ISAG has a near-term need for experienced legal experts to support DoD’s input into both the CFIUS and Team Telecom processes. Roles will be onsite in Arlington or Alexandria, VA. The candidate will support DoD’s Global Investment and Economic Security Office in the development of risk mitigation options and the monitoring and compliance of Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) mitigation agreements. They will support the review of mitigation compliance, which may involve domestic and international travel. The candidate will develop and maintain standard operating procedures for the mitigation of foreign investment risk in the areas of product integrity, supply assurance, collocation, and technology transfer.
SPA supports multiple programs at US Space Force’s Space Systems Center, including the Kobayashi Maru software factory. SPA is a force enabler to USSPACECOM for POM strategies, program substantiation, JCIDS, and requirements management. We provide highly qualified expertise to NASA’s Safety and Mission Assurance operations. We also deliver high-end advisory services to the Intelligence Community's in support of strategic objectives, transformation initiatives and acquisition, technical, and business processes. - Provide a broad range of Earned Value Management support for the Space Systems Command. This includes review and assessment of official program documents including Acquisition Strategy Plans, Requests for Proposal, Statements of Work, Contract Data Requirements Lists, Policies, Department of Defense/Air Force/Center guidance/instruction, Integrated Master Plans, and Program Contractor Proposals for solicitations for compliance and consistency with Earned Value Management and schedule standards and best practices.- Requires EVM analysis across a variety of standard schedule analysis activities and includes developing and recording risk-based and comprehensive estimates-at-completion (EACs), including confidence level (SCurve) utilizing the best practices and techniques as outlined in the GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide.- Recommend corrective actions to record the findings and advise/deliver the analysis to the Government is included in position responsibilities.- In coordination with the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), this position requires assessment of contractors’ EVM data, including analysis of programmatic and management issues, and the contractors’ approved EVMS description for compliance with DCMA, DoD, NDIA IPMD and ANSI/EIA requirements. This position will offer a hybrid working model. Qualified candidates will be required to work onsite in El Segundo 1 day a week. You should be within a comfortable driving distance to El Segundo.
SPA supports multiple programs at US Space Force’s Space Systems Center, including the Kobayashi Maru software factory. SPA is a force enabler to USSPACECOM for POM strategies, program substantiation, JCIDS, and requirements management. We provide highly qualified expertise to NASA’s Safety and Mission Assurance operations. We also deliver high-end advisory services to the Intelligence Community's in support of strategic objectives, transformation initiatives and acquisition, technical, and businessprocesses. - Provide a broad range of financial management, in particular assisting with Government budget integration, for the Space Systems Command. This includes all aspects of Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) and Commitment/Obligation/Expenditure Reconciliation; Execution and Audit Readiness; and Budget Authority Management. - Provide Subject Matter Expertise and support for budgets, foreign military sales funding, other foreign Government funding, and International Partner Agreements, as well as assist with the timely and accurate analysis, forecast, and reporting of commitment, obligation, and expenditure data. This position will offer a hybrid working model. Qualified candidates will be required to work onsite 1 day a week. You should be within a comfortable driving distance to El Segundo or Colorado Springs.
Provide a broad range of financial management, in particular assisting with Government budget integration, for the Space Systems Command. This includes all aspects of Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution and Commitment/Obligation/Expenditure Reconciliation; Execution and Audit Readiness; and Budget Authority Management, Qualified personnel will provide subject matter expertise and support for budgets, foreign military sales funding, other foreign Government funding, and International Partner Agreements, as well as assist with the timely and accurate analysis, forecast and reporting of commitment, obligation, and expenditure data. This position requires management support across all aspects of task order management including input and support of all management plans, project status reporting, management reviews and continuous improvement recommendations. This position will offer a hybrid working model. Qualified candidates will be required to work onsite in El Segundo 1 day a week. You should be within a comfortable driving distance to El Segundo.
Accomplish a full range of new and ongoing acquisition test management tasks to include: managing and executing all program test activities, including the planning, execution, and reporting of test projects, on behalf of the program office. Updating and managing all program office test documentation, including test plans, test priorities, test schedules, test memorandums, and test reports. Assisting in coordinating test planning working groups, logistical requirements, program office delegations, technical interchanges, and day-to-day interactions between the program office and supporting test, intelligence, and technology organizations. Applying systems engineering, test engineering and test operations expertise to projects and program challenges, and advising project leads and project engineers on all matters of test engineering as it applies to highly technical program office efforts. Supporting the Program Director at executive levels within the government and other contractor organizations, including major program reviews, inspections, conferences, and other program evaluations and major milestone events. Managing interactions and cultivating relationships between the program office, supporting government offices, other contractors, and higher headquarters mid to upper level staff. Apply experience and capability to support assigned program test management tasks and lead support personnel in these tasks.
Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. This person will provide systems engineering process expertise to develop requirements analysis, system design process, system integration, requirements verification / validation, and Development Test / Operational Test (DT/OT) processes; provide technical management of DoD contractors and be capable of managing the technical execution and evaluation of DoD systems, subsystems, and components during development; evaluate technical proposals in order to provide advice on the evaluation of technical proposals; plan, program, coordinate, and control the technical executions of engineering functions to meet program requirements.
Requires extensive experience working with Joint Special Operations units, extensive Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experience and familiarity operating in an international environment, working with NATO organizations, and interagency partners. This Performance Requirement includes: 1) Synchronizing European Nuclear Weapon Accident Incident (NWAI) lines of effort with partner nations, 2) Designing, planning, and executing full scale nuclear weapons exercises, 3) Authoring and coordinating applicable training materials, 4) Coordinating and tracking DTRA provided NWAI training to partner nations and US organizations, 5) Organizing, coordinating, executing and providing expertise in CONUS/OCONUS Nuclear Weapons Training/Exercises and Conventional-Nuclear Integration efforts, 6) Organizing, coordinating, executing, and supporting meetings, exercise planning, evaluation testing, studies, and crisis support/emergency response pertaining to nuclear weapons operations to include providing support and administration to working groups, conferences, and pre/post-meeting support, 7) Updating and maintaining accident/incident response website(s) and databases, 8) Assisting in the development, maintenance, execution, and presentation of the nuclear weapon accident incident response management courses, e.g., the Nuclear Weapon Incident Response Training –OCONUS (NWIRT-O), 9) Reviewing, validating, assessing, and assisting in the development of National and DoD nuclear weapon accident incident response policy and procedures, 10) Planning, organizing, coordinating, executing, and tracking multiple concurrent trainings, exercises,TTXs, workshops, seminars, meetings, and conferences, 11) Reviewing international agreements, joint plans, and other documents at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of Command and Control, 12) Validating DoD and interagency policies, plans, and procedures through exercises -Assessing DoD nuclear weapon security policy, 13) Overseeing implementation and effectiveness of nuclear weapon incident readiness (international NUWAIX) through participation in and support of high-level interagency working groups and conferences, 14) Providing support for facilitating international communications and training, 15) Aiding in ensuring cohesive, effective, and efficient responses to nuclear weapon accidents across international partner Government agencies, 16) Providing instructors/facilitators for international inter/intra-agency training, 17) Providing training materials, lesson plans, agendas, handbooks, etc., and 18) Producing technical reports and providing briefings to senior leaders.
The successful candidate will participate in project teams to:- Assist in the analysis of the performance of DoD programs and systems- Conduct data collection and specification reviews- Assist in the design and develop system-of-systems models using commercial and proprietary MBSE tools and execute modeling and simulation analysis- Perform post-processing data analysis and interpretation- Assist in the preparation of deliverables to include presentations and written reports of findings and recommendations- Participate in customer meetings and briefingsAt SPA, we strive to deliver a robust total compensation package that will attract and retain the top talent. Elements of the compensation package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities. SPA provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work. The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, etc.Please note that the salary information shown below is a general guideline only. Salaries are commensurate with experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. Salary pay range: $70,000-$100,000
Candidate will work with Special Access Programs (SAPs) under Department of Defense (DoD), Headquarters U.S. Air Force providing direct security engineering support to the Air Force acquisition community throughout the system development lifecycle (SDLC) on aeronautical and aerospace related systems.
The Business Program Analyst will be responsible for applying comprehensive methods for analyzing business processes. They will be responsible for conducting capabilities-based assessments, analyses of alternatives, cost, and management analyses. They will assist in creating operational views, provide business process input to architecture development, and risk assessment. This person will assist in the development of Plans, Programs, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) documents to support CWMD. They will assist in the development of executive briefings, analytical reports, detailed technical documentation, memos, and contract deliverables.
SPA seeks a passionate and dedicated analyst and manager interested in providing technical, data-driven support combined with strategy-informed operations research analysis. The ideal candidate will have a passion for solving challenging, unstructured, and time-critical problems in both leadership and supporting roles. The candidate will participate in analyses, assessments, and workshops that integrate technical, operational, and programmatic aspects across various elements of the Department of Defense. The individual will support and lead cross-functional, high-performance teams conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis, including wargaming, to inform decision makers at the highest levels of the government, including the Secretary of Defense, Congress, and the White House. Candidates can expect to manage multiple tasks concurrently, often with constrained timelines. Tasks may be aligned to the individual’s expertise and interests but will often require individuals to rapidly learn and apply new knowledge and skills. Successful candidates will quickly be rewarded with leadership opportunities and direct engagement with external clients and stakeholders.
