Senior JSOC Liaison: Strategy, Requirements & Transition

SOS International LLC (SOSi); Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SOSi seeks a Senior JSOC Liaison to support rapid research, development, testing, evaluation, and transition of emerging capabilities. The role interfaces with JSOC, USSOCOM, and other U.S. government stakeholders, translating mission needs into actionable requirements and solutions.

The successful candidate will have robust operational credibility, experience with interagency coordination, and the ability to brief senior leaders. Onsite work is required in Arlington, VA with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current CI polygraph.
• 12+ years of senior-level experience supporting DoD, the IC, SO or national security missions.
• Experience engaging senior military, government, and interagency stakeholders to define operational needs and requirements.
• Experience with requirements analysis, gap/shortfall analysis, courses-of-action analysis, and technology/capability assessments.
• Experience with PDAS and sensitive technical operations planning is required.
• Excellent written, verbal, briefing, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and collaborate effectively with technical, operational, acquisition, and government teams.
• Ability to work full-time onsite in Arlington, VA and travel as mission requirements dictate.

Responsibilities

• Engage JSOC, USSOCOM, Combatant Commands, and other U.S. Government agencies through meetings, briefings, site visits, and other mission-partner engagements to understand operational needs and requirements.
• Conduct rigorous requirements analyses that identify explicit and implicit needs, capability gaps, shortfalls, priorities, and realistic schedules for addressing them.
• Identify, characterize, and communicate difficult DoD and IC problems to technical, operational, and senior government audiences.
• Assess the national strategic implications of alternative courses of action, including cyber effects and other mission considerations.
• Identify, prioritize, and recommend candidate technology solutions in support of R&D, TT&E, prototyping, and transition efforts.
• Evaluate the operational suitability and capability of proposed solutions and support transition of viable capabilities to Special Operations users and other mission partners.
• Support PDAS activities and sensitive technical operations planning, coordinating requirements and recommendations across operational and technical stakeholders.
• Prepare and deliver clear analyses, briefings, reports, and recommendations for senior government leaders and mission partners.
• Travel to government and partner locations as required to conduct meetings, reviews, briefings, and operational coordination.

Skills

Security clearance TS/SCI

CI polygraph

12+ years experience

Senior-level DoD/IC liaison

Stakeholder engagement

Requirements analysis

Technical briefing skills

Independent work

Onsite Arlington, travel

Job description

SOSi seeks a Senior JSOC Liaison to support rapid research, development, testing, evaluation, and transition of emerging capabilities. The role interfaces with JSOC, USSOCOM, and other U.S. government stakeholders, translating mission needs into actionable requirements and solutions.

The successful candidate will have robust operational credibility, experience with interagency coordination, and the ability to brief senior leaders. Onsite work is required in Arlington, VA with travel as needed.