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The Navy Acquisition Program Lead will provide Engineering Support Services (ESS) to the U.S. Navy Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), Above Water Sensors Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Principal Assistant Program Manager (PAPM) and Deputy PAPM through the following:- Provide daily onsite support to the Washington Navy Yard client location- Anticipate client’s needs and take initiative on adjusting support tasking accordingly- Supervise other support contractors on the SEWIP ESS team. Coordinate day-to-day tasking of support team to ensure timely accomplishment of program office initiatives and objectives. Maintain quality of support team’s communications and deliverables- Contribute to technical briefings, issue papers, summaries, budget, and other program documentation- Monitor high-level actions to track completion of required tasking. Ensure critical actions and tasks are coordinated across the team; meet program needs and external requirements, maintain visibility- Work closely with the PAPM, Deputy PAPMs, Functional Leads to coordinate programmatic, systems engineering, test & evaluation (T&E), product support, finance and cost estimating timely action item resolution- Coordinate and consolidate weekly program reports and staff meeting charts for the SEWIP PAPM- Support and monitor program milestones, key events, special studies/research projects for program goals/issues- Assist in developing briefings, white papers, and other products to show program status, present future events of interest, and solicit feedback to build support- Facilitate meetings; provide logistics and administrative support, coordinating input from external stakeholders, drafting agendas, minutes, and dissemination, tracking, and follow-up on action items- Manage ESS program staffing and work with the PAPM and ESS Contract Program Manager (PM) to ensure validity of tasking, cost, and allocation- Provide the monthly reports to the ESS Contract PM- Coordinate, process, and approve travel requests prior to submission to the ESS Contract PM. Provide daily onsite support to the Washington Navy Yard client location
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SPA is seeking experienced Business Transaction Analysts to support the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Industrial Policy. The candidate will support DASD Industrial Policy in the monitoring of Non-Notified transactions and global market capital investment initiatives. The candidate will consistently and efficiently monitor business transactions that have not been filed with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) in order to assess the foreign investment risk. Primary focus will be on product integrity, supply assurance, co-location, and technology transfer. Additionally, the candidate will support DASD Industrial Policy's capital investment initiatives.
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SPA is looking for experienced Cyber Security analysts to support the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Industrial Policy. The candidates will review, assess, and recommend mitigation to cyber security threats to the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). They will identify and address cyber security risks associated with foreign investment in the DIB and have regular and active engagement with cybersecurity stakeholders. The candidates will also develop and maintain standard procedures for managing cyber security risk associated with foreign investment in the DIB.
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SPA is seeking experienced Business Intelligence Analysts to support the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Industrial Policy. - The candidates will support DASD Industrial Policy in the identification, analysis, and tracking of foreign investments in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), along with working with the Non-Notify Working Group and DASD analyts to identify foreign investment risk not yet mitigated.- The candidate will help track foreign investment risk and, when said risk exceeds pre-determined thresholds, delivery recommendations to the government client on how to best address that risk.- The candidates shall also develop and maintain standard procedures for identifying, analyzing, and tracking foreign investment in the DIB.
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SPA is seeking experience Mitigation Analysts in support of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Industrial Policy. - The candidate will support DASD Industrial Policy in the development and oversight of Committed on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) mitigation agreements, along with assisting Case Managers on Risk Based Assessments (RBAs) in coordination with a dedicated team.- The candidate will support the annual or bi-annual review of mitigation compliance and may involve domestic and international travel. Finally, 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.
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The candidate will provide analysis to support SPA’s Navy clients, particularly in the area of undersea warfare. SPA uses a wide range of analytical approaches to find rigorous and objective answers to our clients’ most difficult national security problems. The candidate will be part of a team of analysts responsible for shaping undersea warfare investments and identifying desired capabilities for future undersea forces. The candidate will contribute to mature and meaningful recommendations to SPA’s clients that reflect the range of operational and technical factors needed to make informed decisions.- The candidate will be responsible for analysis of future undersea warfare capabilities across a variety of areas. These analyses must consider and integrate a range of factors, to include operational utility, technical feasibility, cost, programmatic and policy implications, and business cases.- The candidate should be a quick learner, and will be responsible for independently researching and coming up to speed on new and complex topics.- The candidate will be required to anticipate and respond to new client needs. This includes identifying problem areas and opportunities and considering how SPA should develop new or existing tools or approaches to address these challenges.- The candidate will develop and present briefings, papers, and demonstrations of analytic results to clients to support their decision-making.
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- Significant interaction and coordination with SPA senior management, professional staff, corporate staff, as well as SPA's clients. - Maintaining schedules, preparation of correspondence, scheduling travel, meeting coordination, as well as other administrative and executive support functions. - Strong communication skills to effectively interact with external clients and internal SPA staff. - Handle all aspects of standard office activities including maintaining multiple schedules (using Outlook Calendar). - Plan and coordinate meetings and prepare associated announcements, agendas, presentation materials and minutes, track participants and coordinate refreshments and food. - Establish and maintain paper and electronic filing systems; and perform classified document control. - Perform basic financial/budget calculations using Microsoft excel.- Develop, format, and correct PPT slides.- Develop, format, and correct Word documents.
