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As a critical member of the SPA’s Federal Aviation Administration team, the Senior Financial Analyst will provide lead support on multiple implementation programs within a portfolio. The candidate will be the central point-of-contact for analyzing program financial data, executing funding, and reporting program financials to leadership. Will work closely will senior management, technical staff, and advisors in achieving client delivery objectives. Duties include providing a wide array of financial management activities in support of government acquisition programs. Produce recurring deliverables such as: budget formulation, execution and monitoring, financial analysis, financial artifact creation (purchase authorizations, purchase requisitions), status briefings, resource planning...

About the PositionAs a Facility Security Manager at SPA, you will be assigned to support the US Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC), Operational Command and Control Acquisition Delta, known as Kobayashi Maru. Kobayashi Maru is responsible for continuously delivering impactful software for space operations. The program office’s mission includes the development and deployment of software for space defense, space domain awareness, and enabling data services up to Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Special Access Program security levels.  You will join our other Facility Security Managers responsible for overseeing and implementing the day-to-day operations and all security measures at an SPA secure facility to ensure compliance with applicable regulations...

ResponsibilitiesThe incumbent will act as a contractor point of contact for office initiatives, coordinate with stakeholders, and proactively ensure responses meet deadlines. The incumbent will also be expected to develop executive-level communications and correspondence with a high degree of comprehensiveness, accuracy, and timeliness of written information. Responsibilities may include but are not limited to: - Develop white papers, briefings, and action responses. - Research and prepare advice, information, and reports on diverse and complex engineering, architecture, planning, operations, and policy matters to facilitate informed decision making and planning. - Provide issue management and support, responding to emerging issues for the aligned office to ensure effective...

The Workforce Development Manager will serve as regional lead and strategic advisor for a high profile client organization, carrying out rigorous efforts to strengthen the submarine manufacturing industrial base with a focus on development of the skilled trades workforce. You will apply a strong familiarity with workforce development and defense manufacturing organizations, processes, and priorities to help identify, develop, and execute new strategies and initiatives to develop the skilled trades workforce.  In this role, you will navigate complex stakeholder relationships across government and private industry, manage standup and execution of new initiatives, perform detailed analysis of regional workforce trends and program performance, and regularly communicate progress and challenges...

- Provides customer service in response to HR inquiries. Stays up-to-date on the latest HR programs and initiatives in order to triage and provide responses to related inquiries.  Forwards complex requests to appropriate specialty HR area.- Receives, tracks and engages in preliminary research related to medical leaves and benefit requests.  Assigns to appropriate team member.      - Processes employment verifications, incoming HR correspondence/mail, some leave requests, and general HR system administration tasks.  - Supports the separation process, including processing HR actions related to end of employment for benefits, employee check-outs, and HR paperwork.  - Provides general administrative support in the HR department to include scheduling appropriate conference rooms and...

SPA is seeking a dedicated junior or mid-level Program Analyst to support the U.S. Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) within the U.S. Navy Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems, Above Water Sensors Directorate (PEO IWS 2.0).  We don’t expect you to come in with DoD Acquistion expertise but we do expect you to consistently demonstrate strong attributes to quickly build competencies and provide the highest quality products and services to the APM. We look for traits such as how you solve problems when you’re stuck. Do you look for creative ways to find solutions? Do you seek out references and teach yourself how to do something new? Do you collaborate with your colleagues? If you take initiatives like these, you would fit in well with our high...

Provides expert advice on the potential strategic and operational value of new technologies and/or concepts of operational employment for technologies to support strategic deterrence, nuclear modernization and NC3 architectures. Requires in-depth understanding of capabilities that would maximize value to U.S. military operations and their impact on adversary courses of action, to include comparative balance of capabilities in all domains. Responsibilities include support to special programs in the development and implementation of program protection and defense plans. Lead research, interpretation, evaluation, and analysis of Intelligence, Signals Intelligence, Counterintelligence, Human Intelligence, Counterterrorism, Foreign Military Forces, operations, capabilities, and trends...

The Analyst will serve as a Subject Matter Expert providing support to Strategic Weapons Facility, Atlantic (SWFLANT) Project Team in King Bay, GA. Specifically, the analyst will help the Project Team with coordination between SPK10, the SWFLANT training coordinator, and various SWFLANT departments for the training of new personnel in SWF operations and Strategic System Programs (SSP) command relationships. Additionally, the candidate will provide direct support to the facility for programs and projects as directed by SPK10. This will generally involve interfacing with senior government and industry stakeholders; participating in planning meetings (both in person and virtually); reviewing and providing feedback on technical plans and processes; and assisting with the resolution of...

 The SpOC mission is to generate, present, and sustain combat-ready intelligence, cyber, space and combat support forces and serves as the USSF Service Component to USSPACECOM. The SATCOM Mission Area Team’s (MAT) mission is to enhance forces with resilient, persistent, survivable, and highly mobile military and commercial space-based satellite communications (SATCOM). - Provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) and subject matter expertise (SME) for the Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Mission Area Team (MAT) for Protected SATCOM systems to include but not limited to: Milstar, Advanced EHF, Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS), Enhanced Polar System (EPS), EPS-Recapitalization (EPS-R), Teleports, and Gateways. The contractor shall apply broad and comprehensive technical...

Responsible for providing program support to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans, and Strategy (OPNAV N3N5). OPNAV N3N5 serves as the principal advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on joint operations and the development of naval and joint plans, programs, and policies and requires innovative consulting and analytical support to facilitate strategic decision and policy making and perform multidisciplinary forms of plans and policy analysis. This role will support the development and advancement of Navy initiatives and policies promoting integration and effective operations with other Services using multidisciplinary analysis. Activities include research, developing information papers and briefings, coordination of off-site activities, facilitation of...