The Engineer will lead system safety assessments for DoD clients per MIL-STD-882E. They will provide independent safety evaluation of engineering change requests and develop safety plans, processes, procedures, schedules, and policy documents. They will also lead safety working groups and independent review teams. In addition, the Engineer will provide meeting support and interface with DoD clients and stakeholders, virtually and in-person, to help set priorities. They will also mentor coworkers.
The candidate will support the analysis and management of DOE enterprise risks, schedules, and priorities. The candidate will be responsible for:- Collaborating within a team to deliver enterprise risk and schedule analysis.- Gathering information from various sources and conducting analysis of that information to inform program decisions and establish priorities.- Presenting results to peers and senior leadership within client and partner organizations.The Program Analyst will spend the majority of their time at SPA HQ in Alexandria. Travel to DOE sites throughout the country will be required.
We are seeking a mid-level Program Analyst to provide programmatic support to the U.S. Navy Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems, Above Water Sensors & Lasers Directorate (PEO IWS 2.0).Hybrid work is allowed but you must have the flexibility to work at least 1 day per week in the Washington Navy Yard area. You will be expected to work with the Government Program Manager to support current and future Milestone approval process and Request for Proposal (RFP) development or related efforts, specifically Acquisition Strategy/Plans, recommendations on contract structure and CDRL development, and Milestone documentation development, adjudication, and tracking. You will collaborate with stakeholders across industry and Government to ensure program requirements, capabilities, planning, and development supports program schedules and requirements. You will maintain and update program documentation, including, but not limited to, program schedule(s), organization charts, program status briefings and other documentation as required.We don’t expect you to come in with any expertise but we do expect you to consistently demonstrate strong attributes to quickly build competencies and provide the highest quality products and services to our clients. 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 performing team.
The Creative Design Specialist will be responsible for creating multimedia content in support of communications, outreach or branding campaigns, including social media platforms.Participates in project teams supporting high-profile or complex projects, often in tight-turnaround situations. Participates in all stages of the multimedia development life-cycle, including gathering requirements, concept development, tools selection, prototypes, development, and delivery. Produces videos/graphic animations and assists with planning, execution, and editing of digital media content production. Prepares graphics to support meetings and conferences including overhead slides, workbook illustrations, signage, displays, etc. Work with capture team personnel, proposal teams, and other internal clients to conceptualize what they are trying to convey and the best way to visually communicate that information. Participate in design meetings to identify new product ideas and optimize existing products as well as research, interpret, implement, and adhere to company and customer style guides, policies and guidelines.
Requires extensive experience working with Joint Special Operations units, extensive Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experience and familiarity operating in an international environment, working with NATO organizations, and interagency partners. This Performance Requirement includes: 1) Synchronizing European Nuclear Weapon Accident Incident (NWAI) lines of effort with partner nations, 2) Designing, planning, and executing full scale nuclear weapons exercises, 3) Authoring and coordinating applicable training materials, 4) Coordinating and tracking DTRA provided NWAI training to partner nations and US organizations, 5) Organizing, coordinating, executing and providing expertise in CONUS/OCONUS Nuclear Weapons Training/Exercises and Conventional-Nuclear Integration efforts, 6) Organizing, coordinating, executing, and supporting meetings, exercise planning, evaluation testing, studies, and crisis support/emergency response pertaining to nuclear weapons operations to include providing support and administration to working groups, conferences, and pre/post-meeting support, 7) Updating and maintaining accident/incident response website(s) and databases, 8) Assisting in the development, maintenance, execution, and presentation of the nuclear weapon accident incident response management courses, e.g., the Nuclear Weapon Incident Response Training –OCONUS (NWIRT-O), 9) Reviewing, validating, assessing, and assisting in the development of National and DoD nuclear weapon accident incident response policy and procedures, 10) Planning, organizing, coordinating, executing, and tracking multiple concurrent trainings, exercises,TTXs, workshops, seminars, meetings, and conferences, 11) Reviewing international agreements, joint plans, and other documents at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of Command and Control, 12) Validating DoD and interagency policies, plans, and procedures through exercises -Assessing DoD nuclear weapon security policy, 13) Overseeing implementation and effectiveness of nuclear weapon incident readiness (international NUWAIX) through participation in and support of high-level interagency working groups and conferences, 14) Providing support for facilitating international communications and training, 15) Aiding in ensuring cohesive, effective, and efficient responses to nuclear weapon accidents across international partner Government agencies, 16) Providing instructors/facilitators for international inter/intra-agency training, 17) Providing training materials, lesson plans, agendas, handbooks, etc., and 18) Producing technical reports and providing briefings to senior leaders. These roles are located in Kleber Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, Germany