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- Provide Industrial Engineering support to Naval Foundry and Propeller Center senior leadership and project management division- Explore, analyze, improve, and execute industrial, organizational, and project management processes based on Lean Manufacturing, value stream analysis, and 5S principles- Apply a strong technical background and understanding of project management concepts to work with project managers, manufacturing engineers, and production personnel to achieve operational goals for manufacturing process development, production assessment, data collection, and project management interface - Perform detailed assessments of production activity, including workload, schedule, and cost data analysis
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SPA is seeking an experienced Case Manager in support of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Industrial Policy. The candidate will support DASD Industrial Policy in the review and assessment of current Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) cases. The candidate will review CFIUS filings, prepare summaries of assigned cases, engage DoD stakeholders to determine the facts, and make recommendations to the senior leaders. In cases where it is possible to mitigate risk, the candidate will draft and deliver initial Risk Based Assessments to DASD Industrial Policy. In addition, the Case Manager will prepare and manage OSD staff packages.
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SPA is seeking a Senior Foreign Investment program and policy analyst to support the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Industrial Policy. The candidate will support DASD Industrial Policy for issues relating to Foreign Investment in companies that hold intellectual property critical to the United States. The candidate will support senior leadership in managing and overseeing industrial base initiatives, task forces, interagency initiatives and cutting edge programs. Additionally, planning and executing major program initiatives and meetings of stakeholders will also be expected.
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SPA is seeking a Senior and Intermediate Program Manager/Staff Manager to support a large contract providing expertise to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Industrial Policy. The Program Manger will manage the day-to-day business operations in accordance with the Foreign Investment Risk Program practices. The candidate shall manage contractor personnel turnover,while providing overight of the Foreign Investment Risk Program Development staff to ensure smooth operations.
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• Provide direct support to the PEO IWS 2.0 Above Water Sensors Plans and Programs Principal Assistant Program Manager.• Provide support in the execution of contract action meetings, briefing materials, and development and maintenance of acquisition schedules.• Provide recommendations and assist in the development of program and milestone documentation; acquisition strategies, acquisition plans, E-Milestones, Statement of Work, RFP Sections (A-M), Source Selection Plans, and related documentation.• Coordinate and support successful execution of RFIs, Industry Days, etc. as required.• Coordinate collaboration, review, and presentation of all working groups' efforts to execute acquisition and contracting processes for assigned programs.• Maintain Configuration Management and Database Management for key programmatic documentation.• Ensure proper reference material library is up to date and available for supporting key documentation updates.• Staff programmatic documentation in an accurate and expedited manner to support program office milestones.• Host weekly/bi-weekly coordination meetings providing agenda, action items tracker updates, and developing meeting minutes.
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Compile technical, financial, and other project/program information for inclusion in reports and presentations. Write memorandums, edit files and documents, and provide document management. Schedule meetings and travel. Control and monitor internal and external communications. Maintain, update, and edit recurring reports. Assist with visitor and client arrivals and departures. Arrange meetings, video teleconferences, and other gatherings as backup to the corporate meeting coordinator. Coordinate and complete logistics support for meetings of government employees sponsored by SOSD and held in SPA spaces (e.g. Seminars, Intros to SPA for clients, Program Reviews). Participate in special projects as required.
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- Apply systems engineering and structured analytical thinking to unstructured problems at the intersection of critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, risk management, and management consulting.- Lead and coordinate tasks and projects in the areas of business and solutions architecture, enterprise and technical architecture, systems engineering and technical assistance, and program integration.- Effectively communicate and present analytical results, including proposed Courses of Action and Analysis of Alternatives, to senior leadership and stakeholders.- Draft documents and responses to tasks, which require the application of technical and analytical writing skills.- Develop and support data collection for qualitative and quantitative methods to characterize and estimate physical and cyber risks to infrastructure, including threats, vulnerabilities, and impacts. - Assist with technical data processing and maintenance, data management, data analytics/analysis, data services, extract/transform/load, and related strategies for data acquisition, archival and recovery, and implementation of data.- Lead support for definition of requirements for CISA and NRMC data science activities to quantify risk to the design and operation of infrastructure assets and systems from cyber and physical threats and hazards.- Lead the technical portfolio, program, and project management support focused on the NRMC’s technical activities, including direction of oversight activities for the NRMC and the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC).- Manage the definition of requirements for data visualization tools and expertise to support the NRMC.
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- Provide analytic and systems engineering support to the undersea construction, procurement and development activities. - Conduct schedule risk analysis, analysis of shipbuilder progress, integration of construction and development activities with other programs and activities, and detailed analysis of program excursions. - Develop Model Based Systems Engineering capabilities within the company and apply to client needs.
