BEACON STREET STUDIOS INC Hiring for Military Operations Analyst – Junior at Lorton, VA Full Time

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 Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Division in SPA supports the Department of Defense in developing leading edge technologies and supporting strategy, policy, and operations to bolster deterrence and counter weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in support of services and all combatant commands (CCMDs). We assist government leaders and program managers to transition technologies and operational capabilities to services and special forces to prevent, reduce, and counter WMD and emerging threats, and prevail against WMD-armed adversaries in conflict. SPA provides expertise across the full range of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives (CBRNE) WMD, Counterforce, and emerging threats to support understanding, detection, identification, characterization, denial, control, disabling, defeating, disposing, safeguarding the force, managing consequences, and test and evaluation in support of all military and civilian operations. We also provide essential operational and technological support to the government to enhance the nation’s nuclear deterrent mission.

SPA and an immediate need for a Military Operations Analyst – Junior.

Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) on projects by providing research and development (R&D) analysis to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Research and Development Chemical Biological Department with emphasis on support to the Joint Technology Advancement Team (JTAT) by: acting as an integrator and advisor between Science and Technology Managers, DoD scientists and engineers, and Warfighters; informing design of, operational coordination of, and advisement of Warfighter engagement events; facilitating analysis of concepts and early technologies for operational considerations (military utility, form, fit, function, CONOPS/CONEMPS, etc); and attending relevant enterprise and technical meetings, reviews, conferences, and the like in order to stay informed of current and ongoing work and maintain an informed perspective of developments across the organization and enterprise. Support collaboration with other Chemical Biological Divisions to guide and inform the identification and validation of technology concepts to ensure they are relevant to the Warfighter and the enterprise, account for and not duplicative of (to the best of their knowledge) other ongoing work within and external to the enterprise, and within the scope of the organization and enterprise mission.

Required Qualifications

• Prior military and operational experience
• Candidate should possess at least an undergraduate degree in the physical sciences, or a related field
• Candidate should possess 1-5 years of relevant professional experience, including work in physical sciences, operations research, engineering, or other related areas. An advanced degree may be considered in partial fulfillment of additional years of experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate complex technical subjects to technical and non-technical decision makers
• Ability to break down complex unstructured problems, lay out objective approaches, and develop rigorous analytic solutions
• Experience engaging with and across internal and external organizations, including the Services, DoD Laboratories and Science and Technology Managers
• Current DoD Secret clearance and ability to maintain it throughout employment

Desired Qualifications

• Experience translating technical information to the Services and Operational information to the technical community
• Master’s Degree
• Background in research methodologies from idea to prototyping
• Prior military experience
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance