Responsibilities

Summary of Responsibilities:  

We are looking for a Senior Technical Space Policy/Strategy Analyst to provide support to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Space Threat Assessment Cell (STAC).  The Senior Technical Space Policy/Strategy Analyst will assist the Intelligence Community’s Office of the Space Executive (OSX) in the conveyance of STAC’s technical threat information to senior policy makers and the impact that threats may have on the performance of space systems and their architectures.  This position directly supports the ODNI STAC’s mission to provide threat analysis and evaluation support to Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) space-acquisition customers.  

Key Functions:

• Serving as ODNI/STAC’s technical liaison to senior ODNI, IC, and DoD space-policy customers assisting non-technical customers in understanding complexities of space systems engineering and architecting as applied to space survivability and space control.
• Working across the interagency; e.g., DoD, State Department, IC, National Space Council (NSpC) and National Security Staff to understand their broader space-intelligence needs and translate those needs into technical requirements to inform STAC analyses.
• Participating in senior-level space strategy and policy meetings to include Congressional engagement. 
• Supporting the implementation of national-level space strategies, policies, and direction as it pertains to the ODNI and STAC’s mission. 
• Reaching back to find and employ Aerospace technical expertise as needed to meet customer’s unique mission needs; and
• Interfacing with senior customers and partnering with individuals in multiple government agencies and in senior-level working group environments.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate technical discipline from a recognized institution.  
• A minimum of 12-years of experience in increasingly responsible space, defense, and/or intelligence-related positions.  
• Direct experience and exposure in participating in space-policy and strategy development and deliberations at senior levels
• Proven record of engagement (e.g., frequent oral presentations, written communications, or active participation at meetings) with senior national- and military-level (SIS and General Officer) government customers 
• Experience with and an understanding of national security space systems, space-based applications, or space operations 
• Basic knowledge of current and evolving threats to US space systems. 
• A record of demonstrated initiative and technical leadership 
• Evidence of excellent communication skills, both oral and written.  
• Occasional travel out of the area (5-10% of time)
• Current and active TS/SSBI with SCI
• This position requires the ability to have and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government.  U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in an appropriate technical discipline from a recognized institution    
• Certification in space policy, space strategy or military-related sciences
• In-depth knowledge of how space policy issues are deliberated and decided upon at the national-level; e.g., National Security Council 
• Proven record, with specific examples, of active participation in space strategy and or policy development. 
• Direct experience in space systems engineering and architecting in support of space survivability and space control
• Five or more years of direct experience in military or intelligence community space operations. 
• An advanced understanding of current and evolving threats to US space systems
• Experience with supporting a space-related program office and facilitating reach back to perform technical analysis and assessments using Aerospace Engineering & Technology Group and Aerospace matrix support.

Work will be performed around the Northern Virginia/DC area with primarily location being McLean, VA. 

Transcript Requirement

None