Foreign Materiel Program (FMP) 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