Supports the Department of War CIO’s PNT Enterprise portfolio through policy analysis, acquisition and budget tracking, defense planning guidance, congressional tasking assessment, vulnerability mitigation, and senior-level meeting support. Requires extensive Pentagon or equivalent staff experience, expertise in GPS acquisitions and space systems, and an active TS/SCI clearance. The role is performed full-time at the Pentagon and includes travel to PNT-related meetings and conferences as needed.
SAIC is seeking a Senior Policy Analyst to provide support to the DoW CIO (C3I). The successful candidate will support the DoW Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Enterprise portfolio, providing high-quality analysis and assessments of emerging GPS, PNT, and NAVWAR issues for senior DoW CIO decision makers. Work will be performed at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
Roles & Responsibilities
The Senior PNT Policy analyst will:
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Monitor, Track, complete taskings on PNT Programmatic and Acquisition issues
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Monitor, Track, complete taskings on PNT Funding issues, PNT POM, and Budget builds
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Monitor, Track, complete taskings on defense planning guidance and capability program guidance
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Monitor and determine NDAA and Armed Services Committees’ taskings related to PNT
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Lead the development and submission of Mitigating Critical Vulnerabilities
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Support all PNT meeting preparations and execution as required
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Travel to PNT related meetings and conferences as required
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Support Deputy Director and Director of PNT as required
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Address all other tasks as assigned
Qualifications
This position is 5-days per week in the Pentagon with working hours as 0800-1630.
- Bachelors and ten (10) years or more of related experience; Masters and eight (8) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and five (5) years or more experience.
- Active TS/SCI Clearance
- Knowledge of the PNT Enterprise and Navigation Warfare.
- Strong Pentagon or equivalent staff experience across OSW, Joint Staff and the Services (3+ years).
- Experience with GPS Acquisitions, Presidential Budget Reviews, RDT&E or DOT&E as they relate to GPS. Experience as a GPS Program Element Monitor (PEM) is ideal. (Experience with other large military satellite systems like MILSATCOM, MILSTAR, and SIBRS is acceptable).
- Knowledge of Space Operations, with an understanding of how space systems function e.g. 3 segments, RF C2 links, challenges with ops, sustainment, and modernization.
- Knowledge of Space systems; Satellites; Satellite Communication, and test range.
- Effective manager of multi-tiered workload. - Impeccable time management and multi-tasking skills.
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