Mission & Capability Portfolio Strategist

Tulk-LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

TULK is a boutique consulting firm delivering mission-focused systems integration, acquisition, engineering, analysis, and operational transition services to Defense and national-security customers. The Mission and Capability Portfolio Analyst will analyze mission threads and capability portfolios to support integration and acquisition decisions at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

The role requires 7+ years of related experience, US citizenship, and eligibility for Top Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant mission decomposition, mission-thread, operational-effects, capability-analysis, gap-analysis, or portfolio-review experience.
• Demonstrated ability to connect analysis to funding, acquisition, implementation, integration, or transition decisions.
• Strong structured analytical, written, and stakeholder-communication skills.
• United States citizenship is required.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce concise, decision-ready technical products.
• Applicants must provide specific examples of their personal technical delivery, including the mission or operational problem, their technical role, and the outcome.

Responsibilities

• Develop structured analysis linking mission objectives and operational effects to systems, functions, data, interfaces, constraints, and decisions.
• Conduct capability-gap, dependency, and portfolio analyses that identify actionable integration or acquisition choices.
• Synthesize technical and operational evidence into concise decision products for senior stakeholders.
• Support cross-functional teams addressing mission, capability, integration, and transition problems.

Skills

Mission decomposition

Mission-thread analysis

Operational-effects analysis

Capability-analysis

Gap-analysis

Portfolio-review

US citizenship

Top Secret clearance eligibility

Written and verbal communication

Evidence-based delivery

Job description

TULK is a boutique consulting firm delivering mission-focused systems integration, acquisition, engineering, analysis, and operational transition services to Defense and national-security customers. The Mission and Capability Portfolio Analyst will analyze mission threads and capability portfolios to support integration and acquisition decisions at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

The role requires 7+ years of related experience, US citizenship, and eligibility for Top Secret clearance.