Counter Unmanned Aircraft System Staff Officer

Booz Allen Hamilton; Fort Bragg (NC); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Retirement plan

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Work-life programs

Dependent care

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Counter Unmanned Aircraft System Staff Officer at Fort Bragg to advise on C-UAS capabilities and help close gaps for Army clients. You will analyze threats, develop guidance, and coordinate with partners to implement force protection measures.

You will produce reports, briefs, and documents for leadership while leveraging your 8+ years of military experience and a Top Secret clearance. Some travel is required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with the U.S. military as a senior NCO or Officer.
• 2+ years of experience on air defense, electronic warfare, or C-UAS programs.
• Experience serving on a Brigade or higher-level staff.
• Experience using Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Secret clearance is required.
• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Completion of Senior NCO or Captain’s Career Course.
• Applicants will undergo a security investigation for clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME on C-UAS capabilities, training, and processes.
• Analyze capability gaps for Army clients and prepare recommendations.
• Develop documents addressing C-UAS capabilities and UAS threats.
• Coordinate with other commands, force providers, and partners on training and resourcing.
• Produce reports, papers, briefings, and other products for the client.

Skills

Senior NCO or Officer experience

Brigade or higher staff

Travel up to 25%

Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Senior NCO or Captain Career Course

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Counter Unmanned Aircraft System Staff Officer

As an expert in defense missions, your unique background inspires you to think bigger, push further, and ask questions others don’t. We need your extensive industry knowledge and advisory skills to solve some of our clients’ most complex problems and find solutions that keep our nation safe. As a Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (C‑UAS) Staff Officer working as part of the Counter Improvised Threat Integration Cell, your leadership, technical expertise, and high‑level staff experience will assist the U.S. Army to counter the ever changing and expanding UAS threat.

You will serve as a subject matter expert on C‑UAS capabilities, training, and associated processes. You will assist the Army client to analyze and understand capability gaps, with a focus on force protection, and prepare recommendations to close gaps. You will support the development of documents that address C‑UAS capabilities and UAS threats, including exercise scenarios, training guidance, EXORDs and OPLANS or OPORDs. You will assist the Army to integrate theater‑specific C‑UAS training requirements, advise on force protection requirements based on the UAS threat, and coordinate with other operational commands, force providers, and partner nations regarding training, equipping, and resourcing. You will produce reports, information papers, briefings, and other products for the client focused on force protection.

You served your country as an officer or senior NCO, now continue your mission with us. Further your career while creating mission‑forward solutions that matter. Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 8+ years of experience working with the U.S. military as a senior NCO or Officer
• 2+ years of experience working on air defense, electronic warfare, or C‑UAS programs or activities
• Experience serving on a Brigade or higher-level staff
• Experience using Microsoft Office products
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree
• Completion of a Senior NCO or Captains Career Course
• Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with the military or deployment
• Experience with electronic warfare
• Experience with UAS-related Force Protection
• Experience serving on an Army Division or higher-level staff, or Combatant Command staff, or supporting Department of Defense or Joint organizations
• Experience with SharePoint, Maven Smart System, or the Command and Control Information Environment (C2IE)
• Possession of excellent written communication and analytical skills

Compensation

Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs.

Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.

We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees.

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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