Senior Science and Technology Analyst (TS/SCI #26-024)

Strategic Analysis, Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Analysis, Inc. seeks a Senior Science and Technology (S&T) Analyst to support a DoD client in major Technical Integration program areas at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA.

Telework is very limited due to position classification. The role demands ten years of relevant experience, with five in program and project management, and strong knowledge across radiofrequency, optical sensors, cyber, autonomy, AI, and decision support analytics.

Qualifications

• Clearance TS/SCI required.
• Bachelor's degree in CS or EE preferred.
• Ten years of relevant experience, with at least five in DoD S&T/RD&A program oversight.
• Proficiency in technical research and knowledge across RF/optical sensors, cyber, autonomy, AI, data visualization.
• Understanding of the PPBE process and related terms.
• Excellent communication, briefing, and meeting-moderation skills.
• Ability to work independently with both junior and senior staff in a distributed environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review inputs to strategy documents, research plans, and roadmaps for technical programs.
• Support program reviews for DoD and other services/agencies.
• Lead or facilitate deep dives into high-interest technologies.
• Coordinate and draft Congress- and DoD budget-related materials and briefings.
• Coordinate with DoD/Interagency policy groups and NSTC/NITRD initiatives.
• Prepare for meetings and workshops, manage calendars, travel, and logistics.
• Produce information papers and reports; maintain situational awareness of R&D efforts.

Skills

Clearance TS/SCI

Communication skills

Independent work

Briefings

Program management

Technical research

PPBE knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Overview

Strategic Analysis, Inc. seeks a Senior Science and Technology (S&T) Analyst to support our DoD 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Assist the DoD Components in complying with OSD 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.
• Provide technical assessments and programmatic assistance, from concept definition through initial capability demonstrations.
• Provide technical and operational analysis, linking emerging technologies and concepts to joint operational capabilities.
• 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: At minimum, 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 in-depth 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.