Senior Science and Technology Analyst (Technical Integration) TS/SCI #26-144)

Strategic Analysis, Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Analysis, Inc. seeks a Senior S&T Analyst to support major DoD/DoW program areas, including Communications, AI, autonomous systems, and software/embedded technologies.

The position is on-site at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA with very limited telework. Responsibilities include developing strategy inputs, coordinating program reviews, and leading cross-organizational teams in high-interest tech areas, while ensuring schedule compliance and policy alignment with DoD/government

Qualifications

• Clearance TS/SCI required.
• Proficiency in technical research and knowledge of AI, autonomy, RF/optical sensors, cyber, modeling and simulation.
• Strong communication skills and ability to brief and moderate meetings.

Responsibilities

• Support DoD/DoW client in strategic programs and document coordination.
• Develop inputs to strategy documents, research plans, and roadmaps.
• Attend program reviews and coordinate cross-organizational teams.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Technical research

AI & autonomy

Communication skills

Independent work

Program/project management

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS or EE preferred)

Job description

Strategic Analysis, Inc. seeks a Senior Science and Technology (S&T) Analyst to support our DoD/DoW client in major Technical Integration program areas, to include Communications and Networks; Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Advanced Computing; Software and Embedded Systems; and others.

This is an on-site position at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. Due to position classification, the ability to telework is situational and expected to be very limited.

As a Senior S&T Analyst, you will:

• Provide support to international programs, US-UK Stocktake and other bilateral international project agreements, FVEY S&T and Subgroups, the US-Canada Continental Surveillance S&T Oversight Group, AUKUS cooperative programs, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Research and Technology Organization (NATO RTO), to include preparation of Terms of Reference (ToR), Data/Information Exchange Agreements, and other program documents.
• Develop and review inputs to strategy documents, research plans, and roadmaps for technical program.
• Support and attend program reviews of DoD and non-DoD Services/Agencies Communities of Interest.
• Facilitate or lead deep dive, cross-organizational teams into high-interest or game changing technology areas.
• Assist in review, draft, and coordination of Congressional Reports, GAO studies, policy guidance and responses, budget justifications, quarterly progress review briefings, and other PPBE materials.
• Provide coordination of technical program with DoD/Interagency policy, such as the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program and Interagency Working Group (IWG) activities and tasks, Office of Science and Technology Policy working groups, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), and Federal Initiatives.
• Assist the DoD Components in complying with data calls and requirements. Interact with other Service/Component contracting offices to facilitate open issues in contracting, technology, and budgeting, to include approval of work plans and public release documents.
• Assist in preparing for meetings and workshops, to include coordination of calendars of senior DoD personnel; preparation of announcements, agendas, read-ahead documents, meeting minutes, and technical briefing materials; management of logistics, travel arrangements, foreign visit requests, and meeting-facility support; and preparation and administration of action items.
• Develop and review information papers and reports, such as weekly reports, information papers, memoranda, and other documents.
• Maintain broad situational awareness of R&D efforts involving the Technical Integration program areas.
• Provide analysis of Congressional Special Interest Items, Combatant Command engagements, research funding of DoD Labs, SBIR, OSD and Services S&T initiatives, Federal S&T policy, and Combatant Command engagements.
• Prepare research and technical analyses to align assessments of new and emerging threats to state of the art technologies that have potential to defeat those threats.
• Provide analyses on technologies and community trends to identify key scientific developments and researchers/organizations and develop forecast of topics and trends.
• Conduct technology intelligence and research on topics of interest.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Clearance: An active TS/SCI clearance is required.

Education: A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is required; computer science or electrical engineering degree is preferred. At the discretion of the Government, specialized experience may be substituted in lieu of specific educational requirements.

Experience:

• Ten (10) years' recent and relevant experience, of which at least five (5) years is in program/project management or oversight of DoD S&T and Research, Development and Acquisition (RD&A) efforts at the Headquarters level or equivalent.
• Proficiency in technical research and knowledge of relevant technology disciplines, such as radiofrequency and optical sensors and communications, cyber, autonomy, modeling and simulation, AI, and decision support analytics/visualization.
• Understanding of the PPBE process and terms.
• Excellent communication skills, unstructured verbal interactions, briefings, and meeting moderation.
• Ability to work independently with both junior and senior staff in a distributed environment while maintaining a strong commitment to scheduled deliverables.