Senior Program Analyst

SAIC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is looking for a USAF Readiness Subject Matter Expert to support the Defense Readiness Reporting System. This role will involve coordinating readiness initiatives and assisting with reports to Congress among other responsibilities, requiring a military background and expertise in readiness systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with a Bachelor's; 8+ years with a Master's; 5+ years with a PhD or JD.
• Preferred DRRS, GFM, or related military readiness experience.
• Must hold active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support readiness requests and data initiatives for the USAF.
• Conduct audits and compliance checks for reporting requirements.
• Prepare executive-level correspondence and provide training for DRRS users.

Skills

Military Background

Staff Experience

Military training background

Readiness Background

DRRS Experience

Education

Bachelors, Masters, PhD, or JD with corresponding years of experience

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a USAF Readiness subject matter Expert to support our Defense Readiness Reporting System Sustainment team based out of Arlington, VA.

This position will sit on-site at the Pentagon.

Job Responsibilities:

• Research and support readiness requests for information (RFIs) and data requests from Congress, USAF Senior Leaders, Functional Area Managers (FAMs), Major Commands (MAJCOMs) and their Command Readiness Office (CRO).
• Coordinate and support the execution of readiness reporting initiatives in DRRS across the Air Force (AF), ensuring mission data is accurate, aligned, and actionable.
• Assist with the Quarterly Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF) Readiness Review, Semi-annual Readiness Report to Congress (SRRC) and the Joint Force Readiness Review (JFRR).
• Conduct readiness audits, ensure compliance with reporting requirements and timelines, report findings and make recommendations to HAF/A3TR leadership based on policy and trends. Additionally, maintain the Management Internal Control Toolset (MICT) Force Readiness Reporting Self-Assessment Checklists (SACs) to provide wing and measured unit level support/guidance/compliance.
• Prepare executive level correspondence, white papers, review and provide content and comments on AF policy (doctrine, instructions, supplements, etc.).
• Capability Reporting. Maintain, publish and coordinate for approval of Mission Essential Task (MET) and MET List (METL). One of two personnel that can manage AF METs in DRRS (IAW AFI 10-201 para 2.1.4).
• Approve, publish, and maintain Mission Essential Tasks (METs)/Mission Essential Task Lists (METLs) and the AF Universal Task List (AFUTL) to include coordinating additions, deletions, and changes to tasks and periodic reviews with HAF and Functional Area Managers. Primary point of contact for AF coordination on Joint Staff (JS) Universal Joint Task List (UJTL) tasks changes.
• Serve as administrators for HAF DRRS, including table management for personnel, training, and equipment, and other unit management information. This also includes continuous review and maintenance all AF ADS mapping requirements for various training and equipment files.
• Provide training (in person/virtual) to DRRS users at all levels of DRRS (HAF, MAJCOMs, Wings, and units. Assist with training development and building a training program effort.
• Assist DRRS users with system access, troubleshoot user issues and data inquiries to ensure timely, policy-compliant reporting. Primarily requires understanding of DRRS authoritative data sources (ADSs), how they populate DRRS and are utilized in unit reporting.
• Prepares DRRS trouble tickets in coordination with the development team and HAF/A3TR leadership for submission to the DRRS implementation office (DIO).
• Work with DRRS development team to provide input on system requirements, user acceptance testing, and to create/develop Business Intelligence (BI) queries utilizing Cognos, in support of customer requirements.
• Troubleshoot reported issues within DRRS to include, software updates, AF-Input Tool (AF-IT) addressing issues with system, authoritative data sources (ADSs), or training gaps in field from a User/SME perspective (not software/developer access).

Qualifications

Required Education:

Bachelors and ten (10) years or more of related experience; Masters and eight (8) years or more experience; PhD or JD and five (5) years or more experience

Qualifications:

• Military Background
• Staff Experience
• Military training background (Train the Trainer, unit training, etc)
• Any Readiness Background (for example: Unit Deployment Manager, DCAPES experience, DRRS experience, Global Force Management (GFM), Contingency Wartime Planning Course (CWPC), Plans (XP), etc)
• DRRS MAJCOM/Wing/Unit experience (preferred)

Clearance:

Candidate must have an active Secret clearance.