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Key functions and responsibilities include:- Lead development of custom-built software applications and mathematical models- Help define analytic methodologies used to set expectations for new and evolving military capabilities, and assist with trade-space studies to evaluate such capabilities- Work with stakeholders and subject matter experts to contextualize systems and concepts of operations for modeling and analysis- Execute analysis and document findings in reports and briefs - Present findings to senior SPA leadership and international clients - Stay knowledgeable of best practices, and work with others to identify areas of improvement within the group and throughout SPA
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CSSO’s responsibilities will include assisting the Security Manager with the following:- Ensure the implementation of security measures in accordance with applicable the Director Central Intelligent Directives (DCIDs), Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), National Industry Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), other guiding government regulations, and local SPA procedures.- Control, track and process incoming intelligence community classified visit requests and assist with outgoing classified visits in accordance with, as needed.- Assist line staff with the preparation of classified briefings and documents.- Ensure classified information is properly marked, stored, and transmitted.- Prepare and transmit classified material via approved Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and ICD methods (e.g., briefed couriers, fax, accredited WANs and/or the Defense Courier Service (DCS)).- Conduct periodic self-inspections and security incident investigations; document results and corrective actions taken.- Prepare documentation to request Sensitive Compartment Information/Special Access Program (SCI/SAP) accesses for research and security staff and maintain access records.- Perform SCI/SAP/SAR briefings/debriefings and annual refresher training and document completion or non-compliance.- Support the Intelligence agency-related assessments and other government agency audits/reviews and develop, document, and implement corrective actions, as necessary.- Coordinate classified meetings held in the secure facility.- Perform classified destruction functions.- Prepare courier documentation.- Perform Communication Security (COMSEC) duties as required.- Prepare documented security reports as required.- Log classified materials in/out, prepare receipts as appropriate, and annotate in database.- Provide escorts for un-cleared visitors to the secure facility.- Provides guidance and assistance for processing e-QIP, SCI billets, and eligibility requests. Conducts SCI security briefings, indoctrinations, and debriefings; obtains signed Nondisclosure Agreements; and performs other related personnel security actions.- Control access to the cleared facility through oversight of physical security systems including the secure facility’s access control systems and employee badging.- Oversee maintenance, installation, upgrading and servicing of physical security systems to include the periodic testing of the alarms.
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AFSO responsibilities will include assisting the FSO with the following:- Management of the information, personnel and physical security programs within a USG accredited facility.- Arbitrating policy and processes regarding personnel and facility clearances.- Shepherding clearance applications and reinvestigations.- Supporting DoD reporting requirements as it relates to personnel, facility and other aspects of our security program such as, for example, insider threat or adverse information reporting.- Assisting the FSO with creating, coordinating, and implementing security policies and procedures pertaining to the safeguarding of classified information according to the NISPOM.- Maintaining and updating all personnel security files.- Participating in annual DSCA and other government security inspections.- Handling classified visits both inside and outside of the company.- Assisting with briefing and debriefing of all new and current employees.- Overseeing processing and onboarding security paperwork for all new hires as it relates to the SF312 and JPAS.- Working with federal security officers to ensure contract compliance related to personnel.- Handling the processing of all DD-254 as prime and subcontractor.- Operating multiple security databases (e.g., JPAS, DISS, SWFT, SPOT, NISS, ACCS, etc.).- Responding to Security Helpdesk issues.- Managing the outgoing visit clearance process including but not limited to the Pentagon access roster and outgoing staff clearances.- Controlling access to the cleared facility through oversight of physical security systems including employee/customer badging.- Overseeing maintenance, installation, upgrading and servicing of physical security systems to include the periodic testing of the alarms.- Maintaining in-depth knowledge of state-of-the-art security equipment standards and technology.- Maintaining and analyze statistical security data for monthly reports.- Other security related duties as assigned by the FSO.
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Support a fast-moving conventional weapons development program by providing critical safety program management and analysis skills in support of a system safety program. Requires frequent interface with the primary customer, support contractors, and other government agencies. Participates in a System Safety Working Group (SSWG) to plan, identify, analyze, resolve, track and control system risks. Helps plan, design, and execute safety program plan and safety test plan. Prepares safety documentation and previews contractor safety documentation to support final reviews by Navy safety authorities. Supports the lead system safety engineer.
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Support a fast-moving, Navy, conventional weapons development program by providing budget planning and execution support to the Business Financial Manager (BFM) and the supporting team. Requires frequent interface with the support contractors and other government agencies. Assists in tracking commitments, obligations, and expenditures. Prepares budget reports for the BFM. Provides obligation and expenditure performance analysis to Navy Task Leads in their respective areas. Assists in drafting budget justification documents, interagency agreements, and budget briefs.Supports development of the Program Objective Memorandum (POM).