Junior Watch Officer

Red Cedar Consultancy; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Cedar Consultancy seeks a JuniorWatch Officer to support the DHS Operations Center with 24/7 situational awareness. Responsibilities include coordinating information flow, briefing leadership, and producing incident-related reports in both classified and unclassified environments.

The role requires a BA/BS and an Active Secret Clearance, with expectations of strong typing, GIS-capable reporting, and proficiency in Adobe and Microsoft Office tools.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in operations centers, emergency management, dispatch, or related work.
• BA/BS degree required.
• Active Secret Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality of deliverables and watch stander performance.
• Manage watch functions, processes, and information flow.
• Prioritize tasks and coordinate information gathering and reporting.

Skills

Typing speed 65–70 wpm

Adobe

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Situational awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Adobe

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Job Title: JuniorWatch Officer

Location: 6315 Bren Mar Drive, Alexandria, VA 22312

Summary: This program supports services by providing continuous watch, briefing, and analytical support for the customer’s 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 leadership has timely, accurate, and actionable information to support mission-critical decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the quality of deliverables provided and performance of contract watch standers
• Manages watch functions, processes, and information flow
• Prioritize tasks and efforts and coordinate information gathering and reporting with other elements
• Maintain situational awareness of DHS related events, incidents, and threats and participate in daily NOC Operations calls
• Brief senior leadership on priority information requirements
• Review and approve incident reports and reporting products before distribution
• Maintain RFI database, assign RFIs, track RFIs, and ensure RFIs are reviewed and approved
• Capable of maintaining the COP
• Produce, review, and brief the DOSR and ensure DOSR is distributed
• Maintain distribution lists and telephone rosters
• Capable of producing limited GIS imagery to support reporting products
• Maintain reviews watch turnover/pass down report
• Access, navigate, and utilize DHS law enforcement data systems and networks (to secret clearance level)
• Formulate and apply mathematical modeling and other optimizing methods to develop and interpret information that assists management with decision making, policy formulation, or other managerial functions
• Collect and analyze data and develop decision support software, service, or products
• Develop and supply optimal time, cost, or logistics networks for program evaluation, review, or implementation
• Should be able to type 65-70 words per minute and is skilled in Adobe and Microsoft Office products, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word

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