Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. Objective. Responsive. Trusted.

Our group, the Joint Defense Support Group within SPA’s Sea Land Air (SLA) Division, supports the Surface community and components of the United States Navy by providing program management, requirements management, force development, and readiness support in Washington DC and the Fleet concentration areas. We provide timely, objective, analytic assessments, strategic planning, and expert operational, technical, and acquisition support to the Maritime communities, and related agencies, allies, and partners. We are trusted agents of the senior and operational leadership in the Fleet, OPNAV, NAVSEA, and the Royal Canadian and Royal Australian Navies. We play key roles in providing insights and strategies to address current and emerging challenges to national security and have tremendous impact on our client’s success in solving their most important issues.

Works within USMC Combat Development and Integration (CD&I) G3/5/7 in order to implement processes to integrate higher headquarters and adjacent guidance into the force development process, serve as the lead analyst with higher headquarters and adjacent organizations to integrate Service Force Development Campaign of Learning activities, or serve as the lead analyst for the CD&I Campaign Plan and Service Force Development Campaign of Learning Activities.   Analyzes and develops programs and plans of a military or governmental system to obtain a quantitative and/or qualitative, rational basis for: decision making, further program development, and integration of activities.  Utilizes military warfare, military operations analysis, political military situations and military organization knowledge in determining solutions. May draw from military experience, but is a subject matter expert in organizational G3/5/7 operations that provides integral support in the problem definition, requirements determination, conceptualization, and quality assurance of decision support system applications. Possesses the ability to develop and provide operationally relevant scenarios to be used in modeling and simulation and can communicate the modeling methodology and results into useable output products.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 20+ years of relevant military experience or government service and knowledge of National Defense Strategy and service-level operating concepts for the Marine Corps.
• Expert military operator with experience developing concepts of operations, especially those involving USMC ground forces.
• Operational Marine Corps experience in or with S3/5 or G3/5/7 departments.
• Experience leading programs or projects; responsible for people, task and financial management.
• Active DoD Top Secret security clearance and the ability to maintain it throughout employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science
• Master’s degree or above
• Top Level School Graduate