C5ISR Support Analyst

Universal Strategy Group Inc•Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

USGI is seeking a C5ISR Support Analyst to support the C5ISR Capability Development Team within the Capability Development / Requirements & Acquisition Branch. This role involves concept development, requirements documentation, subject matter expert support, and market research in support of MARSOC C5ISR future capability requirements. The analyst will identify and describe concepts, technologies, and practices related to information acquisition, processing, security, distribution, and display for military decision-making. They will advise MARSOC senior leaders on current C5ISR programs and capability development efforts, assist in resolving capability development efforts based on unit skill levels, equipment capabilities, and identified needs, and continually assess these factors to ensure successful capability development. The position requires relating information theories and technologies to military problem sets, evaluating policies and doctrine affecting command and control, and articulating alternatives to overcome C5ISR shortcomings. Common responsibilities include researching and applying relevant orders and policies, providing training and guidance to MARSOC personnel, offering technical expertise for new capabilities, supporting technology scouting and test and evaluation, communicating with various program offices and agencies, attending relevant meetings and conferences, assisting with developing various requests and requirements documents, and supporting the Requirements Officer in capability development efforts with external organizations. The role also involves supporting MARSOC Strategic Planning and Development for Technology Programs and Activities.

Requirements

Highly effective written and oral communication skills
Ability to transform highly technical data into information easily understood
Detailed understanding of the organizational structure, command relationships and missions assigned to MARSOC, to USSOCOM and adjacent SOF components and to the USMC, as well as the knowledge of how these organizations collaborate to achieve technological development objectives
Capable of interacting with a broad spectrum of personnel to include senior DoD officers and staff as well as within a joint and interagency environment.
Knowledge of & be able to apply USSOCOM & Marine Corps capability development orders, directives, & policies to complex capability development problems
Thorough working knowledge of Microsoft systems to include PowerPoint, Excel, and Word; familiarity with Microsoft SharePoint.
Exposure & familiarity with: Satellite Deployable Node (L/VX/M/H), Radio Integration System, TACLAN, SOF Tactical Communications, & C4IAS
10 years of combined operational experience including: Any combined operational experience in the following areas: SOF communications; data network architecture
Formal training credentials or formally documented experience in military communications. The credentials shall be equivalent to MARSOC Network Operator Course, SMU technical operator courses, or similarly accredited SOF training course
Knowledge of known communication architectures utilized to transmit and receive data typical of today’s networked battlefield.
Experience with Joint Special Operations Command as a communications expert
Knowledge of and experience working with tactical and wireless networking, Network Operating Centers (NOC), space communication systems and military satellite communications, computer security, and Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.
Basic understanding of radio frequency (RF) communication (line of sight and beyond line of sight), RF propagation and antenna theory.
Knowledge of DoD IT systems supporting common operational picture/common intelligence picture (COP/CIP) tools displayed on graphical user interfaces
Possess and maintain a TOP SECRET clearance with SCI eligibility

Nice To Haves

Experience in a capability development related field in offices such as USSOCOM SOF AT&L, USMC CD&I or MCSC, NSW, MARSOC G-8, USASOC, AFSOC Capability Development Directorates, DIA, or similar
Knowledge of and experience working with computer security, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, & understanding of RF and EW in Networked Systems

Responsibilities

Identify and describe concepts, information technologies, and business practices associated with acquisition, processing, filtering, transmission, cataloging, storage, security, distribution, and display of information needed to support military decision making and control of forces.
Familiarize and advise MARSOC senior leaders on current C5ISR program of record equipment and capability development efforts.
Assist the G8 in developing, implementing, and resolving capability development efforts across the range of C5ISR capabilities based on three critical factors: 1) unit skill levels, 2) equipment capabilities, and 3) identified C5ISR needs of the command.
Continually assess the critical factors and using that assessment, provide the tailored assistance necessary to ensure successful capability development efforts in achieving MARSOC’s mission.
Relate existing information theories and information systems technologies to current and emerging military problem sets including threats to information movement in the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum.
Evaluate & critique existing policies, procedures, & doctrine affecting command & control of forces and the management of information systems in support of military operations.
Clearly articulate alternatives to overcome identified C5ISR shortcomings
Research and apply orders, directives, and policies applicable to capability development, acquisitions, and procurement in support of MARSOC objectives.
Provide training, guidance, and assistance to MARSOC personnel outside the G-8 in capability development efforts.
Provide technical expertise and operational perspective for new capabilities and integration efforts relevant to MARSOC objectives.
Provide support to technology scouting and test and evaluation activities.
Communicate with various program offices, program executive offices, product line managers, & others, at USSOCOM, HQMC, & other government agencies as required.
Attend conferences, integrated product team (IPT) meetings, program management reviews, capability development events, and unit contact meetings as required.
Assist with developing Raider Capability Integration and Development System (RCIDS) requests, MARSOC technology objectives, combat mission needs statements, urgent universal need statements, and requirements documents as required.
Provide support to the Requirements Officer in capability development efforts involving original equipment manufacturers (OEM), academia, national laboratories, other government agencies, and other organizations and agencies as required.
Provide support to MARSOC Strategic Planning and Development for Technology Programs and Activities.