Job Information
Applied Research Associates, Inc. CWMD Plans and Exercise Specialist in Reston, Virginia
Description
The Capital Area Division (CAD) of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has an outstanding opportunity for a CWMD Plans and Exercise Specialist who is an accomplished Intelligence Specialist with experience integrating global WMD and CBRN-related threat information into substantive CWMD planning and exercise efforts. This position provides Defense, Service, and Interagency audiences with timely and accurate assessments of adversary WMD programs, strategic threats, and weapons-related S&T information that informs and enables integrated CWMD planning and exercise development. The right candidate will ensure Defense Intelligence Enterprise deliverables – including but not limited to foundational assessments, warning reports, technical briefings, and other analytic documents – are used effectively throughout the joint planning process. This person will collaborate with the Intelligence Community, Defense Department, Combatant Commands, and Services to address CWMD-related planning and exercise issues. The CWMD Plans and Exercise Specialist identifies and incorporates intelligence- and CWMD-related capabilities and equities into planning functions across the DoD and USG. The right candidate is expected to understand and articulate official government analytic positions during customer engagements and represent Defense Intelligence Enterprise analytic units as directed.
This position is contingent upon contract award with an anticipated start date in November 2024.
Required Qualifications:
BS or BA degree and tangible intelligence analysis experience
5+ years of experience with intelligence analysis, including employing multi-INT databases to develop analytic assessments and briefings
Working familiarity with established Intelligence Community directives, standards, and tradecraft documents
Demonstrated ability to work effectively within or lead a team of peers, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skills
Ability to communicate complex analyses at a level comprehensible to diverse military audiences and senior-level government representatives
Ability to clearly express in writing technical analysis results and program characterizations
Demonstrated knowledge of state nuclear, biological, and/or chemical (NBC) programs, strategic weapons developments, and WMD-related proliferation and procurement
Experience with intelligence production and/or collection management
Military or defense-related experience and working familiarity with strategies, policies, and plans that enable defense against CBRN threats and prevent the proliferation of WMD
Practical understanding of the Joint Planning Process and the Joint Operational Planning and Execution System (JOPES)
Familiarity with development of campaign plans, deliberate planning, crisis management, and time-sensitive planning
Word, Excel and PowerPoint proficiency
Must be a US Citizen
Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility
Desired Qualifications:
Advanced degree and/or technical training applicable to the WMD problem set
Military or defense-related experience and working familiarity with strategies, policies, and plans that enable defense against CBRN threats and prevent the proliferation of WMD
Experience creating intelligence annexes to military plans (Annex B) and familiarity with national intelligence support planning processes
Proficiency devising and executing CWMD-related exercises and or training evolutions
Understanding of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, DIA, and Service intelligence production centers
Experience participating in and leading interagency CWMD, nuclear security, and/or counterproliferation forums and working groups
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 1200 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 CWMD Plans and Exercise Specialist position.
Qualifications
Behaviors
Required
Thought Provoking: Capable of making others think deeply on a subject
Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject
Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
Motivations
Required
- Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
Preferred
Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
Entrepreneurial Spirit: Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business
Education
Required
- Bachelors or better
Experience
Required
- 5-7 years: Relevant work experience
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)