The successful candidate will provide part-time expert support to the SPY-1 program within the Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems, Above Water Sensors Directorate (PEO IWS 2.0). You will support radar engineering efforts such as transmitter and signal processing development and sustainment to maintain radar effectiveness. You may be expected to assist with Programming, Planning, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE), providing tasking and guidance as well as setting priorities for multiple field activities and contractors.  Occasional travel to the Washington, DC area may be expected.

The successful candidate will support the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Mission Capabilities (ASD(MC)) with financial management in support of the Assault Breaker II (ABII) initiative. ASD(MC) takes a unified, missions-level view across the entire DoD enterprise to analyze joint missions and identify crosscutting technology gaps critical to military readiness. ABII is a joint initiative chartered with the Services to analyze the hardest military challenges facing the U.S. and its allies. ABII is also intended to develop experiments to provide future warfighting architectures to address these challenges. Initially established at DARPA, the initiative is transitioning to ASD(MC) in Fiscal Year 2025. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy,...

The successful candidate will provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support services to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Mission Capabilities (OASD(MC)) for Assault Breaker II (ABII). ASD(MC) takes a unified, missions-level view across the entire DoD enterprise to analyze joint missions and identify crosscutting technology gaps critical to military readiness. ABII is a joint initiative chartered with the Services to analyze the hardest military challenges facing the U.S. and its allies. ABII is also intended to develop experiments to provide future warfighting architectures to address these challenges. The successful candidate will support the ASD(MC) with a warfare specialty including planning, developing, and executing technical projects of a...

The successful candidate will participate in project teams to: Develop digital models of complex real-world systems using commercial and proprietary software tools; Design, build, and execute constructive simulations and apply design of experiments best practices; Analyze and synthesize large data sets with various analytic frameworks and statistical methods; Support the preparation of deliverables (presentations, written reports, etc.) to communicate analysis-based findings and recommendations to sponsors and stakeholders, balance tasks across multiple projects concurrently, and regularly communicate progress or challenges to task leads. At SPA, we strive to deliver a robust total compensation package that will attract and retain the top talent.  Elements of the compensation package...

The candidate will support planning, management, coordination, integration, and oversight of Regional Sustainment Framework (RSF) activities and initiatives for DASD(PS), and provide onsite expertise to facilitate the development, publication, and upkeep of the RSF Implementation Guidance. This will include gathering inputs, identifying priorities, assessing gaps across the enterprise, and devising plans and solutions to address identified priorities and gaps. The successful candidate will be capable of building and executing a team-based approach to ideate, overcome challenges, and move RSF activities and initiatives forward. Specific tasks will include creation and maintenance of the RSF for platforms, services, and locations; support for the execution of RSF implementation guidance;...

The successful candidate will support the Strategic Communications team within the Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Directorate. Specific responsibilities will include:  - Provide unique insight on effective Congressional engagement, especially recommendations for specific legislative language and priorities to advance PEO IWS strategic initiatives, identification of nuanced impediments to messaging and engagement in Congress, DoD, and industry, and identification of strategic engagement and stakeholder analysis opportunities; - Consultation on technical assessment and resource analysis development support for critical PEO IWS programs, objectives, and priorities and effective alignment to House Appropriations Committee (HAC), House Armed Services...

SPA has an immediate need for a highly qualified Space Intelligence & Planning Analyst.  The successful candidate will support The S4S Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Directorate (hereafter referred to as the S2) and provide intelligence analysis, assessments, and support to the CDR/S4S and to the Operations (S3), Plans (S5), and other directorates as needed.  The primary goal of the S2 is to focus intelligence operations at the Task Force level and below (“down and in”), to ensure prioritization and integration of intelligence support to provide synchronized space effects and to ensure USSPACECOM can employ space operations in the preservation of freedom of action in space, deter aggression, and enable global power projection, in order to defend the United...

Knowledge and experience in configuration control, data management, and deficiency reporting for an ACAT I equivalent weapon system program from technology development through the final disposition of the weapon system. Configuration control experience managing program documentation, program records, program history, meeting minutes and action items, proposals, deviations, and waivers. Experience and knowledge in preparing for and executing program technical reviews and functional and physical configuration audits. Experience organizing and operating Configuration Control Boards and Business Management Boards or their equivalents. Experience with configuration status accounting databases contractor data substantiation. Knowledge and experience; in preparing, reviewing, and obtaining...

This position will directly support the Sentinel Program’s Product Support Division as they develop the Product Support Package for the next generation ICBM.  Duties will include providing expert advice and support to Sentinel program leaders on all supply chain aspects throughout the acquisition cycle and into sustainment of the Sentinel weapon system.   Specifically, this Product Support team member will be responsible for working with Air Force stakeholders for the evaluation and integration of supply chain processes into the Sentinel weapon system.  Additionally, this team member will assist the Air Force customer in the review and assessment of Sentinel’s Integrated Product Support Elements of Supply Support; Support Equipment Management; Air Force Provisioning efforts;...

Performing threat and vulnerability assessments. Applying security-related software tools to manage and control classified information systems. Managing the configuration of classified information systems. Leveraging experience uploading and downloading files across classified networks operating at different classification levels. Controlling and recording all incoming and outgoing digital media. Accomplishing self-assessments using the Management Internal Control Toolset (MICT). Experience resolving information systems security incidents. Experience developing and critically reviewing information assurance and cyber security documentation.