Sr. Emerging Technology Analyst (N2701)

simisinc; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Federal holidays 11/year

Professional Development

Job summary

SimIS, Inc. seeks a Senior Emerging Technology Analyst to assess how emerging technologies apply to military environments and translate findings into practical adoption paths and evidence-based recommendations. The role is 100% onsite in a contract context.

Requirements include a Master’s in CS/ICT and 10 years interpreting future S&T and EDT information, plus 5–10 years in acquisition and analysis of defense-related RT&I, with strong emphasis on EDT documentation and adoption pathways.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 10 years interpreting future S&T and EDT information for military use.
• 5–10 years acquiring, assembling and interpreting research & technology data.
• 5 years analyzing EDT docs and identifying adoption opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Identify and catalogue Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDTs).
• Assess EDT implications and adoption opportunities for WDA.
• Promote EDT-based experiments in realistic environments.
• Coordinate input to EDT activities within ACT S&T POW and NDPP.
• Influence EDTs for capability shortfalls and available assets.
• Produce EDT advisory input for strategic foresight analyses (SFA, FFAO).
• Coordinate status of EDT adoption among ACT, NATO and national stakeholders.

Skills

EDT assessment

Acquisition analysis

Research synthesis

Adoption pathways

Threat modeling

Education

Master’s degree in CS/ICT

Job description

Position is 100% Onsite

Who We Are:

Founded in 2007, SimIS Inc. is an innovative information technology solution Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) that models future environments, requirements, and capabilities, and then secures the enterprise from internal and external threats compliant with Federal, State, and industry standard governance to ensure client mission success. Our performance standard is “excellence,” with an outcomes-based, quality focus in our services and products, guided by our core values of honesty (in word and deed), relationships (confidence and trust with clients and partners), teamwork (shared goals, mission, and purpose), loyalty (allegiance to our client and team), and importance of others (work and win as a team).

SimIS is currently recruiting for the listed position and is contingent upon award. The position is anticipated to be “on site.”

Job Description:

SimIS is seeking contract support for the capture, development, architecture, analysis, and quality assurance of capability requirements necessary to adapt to future threats and shape long-term military strategy. To support our customer, SimIS seeks an Senior Emerging Technology Analyst to provide comprehensive assessments of how emerging technologies can be applied within the military environment, including their relevance to current and future conflicts, and how they can be translated into practical examples, adoption pathways, and evidence-based recommendations.

Experience Required:

• Master’s degree in computer science, information and communication technology or closely related scientific or engineering discipline.
• 10 years of experience in interpreting future S&T and EDT-related information in order to assess how such technologies may be applied within the military environment and adopted to address current and future operational challenges.
• 5-10 years of experience in acquisition, assembly, and interpretation of research & technology information. Using information sources such as defence research laboratories, academic institutions, media, and defence ministries.
• 5 years of demonstrated experience analyzing EDT documentation, identifying adoption pathways, and developing practical examples of how emerging technologies can be applied to current and future challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to identification of new and cataloguing of existing Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDTs).
• Contribute to the sustained assessment of EDT implications and adoption opportunities in support of the Warfare Development Agenda.
• Promote increased experimentation of EDT-based solutions in realistic environments.
• Provide and coordinate input to programming of EDTs activities within ACT S&T POW in support of ACT’s foresight, NDPP, multinational solutions, capability development, training, and education.
• Influence and exploit EDTs that address identified capability shortfalls and those significantly impacting available capabilities.
• Provide and coordinate input to the production and delivery of EDTs advice that informs the strategic foresight analysis efforts (SFA, FFAO), NATO defence planning (e.g., NDPP step 2) and subsequent capability and force development efforts, including capability requirements formulation, concept development and experimentation and Analysis of Alternatives (AoA).
• Identify capability shortfalls that could benefit from adoption of EDTs by analysing the NDPP products, the operational Lessons Learned and in coordination with other ACT staff.
• Organize and manage a knowledge base through sustained provision of the current status of EDT adoption for Warfare Development and to enable information exchange between ACT, NATO, and national EDT stakeholders.

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Short-Term Disability (at no cost to you) & Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Professional Development
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 11 Federal Holidays each year

SimIS, Inc. is an EOE / M / F / Disability / VET / Drug Free Employer