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. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted.  

The Joint, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Interagency Division provides expert support services to a range of customers spanning across the Department of Defense, Federal Civilian, and international markets. JOID provides a diverse portfolio of analytical and programmatic capabilities to help our customers make informed decisions on their most challenging issues.

The DARPA Support Group within JOID specializes in the application of multi-disciplinary analytic skills. SPA provides critical decision support to enabling and executing a strategy of technological superiority and enabling the delivery and sustainment of secure, resilient, and preeminent capabilities to the warfighter quickly and cost effectively. Our team of experienced military, technical, and operations research analysts is skilled in evaluating military problems, identifying the driving factors, devising innovative approaches, collecting applicable data, developing necessary software tools, and performing thorough and timely assessments to inform technology and acquisition governance decisions to ensure U.S. military forces retain military superiority in the future.

We have an immediate need for a Technical SETA to provide full-time onsite support out of Arlington, VA.

The Technical SETA role will support a new classified space program and other classified/unclassified efforts in a diverse DARPA STO portfolio, and an unclassified consortium building effort. To keep up with a fast-moving portfolio, DARPA seeks a candidate who excels under pressure, seeks continuous challenges, and delivers results through direct action rather than excessive deliberation. The successful candidate will be the primary technical point-of-contact on an Agency-leading consortium effort for lunar interoperability and experimentation standards. The candidate will be the primary POC on a fast-moving classified technical program that will include creating technical homework assignments every two weeks for contractor companies, analyzing previous homework inputs, deriving technical frameworks, coordinating across POCs at multiple government agencies, and traveling at least once a month.

Required:

• BA/BS degree.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and be clearable to the SAP level.
• Experience working on a TS/SAP program in the past – SAP experience is required to adequately manage unique security constraints across the portfolio.
• Sufficient coding knowledge and technical ability to perform rough physics-based order of magnitude simulations, and independent technical research, to support rapid iteration of new program pitches.
• 5+ years of experience with recent experience working in the space domain.
• Ability to communicate effectively and possess excellent oral and writing skills.
• Self-starter and capable of working both independently and as part of a team.
• Proficient with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Desired:

• Demonstrated ability to maintain exceptional organization while operating at high speed.
• Natural adaptability and resilience with proven success in dynamic environments.
• Strong executor who works with team, and independent of detailed instruction, to drive projects to completion without delay.
• Confident communication style with ability to influence at all levels within industry and government.
• Track record of embracing and leading change.
• Proactive problem-solver who can pivot and balance shifting and/or competing priorities.