Program Analyst for C-UXS/C-IED

Overview Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter.

Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted. The Joint, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Interagency Division provides expert support services to a range of customers spanning across the Department of Defense, Federal Civilian, and international markets. JOID provides a diverse portfolio of analytical and programmatic capabilities to help our customers make informed decisions on their most challenging issues.

SPAs NATO Allied Command Transformation Group within JOID provides capability development, portfolio management, program management, quality management, cost estimation analysis, standardization, reporting, software solutions and information management, and capability management support. We also provide an improved capability requirements capture process, including the generation, documentation and tracing of user requirements, with appropriate technical scrutiny, over the entire lifecycle of the requirements from capability definition through capability realization and capability usage.

We have a near-term need for a Program Analyst: Counter-Uncrewed Systems and Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-UXS/C-IED) to provide onsite support out of Norfolk, VA. Responsibilities The successful candidate will support the development and delivery of Counter-Uncrewed Systems and Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-UXS/C-IED) capability products in accordance with NATO’s governance model for common-funded capabilities.

Working across the Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership, Personnel, Facilities, and Interoperability (DOTMLPFI) lines of development, the candidate will support a through-life-cycle approach to capability development under the direction of the ACT Joint Effects (JE) Capabilities Programme Director/Section Head, Counter-Threat and Force Protection (CT/FP) Project Coordinator, and JE Integrator/Architect.

Responsibilities include supporting programme management activities, coordinating with C-UXS/C-IED stakeholders from the strategic through tactical levels, and contributing to related projects, including initiatives such as the ACT Layered C-UAS Initiative-X (LCI-X) Beacon Project. The candidate will support the elicitation, capture, development, analysis, evaluation, and traceability of capability requirements, including higher- and lower-level requirements such as capability targets, operational requirements, system specifications, and interoperability requirements across DOTMLPFI.

The position will also contribute to the development, analysis, and review of C-UXS/C-IED-related policies, doctrine, directives, concepts of operation and employment, courses of action, and alternatives. Additional responsibilities include coordinating DOTMLPFI development and implementation, identifying and recommendingcourses of action to resolve capability development issues throughout the capability lifecycle, maintaining programme status information within ACT’s electronic warfare development environment, and supporting engagement with NATO Agencies regarding capability development and validation.

The successful candidate will collaborate with national and international military and civilian organizations, including NATO entities, Centres of Excellence, and academia, and will organize and participate in workshops, seminars, conferences, and meetings supporting C-UXS/C-IED capability development. The candidate will identify lessons and best practices and contribute to organizational learning and continuous impro