Status: Contingent

Position Summary

The SME will support the OUSD(I&S) oversight of all DoD intelligence and intelligence-related activities and policy matters associated with national and military tactical signals intelligence (SIGINT) programs. This includes supporting coordination of policy issues within the NIP and the MIP, oversight of the development of doctrine for intelligence support to military operations, and drafting input for the SIGINT portion of the annual Consolidated Intelligence Guidance. The SME will support the development and review of intelligence plans, programs, and budgets for compliance with broad policy guidance, and in particular, support the monitoring of SIGINT-related major acquisition programs of the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Services for compliance with OSD policy.

The SME will perform technical studies and analyses, document reviews, and budgetary reviews related to SIGINT systems, architectures, and requirements. This includes participating with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), OUSD(A&S), and the Joint Staff in review of SIGINT requirements, goals, and capability acquisitions. The SME will also support OUSD(I&S) representation to the National SIGINT Committee, Airborne SIGINT Engineering Integrated Product Team (ASEIPT), and various working groups associated with NSA's major acquisition programs. This also includes supporting OUSD(I&S) liaison within the OSD, the Military Departments, Services, Joint Staff, Defense Agencies, ODNI, and Executive Branch Departments and Agencies for SIGINT-related activities policy and program matters. This work shall also include OUSD (I&S) SIGINT representation to the DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO) led Joint All-Domain approach to C2 (JADC2) in support of its efforts to assist the Services in the development of doctrine, organization, training, material, leadership and education, personnel, facilities and policy to enable globally integrated operations to achieve operational superiority. The SME will also support OUSD(I&S) interaction with Congress on SIGINT-related matters. This includes assisting in the drafting of testimony, drafting of responses to Congressionally directed actions, and drafting appeals to SIGINT-related Congressional budget marks.

Responsibilities

• Requirements definition, capability specifications, design and development, acceptance test and evaluation, system integration, training, deployment, and maintenance and support
• DoD, ODNI, and NSA acquisition regulations and policies
• Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) and ODNI requirements documents and approval processes
• Planning, Programing, Budget and Execution (PPBE) process to include experience with both the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and Military Intelligence Program (MIP), DoD component
• Program Objective Memoranda (POM) submissions, Issue Team process, Congressional Budget Justification (CBJ) reviews, reclamas, appeals, and budget execution reviews
• Knowledge of the National SIGINT Committee as well as various working groups associated with NSA's SIGINT capability development activities
• Knowledge of various planning documents such as the Consolidated Intelligence Guidance (CIG), Joint Staff "Purple Slides", and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Roadmap
• Drafting correspondence, policy recommendations, briefings, Congressional testimony, and responses to Congressional inquiries
• Interaction with high level officials and peers across the Intelligence Community and Congress, with emphasis on NSA, OUSD(AT&L), Joint Staff, and ODNI
• Demonstrated ability to respond to critical ad hoc taskings with short time suspense and minimal guidance
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Clearance Required: Applicants selected will be subject to a security clearance check and/or a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Science or Engineering
• Fifteen Years in both tactical and national SIGINT capability acquisition

Physical Requirements / Travel

• Normal office environment
• 20% travel expected

Azimuth Overview

Azimuth is an award-winning Woman Owned Small Business specializing in providing research and development and professional services support to the federal government. Azimuth's agility, customer driven approach and our commitment to our employees allows us to meet and exceed our client goals. Excellence, Integrity, Accountability, Community and Humility are the core values of Azimuth as we continue to strive as a recognized leader in the management consulting community that both federal agencies and industry partners value doing business with. We are an organization that offers both our employees and clients an exceptional experience; our culture will be contagious, while always maintaining a genuine reputation.

Disclaimer

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