C2 C4I Junior Systems Planner & Analyst

Innovative Reasoning•Quantico, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides on-site operational U.S. Marine Corps and Navy C2/C4I Systems experience to address Naval Integration issues related to Marine Corps and Navy C4I assets aboard Amphibious Assault Ships. The role also provides technical and program support to Maritime Expeditionary Warfare (MxW), Deputy Commandant, Combat Development & Integration (DC, CD&I), located at Quantico, VA. The analyst will draw upon C4ISR system experience in Joint and Naval mission accomplishments to conduct analysis and develop documentation on system data exchanges. This includes supporting the analysis of amphibious C4I/C5I system requirements, integration, and capability development, defining, designing, and developing system requirements. The role involves representing USMC interests with various stakeholders, assisting in creating an integrated amphibious C4I architecture, and preparing MEU/Afloat MAGTF for deployment by tracking system standards compatibility and interoperability certifications. The analyst will also work with acquisition professionals to ensure effective acquisition and life cycle sustainment, perform document analysis, and analyze system interface problems. Facilitating user discussions, maintaining mapping of USMC, USN, and Joint Systems, and drafting/presenting reports are key responsibilities. The role requires maintaining current knowledge of relevant technologies, supporting networking projects, and providing engineering and IT services focused on Naval networks/CANES/ISNS issues. Expertise in the design, analysis, engineering, implementation, and/or operation of USMC/Naval IT networks is needed, along with coordinating subsystem design and defining system support requirements. The analyst will represent USMC interests in working groups and coordinate for C5I integration of manned and unmanned aircraft systems. Facilitating the integration of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning systems aboard amphibious ships is also part of the role. Supplementary duties include assisting with task management, preparing meeting minutes and accomplishment reports, and completing required government contractor training.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited College or University in Information Systems Management or related field and at least 8 years of relevant experience is required.
In lieu of a degree, 12 years of substantive, relevant experience is applicable.
Advanced knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures used in systems engineering, analysis, and design.
Technical expertise and ability to lead the analysis of highly complex systems.
Ability to work with acquisition professionals and operational forces to develop system requirements, resolve interface and performance issues, and develop / evaluate new systems that are cost effective and meet user requirements.
Solid knowledge of Marine Corps and Navy organizational structures and functions.
Capable of working efficiently within a military staff environment that requires coordination at the Navy & Marine Corps service and Joint Staff levels.
Understanding of current and legacy information and communication exchange systems for both ashore and afloat Marine Corps units.
Excellent interpersonal, communications, and presentation skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is required.
Hold a valid US Driver’s License, with ability to operate private, and commercial owned motor vehicles (Rental), as required for commuting and travel.
Must be able to obtain a contractor's common access card, which will stand as identification for instructors and will enable them to access government owned computer equipment and Non-secure Internet Protocol.
Possess an active U.S. Secret level security clearance.
Ability to obtain a Secure Internet Protocol (SIPR) access token for access to government SIPR computers terminals.

Responsibilities

Conduct analysis of and develop documentation on system data exchanges, drawing upon C4ISR system experience in Joint and Naval mission accomplishments.
Support the analysis of amphibious C4I/C5I system requirements (primarily USMC C4I systems), integration and capability development.
Define, design and develop system requirements.
Represent USMC interests with various International, National, DoD, Joint and Navy stakeholders that develop C4ISR policy.
Assist in creating an integrated amphibious C4I architecture for afloat MAGTF that allows for configuration and baseline control of deployed Operational Nodes and systems.
Prepare a MEU/Afloat MAGTF for deployment aboard amphibious warfare vessels by tracking system's standards compatibility and interoperability certifications.
Work with acquisition professionals to ensure effective and economical acquisition and life cycle sustainment for products, equipment, and systems by assisting in business case development (requirements) and cost/benefit analyses for proposed systems.
Perform document analysis; requirements parsing, taxonomy alignment, reports generation, abstraction outline, and capability set mapping that will further enable analysis of highly complex business problems to be solved with automated systems.
Analyze system interface problems, data definitions and user interface design issues to include a variety of detailed systems factors; input/output requirements, information flow, hardware and software requirements, and reliability characteristics.
Facilitate user discussions and analyses to develop/refine system requirements, arbitrate conflicts between stakeholders, and recommend optimum integrated systems design approaches.
Maintain mapping of USMC, USN and Joint Systems to MAGTF Afloat required capabilities in support of the annual Afloat MAGTF C4 Required Capabilities (AMC4RC) Letter.
Draft and present reports, studies, formal briefings, and business cases analyses (requirements) as required by the customer.
Draft and edit the annual AMC4RC Letter in accordance with DoD documentation standards and Marine Corps style guides.
Conduct gap reviews, reconciliation, attend meetings, draft summary with key points, decisions made, and issues of contention noted.
Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned.
Support various networking projects and tasks including network architecture and design analysis, network systems engineering, network and C2 systems integration, test planning, and testing and documentation of military networking systems.
Provide engineering and IT services focused on solutions and customer-centric support to Naval networks/CANES/ISNS issues.
Provide expertise in the design, analysis, engineering, implementation, and/or operation of USMC/Naval IT networks.
Coordinate design of subsystems and integration of total system.
Define system support requirements to include monitoring, capacity, staffing and patching/updating.
Analyze and resolve program support deficiencies.
Represent USMC interests through the participation in Service, Naval, and Joint level working groups, exercises, and wargames as a C4I SME.
Coordinate for C5I integration of manned aircraft, unmanned aircraft, and aviation command and control systems aboard Naval ships and within the Naval Operational Architecture.
Facilitate the integration of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning systems aboard amphibious ships for use by the Afloat MAGTF.
Assist in responding to specific technical tasks assigned to MxW in the Enterprise Task Management Software Solution / Task Management Tool.
Prepare meeting minutes and deliver to Branch Head.
Prepare and submit monthly accomplishment reports to the Project Manager.
Prepare and submit travel requests, reimbursement forms and trip reports as necessary.
Complete required annual government contractor training.
Assist in publishing the Maritime Expeditionary Warfare Annual Report.