US Space Force Operational Requirements, Strategy, Policy, and Staffing SME

Job Descriptions:

Sigmatech, Inc. is seeking a Space Control SME to support the US Space Force (USSF) Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Strategy, Plans, Programs, and Requirements in carrying out and executing strategic planning, long-range resource allocation, developing, directing, and conducting Force Structure activities necessary to complete the USSF Program Objective Memorandum (POM). This position will support the Director, Force Structure Division within the Space Control Branch. This position will perform duties at the customer site in Arlington, VA.

Responsibilities:

• Support Force Structure Assessment activities for the USSF’s programmed Space Control Capabilities.

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis of Orbital Warfare, Electromagnetic Warfare, and Cyberspace Warfare systems, programs, investments, capability dependencies, and force structure requirements to support timely delivery of critical capabilities to the Joint Force.

• Perform assessments of the USSF’s Programmed Force and identify gaps across Doctrine, Organization, Training, materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy (DOTmLPF-P).

• Support coordination for Space Control-focused Mission Area Working Groups and facilitate horizontal and vertical coordination across the USSF Headquarters, Field Components, operational units, acquisition organizations, and other stakeholders.

• Advocate USSF positions through various DoD documents and forums.

• Develop strategic resourcing narratives and incorporate them into briefings, speeches, congressional testimony, responses to inquiries, statements, articles, and engagements.

• Prepare reports, responses to queries, justifications, background papers, and decision support products addressing technical, operational, and programmatic aspects of Space Control capabilities and force structure topics.

• Interface and perform Space Force strategy and plans-related analysis and support with the Office of the Secretary of War, and the offices of the Joint Staff, Department of the Air Force (to include the Secretary of the Air Force and Air Force Staffs), Field Commands, and other Joint, Service, and international allies and partners organizations, as required.

• Advise senior leadership in planning, developing, and coordinating classified activities in support of USSF’s global mission.

• Support deliberate planning process and development of operational strategy and doctrine. Assist in developing policy, guidance, and orders to USSF Field Commands. Identify and analyze concepts and technologies for investment.

• Generate recommendations for new programs, policies, doctrine, strategies, studies, and approaches.

• Manage accounts on multiple Information Technology networks across multiple classification levels, and the Enterprise Task Management Software Solution (ETMS2) system, to ensure action items are appropriately tasked, tracked, and closed in a timely manner.

• Support additional collateral duties supporting classified program access administration, including maintaining access records, coordinating access requests / read-ins / read-outs / roster updates, and working with appropriate security and program offices to ensure access actions are completed in accordance with applicable guidance.

• Perform data analytics to assess and provide feedback on the capability development artifacts for each program within the space control mission portfolio.

Required Experience:

Required Skills:

• TS Clearance with SCI eligibility.

• Experience supporting Service HQ or DoW Agency or IC staffs.

• Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational, oral presentation, and executive writing skills.

• Familiarity with civil, commercial, and international space capabilities and architectures.

• Familiarity with the DoW space architectural analysis.

• Excellent writing skills.

• Demonstrated understanding of space enterprise to include DoW requirements, acquisition, and budgeting processes and applicable Defense Space guidance and policy.

• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, lead, and execute studies or projects and outbrief results to senior leadership.

Preferred Skills:

• Pentagon knowledge and understanding of Pentagon organizations.

• Knowledge and familiarity with current Defense Department efforts in space.

• Experience evaluating USSF and other DoW or NRO space systems.

• Staff experience supporting DoW agencies within the past 3 years.

• Familiarity with ETMS2 and/or or other HQ staffing tools.

Required Education/Experience:

• Master’s Degree plus a minimum of 15 years of experience in an Operations, Engineering, Scientific, Data Science, Software Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Analysis, Policy, or Planning field, or equivalent experience/responsibility. Bachelor’s degree considered with the appropriate background and experience.

• Experience and understanding of design, development, and/or operations of one or more DoW operational system such as: Global Positioning System (GPS), Space-based Infrared System (SBIRS), Space Control, Space C2, Spacelift, ground-based missile warning radars, protected and un-protected Satellite Communications, Space Based environmental Monitoring, Space Domain Awareness.

Preferred Education/Experience:

• Master’s degree in Aerospace or a STEM field.

• 15+ years’ experience in an Ops, engineering, scientific, analysis, policy, or planning field related to Defense Space.

• HQ AF/SAF staff experience within the past 3 years.

• Experience writing Joint Requirements documents.

• Experience with space system acquisitions.

The salary range for this role is $200,000 to $225,000; however, Sigmatech considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, experience, education/training, key skills, location and often contractual requirements.

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From: Sigmatech, Inc.