Junior Watch Officer

Red Cedar Consultancy; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Cedar Consultancy seeks a Junior Watch Officer to provide continuous watch, briefing, and analytical support for our Operations Center and Incident Management System in Alexandria, VA.

The role requires 3 years in operations centers or emergency management, a BA/BS, and an active Secret clearance. You will produce reports, maintain RFIs, COP, GIS outputs, and support 24/7 operations with potential nationwide deployment.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in operations centers, emergency management, dispatch, or first responder environments.
• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) required.
• Active Secret Clearance required; ability to deploy nationwide for up to two weeks.
• Must support 24x7x365 operations; schedule may vary.

Responsibilities

• Maintain operational awareness, produce reports and briefings, manage RFIs, support GIS/COP functions, and operate DHS/FPS systems
• Maintain situational awareness of DHS-related events, incidents, and threats
• Produce incident reports, reporting products, and briefs
• Maintain the RFI database and track RFIs
• Conduct limited analysis on data in response to RFIs
• Produce limited GIS imagery to support reporting products
• Maintain the Common Operating Picture (COP) and blotter
• Update watch turnover/pass-down reports
• Access DHS/FPS data systems up to Secret clearance level
• Additional work as directed by management

Skills

Active Secret Clearance

Operational experience

Education

BA/BS degree

Job description

Looking for candidates with Active Secret Clearance only
Job Title: Junior Watch Officer

Location: 6315 Bren Mar Drive, Alexandria, VA 22312

Summary: This program supports services by providing continuous watch, briefing, and analytical support for the customers Operations Center and Incident Management System. The effort delivers 24/7 situational awareness through the monitoring, analysis, synthesis, and dissemination of operational, intelligence, and incident-related information impacting federally protected facilities nationwide. Contractor support includes producing executive-level briefings, daily and emergent reports, geospatial and data-driven products, and coordinating information flow across the regions, DHS components, and interagency partners. The program operates in both classified and unclassified environments and is designed to support steady-state operations, special events, emergencies, and incident response, ensuring the customer leadership has timely, accurate, and actionable information to support mission-critical decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain operational awareness, produce reports and briefings, manage RFIs, support GIS/COP functions, and operating DHS/FPS systems
• Maintain situational awareness of DHS-related events, incidents, and threats
• Produce incident reports, reporting products, and briefs
• Maintain the Request for Information (RFI) database
• Track RFIs and ensure RFIs are reviewed and approved
• Conduct limited analysis on data in response to RFIs
• Produce limited GIS imagery to support reporting products
• Maintain the Common Operating Picture (COP)
• Ensure the blotter is received and reviewed
• Produce, review, distribute, and brief operational reports
• Maintain distribution lists
• Update watch turnover/pass-down reports
• Access, navigate, and utilize DHS and FPS law enforcement data systems and networks up to the Secret clearance level
• Additional work and activity as directed by management
• Expectations include but are not limited to:
• Must support 24x7x365 operations
• Must be able to deploy nationwide for up to two weeks in support of Incident Management Teams
• Must possess a Secret clearance
• Typically work under the oversight of more senior personnel
• Require up to 3 years of related experience in operations centers, emergency management, dispatch, or first responder environments
• Require a BA/BS degree

Requirements:

• A Junior Watch Officer shall have 3 years of experience in operation centers, emergency management, dispatch, first responder (law enforcement/fire/rescue) or related work
• Minimum requirement of a BA/BS
• Candidate should have Active Secret Clearance
• The work schedule may vary, and additional hours may be required depending on operational requirements.