The Cyber Systems Engineer Project Management Technical Support provides support to the customer in the area of Cyber Security. Daily Tasks include, but are not limited to:- Compile information to develop weekly, monthly and annual customer “Cyber Snapshot.” Report metrics on cases and incidents that have happened over the period as well as items of interest on cybersecurity that would be of interest to senior management- Verify/validate systems with specific emphasis on network operations and cyber warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures focused on threat to information networks- Assess security performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures- Participate in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements- Develop and maintain analytical procedures to meet changing requirements. Produce high quality papers, presentations, recommendations and findings for senior intelligence and operations officials- Provide identification and classification of system network vulnerabilities providing mitigation and remediation recommendations- Analyze policies and procedures against federal laws and regulations and provide recommendations for closing gaps- Develop strategies to comply with privacy and risk management requirements. Prepare threat analysis reports- Create indications of compromise for new and existing malware- Participate in cyber defense working groups, forums and IPTs to provide cyber defense guidance
The Cyber Systems Engineer Project Management Technical Support provides support to the customer in the area of Cyber Security. Daily Tasks include, but are not limited to:- Review, assess and produce Technical reports on CDRL items delivered by the Cyber Security Services contractors- Provide assessments to the customer on the cybersecurity contractor’s program performance.- Develop, maintain, and deliver acquisition artifacts to assist the customer in assessing contractor’s performance- Assist in the development of execution reviews, acquisition roadmaps and transition plans - Develop briefings and artifacts for acquisition Readiness Reviews- Provide technical recaps of customer meetings with cyber security contractors- Work closely with the customer Lead and stakeholders to execute contracts- Provide technical input for the development of acquisition documentation for review and approval by the customer to include: Requests for Contract Action (RCA) packages, RFPs for Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), and proposal analysis to support negotiation and award activities.- Assist in the development, review, and update of acquisition documents to ensure guidance for acquisitions are adequate and current.- Assesses contractor performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures- Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements- Assist in the development of technical requirements- Produces high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior US government intelligence and operations officials- Analyzes policies and procedures against Federal laws and regulations and provides recommendations for closing gaps- Develops strategies to comply with privacy and risk management requirements.
The ConMon Cyber Engineer provides support to the customer in the area of Cyber Security. Daily tasks include, but are not limited to:- Support the Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) Program Lead in maturing the customer’s Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) program.- Generate and lead ConMon process improvement activities- Coordinate with the Cyber Data Science team to identify sources of information to better evaluate customers ConMon activities.- Coordinate with Cyber Data Science team to create new views of customer’s ConMon posture- Collect the necessary data, develop, and deliver reports to show customer’s progress of the enterprise wide ConMon program.- Develop and deliver asset ConMon compliance views for categories such as mission, cross domain, and location, as required by the customer.- Proactively identify and provide metrics and reporting data appropriate for stakeholders in each of the Tiers identified in the NIST SP 800-137- Validates, for efficacy, ConMon control Bodies-of-Evidence (BOEs) entered in the ConMon tool- Guides, mentors and instructs program Information System Security Officers (ISSOs) on methods to improve ConMon BOE entry language- Assist Security Control Accessors (SCAs), FISMA and Inspector General (IG) Teams on examining ConMon BOEs for official reporting- Proactively identify and provide metrics and reporting data appropriate for AO/DAOs to make sound risk decisions for continued authorization of systems- Initiate and participate in studies to improve ConMon reporting metrics- Recommend improvements on Enterprise Security Services (ESS) tool implementations
The Mission Defense Team (MDT) SETA provides support to the customer in the area of Cybersecurity. Daily tasks include, but are not limited to:- Identify baseline, capability and coverage gaps- Recommend process improvements- Plan future requirements and capabilities- Support specific technical efforts to enable mission assurance, resiliency, and defensive cyber operations- Assist with validation and verification of MDT activities. Provide research, independent analysis, documentation, Concept of Operations development, planning, capability assessments and proof of concept activities- Assess current and proposed changes to relevant processes, procedures, applications and infrastructure- Articulate priorities, risks, issues and opportunities- Ensure future capabilities are sound, meet documented requirements and standards and are maintainable for MDT operations.
