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| ID | 2024-18640 | Category | Program Analysis | Security Clearance Requirement | Secret | Type | Regular Full-Time | Level | Mid-level |
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.
SPA's Sea Land Air (SLA) Division supports a diverse portfolio of national security government clients, including the Undersea Enterprise, the Navy Surface Community, the Navy MPTE Enterprise, the Air Force, Army, DoD Agencies, DARPA, international clients including the Canadian Navy and Australian Defense Force. Our primary objective is to provide timely, objective, and analytic assessments that integrate the policy, operational, technical, programmatic and acquisition aspects of our clients' challenges.
Leveraging both in-domain and cross-domain expertise to maximize our clients' success, SLA Division acts as trusted agents to senior decision-makers and key leaders and excels at providing data driven analytic insights, systems engineering, strategies, and plans that address current and emerging challenges to national security.
The AUKUS Group, within SPA's Sea, Land, and Air Division, provides timely, objective, analytic assessments that integrate technical, operational, programmatic, policy and business analysis to NAVSEA's AUKUS Integration and Acquisition Program Office and associated partner organizations. Analysts and Engineers supporting AUKUS will continue SPA's decades of support to the undersea force and assist in developing a trilateral submarine force for the future. This is a high-profile, major international program of significant importance to the future of the US Navy and its partners in an era of renewed strategic competition.
SPA has an immediate need for a candidate to serve as the AUKUS Program Office Phase 2 Transition Support Analyst.
In this role, the Transition Support Analyst will support a NAVSEA Team Submarine program office charged with the planning and management for the early stages of a major acquisition program.
Responsibilities will include:
The Transition Support Analyst will provide support to the NAVSEA AUKUS program, focusing on program support to undersea platform acquisition. Responsibilities will include strategic planning and coordination of program wide activities, supporting development of integrated plans, supporting fleet integration with AUKUS program, and coordinating integrated schedule and risk analysis.
This position is located at SPA Headquarters in Alexandria, VA. This position will require traveling to the Washington Navy Yard as necessary to collaborate with Phase 2 personnel. The position will likely transition to being seated at the Washington Navy Yard.
There will be some opportunity to travel to partner and industry stakeholder locations.
There is an opportunity for light telework.
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years professional experience
- Service onboard a US nuclear-powered warship
- Ability to communicate task and project status to supervisors and the Government client, including creating verbal and written communication products
- Strong administrative, organizational, and analytical skills and the willingness to learn and build relationships with stakeholders
- Current DoD SECRET clearance with the ability to maintain it throughout employment
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with US Navy submarine operations and maintenance
- Experience with New Construction of Nuclear-powered Warships
- Experience supporting a NAVSEA acquisition program office. Experience/knowledge of Navy acquisition program office organizations and processes
- Experience with Team Submarine
- Experience working with international partners
- Experience in a DoD/client-facing environment
- Knowledge of DoD written correspondence styles and formats and task management. Experience with Navy correspondence preferred
SPA is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action. It is, and will continue to be, the policy of the company to afford equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. We recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, SPA complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.