S&T Program Analyst

Overview

Job Summary:

North Edge Technology, an AKIMA Company, is looking for a Science and Technology (S&T) Program Analyst to perform programmatic and outreach duties associated with S&T requirements for defense agencies. Qualified candidates must fully understand Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) and Information Analysis Center (IAC) mission needs and maintain awareness of the priorities of DTIC/IAC users.

The applicant will have the opportunity to directly work with priorities and projects conducted in collaboration with the Federal governments, the private sector, and industry partners within the intelligence, defense, and homeland security communities. He/she will support the conduct of research, contract data analysis, and operational support to address current DTIC-IAC’s operational needs and DoD-wide, identified capability gaps. Ideal candidate possesses knowledge management, data analysis, and project management experience in DoD, R&D, and S&T environment and strong interest in accelerating technical and information sharing capabilities. There are several opportunities available and significant growth and learning opportunities exist for those who demonstrates initiative, inventiveness, original thought, incisive analysis, and comprehensive synthesis. Excellent analytical, organizational, management, and communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities:

• Contracts Portfolio Management:

• Analyzes contract Monthly Status Reports to provide client current initiative program/ sector progress reporting and planned strategies for future enhancements for project deliverables

• Implements and manages acquisition procurements/documentation to ensure that documents are properly executed providing proper controls and regulations

• Reviews and analyzes project documents to identify and recommend project control and knowledge management practices and processes for collecting data, analyzing reports, and providing the analyses needed to improve existing business processes

• Metrics and Reporting:

• Reviews and analyzes existing data to identify and communicate priorities, policies, procedures, decisions, goals and issues

• Prepares and maintains reports and statistics related to various technical domains

• Liaison Support:

• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with DTIC-IAC functional groups and its customers as required to address issues/concerns and to develop solutions across organization’s programmatic spectrum to include Defense Systems, IT/Cybersecurity, and Homeland Security capabilities

• Participates in meetings and conferences with representatives of other government departments and agencies, participating organizations and contractors

• Discusses problems that affect the overall direction of assigned projects and makes recommendations

• Coordinates with the stakeholders groups for the purpose of providing technical and programmatic information in response to ad-hoc data call requests

• Facilitates the communications as a liaison between the internal functional groups and external clients to source requirements advancing technical solutions and fulfilling client requests

• Data Analysis/Knowledge Management:

• Serves as a “fusion cell” manager and provides data analytical and knowledge management support to a large group of technical, managerial, and administrative groups within DTIC-IAC

• Develops knowledge management concepts, ideas, and plans for achieving objectives to successfully reach DTIC-IAC and its customers’ vision, goals and mission

• Provides technical analysis and guidance in managing, evaluating, providing recommendations, reports, and resolutions pertaining to various technical domains

• Researches and provides definitive raw analysis of client multiple program's portfolio of current capabilities, requirements, and technical initiatives to enable and propose strategic enhancements by recommending solutions to enable rapid capability development

• Prepares a variety of regular and one-time reports and complex studies for the organization, such as, review and analysis, historical information, point papers, and assessment of new/revised regulations and initiatives

• Supports any high-level strategic direction data-call requests for performance measures, trending analysis, metrics, feasibility studies, and change requests serving program objectives

• Creates and presents briefings to discuss status, progress, new or changed requirements and technical, program, and scheduling problems which are critical to the accomplishment of project objectives

• Analyzes knowledge management processes and retrospective studies to identify any bottlenecks in workflows, providing recommendations for improving techniques and operational awareness to increase productivity and efficiency in knowledge management practice

• Creates and implements iterative knowledge transfer process among multiple stakeholder groups

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s-degree and a minimum of five (5) years of professional and related experience. Training and education equivalent to a

• Bachelor’s and required years of experience may be acceptable

• Must be able to obtain and maintain an Active Department of Defense Secret Clearance

• Experience and familiarity with supporting Department of Defense programs

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (written and verbal) with experience briefing senior federal executives

• Have a demonstrated and utilized knowledge of the mission, charter, roles, and responsibilities of U.S. Government agencies, and how these organizations can effectively cooperate in implementing information sharing plans and programs

• Have demonstrated a superior ability in developing effective professional and interpersonal relationships with peers and colleagues across multiple functional groups and external partners

• Have demonstrated an ability to balance responsibilities among assigned activities; including the ability to manage transitions effectively from task to task, and proven adaptability to varying customer needs

• Knowledge of DoD Acquisition lifecycleServices and tools encompassing the whole data lifecycle (e.g. ranging from data acquisition and management to data analysis and exploitation)

• Excellent data analysis skills

• Excellent command of English (written and spoken) and presentation skills

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including a superior ability to work effectively at the highest levels within an interagency environment on complex issues requiring consensus-building

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supporting the S&T and R&D requirements/programs is plus

Job: Finance & Accounting

Travel: Yes, 25% of the time

Organization: North Edge Technology

Clearance: SECRET

Work Type: Hybrid

Remote: No

ReqID: 2024-8621