
Missile Maintenance Support
Applied Research Associates, Inc.
Barksdale AFB, LAJob$90–100K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
Applied Research Associates seeks an experienced ICBM logistics, maintenance, or staff professional to support Air Force Global Strike Command at Barksdale AFB. The role provides technical expertise for Minuteman III-to-Sentinel acquisition, sustainment, modernization, and transition planning. It also supports readiness mitigation, program oversight, operational requirements analysis, maintenance processes, and technical analysis for sustainment, integration, capabilities, and operational test teams.
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Description
The Mission Concepts and Capabilities Division of Applied Research Associates (ARA), Inc., Missile Maintenance Support to support Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC/A4) at Barksdale AFB, LA. This is an opportunity for an experienced ICBM logistics, maintenance, or staff professional to apply your operational expertise to ICBM modernization, sustainment, and future strategic weapons systems. The ideal candidate brings extensive planning, analyses, studies, problem resolution, training and associated systems engineering necessary to develop, produce, deploy, operate, maintain security, and test and evaluate missile, basing, reentry and launch vehicle systems and technology.
Who This Role Is For:
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This position may be a strong fit if you are a former or transitioning Air Force professional with experience in ICBM logistics, maintenance, training, requirements, acquisition, and MAJCOM/HQ staff activities.
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Relevant backgrounds may include: ICBM Maintenance, Weapons, Logistics, Sustainment.
What You'll Do:
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Serves as AFGSC MAJCOM technical/Subject Matter Expert (SME) on MMIII to Sentinel weapon system acquisition, sustainment and modernization
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Determine mitigations for weapon system shortfalls and required readiness levels.
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Research, develop, coordinate and provide critical ICBM program oversight in support of weapons system acquisition, sustainment and modernization program operations.
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Identify non-standard or emerging operational requirements, assess impact on assigned programs, and develop recommendations. Analyze problems created by the incompatibility of future programs.
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Participate in high-visibility special projects and initiatives and performs special assignments for A4 Director and A4B Division Chief.
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Performs, leads studies and provides technical assistance on the development and implementation of mission capabilities associated with critical ICBM maintenance processes.
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Provide technical analysis for Sustainment, Integration, Capabilities, and Operational Test IPTs.
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Develop AFGSC Minute Man III (MMIII) Deactivation planning document. Monitor technical and logistics execution of plan and recommended solutions to ensure program schedules and task completion.
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Develop AFGSC MMIII to Sentinel transition planning document. Monitor technical and logistics execution of plan and recommended solutions to ensure program schedules and task completion.
Required Qualifications
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Minimum 8 years ICBM Logistics/Maintenance/Sustainment experience or
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Current or previously held Top Secret/SCI clearance (previous clearance must not have been revoked)
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Ability to manage and prioritize numerous assignments within a fast-paced environment
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Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing briefings, staffing packages, white papers, and executive-level correspondence
Desired Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
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ICBM logistics experience
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Effective time management skills to work independently, including setting and achieving interim milestones that support higher task objectives
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Ability to effectively communicate with customers, within cross-functional teams, leadership
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Innovative, team-player and creative thinker with a ‘can do’ attitude
Compensation & Benefits: Pay Ranges: From $90,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year based on years of experience, degree and any special skills and knowledge that you may bring to the position. We mostly reserve the upper half of our compensation bands for internal growth. During all call with one of our recruiters or hiring managers, they can further clarify the salary range and total compensation. ARA offers competitive benefits that address our employees’ needs now and in the future. Learn more about each of our benefits at https://www.ara.com/benefits/
COMPANY INFORMATION:
Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2000 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.
At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership fosters greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com .
Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the ICBM Development Training Support Analyst position.
Qualifications
Motivations
Required
- Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
Education
Preferred
- Bachelors or better
Experience
Required
- 8-10 years: Experience with ICBM Logistics, Maintenance and/or Sustainment
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How this job compares
Set against the 14,776 open Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$90–100K/yr
- US median$70–95K/yr652 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $95K, is 17% above the US median midpoint ($81K) — in the middle half of Maintenance salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 253 open Maintenance jobs in Louisiana and 14,776 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Louisiana
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 2,893 postings).
- Education
- 243 of the 14,776 open Maintenance jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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