Critical Chemicals Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton•Alexandria, VA

2d•$86,800 - $198,000

About The Position

As a defense mission professional, you ask questions others don’t. You understand the nuances of complex situations. You use your skills to think bigger and push further, solving complex problems. We’re looking for an expert like you to create solutions for missions that keep our nation safe. As an industrial base focused Critical Chemicals portfolio analyst, you’ll bring your scientific, analytical, technical, and industrial base knowledge to work alongside senior portfolio management leaders on projects that drive investments in the energetics defense industrial base, energetics qualification and acquisition policy. You’ll use your skills and expertise to assess technical capabilities of the chemical processing and manufacturing industries, evaluate production and integration readiness, and establish and oversee investments in the defense industrial base covering DoW's energetics portfolios. Work with us to recommend solutions, participate in senior executive engagements, and develop reporting tools to assess investments and the capabilities that the investments will provide to the DoW. You’ll be a trusted advisor to our customers, and we’ll look to you to identify, analyze, and evaluate complex systems, policies, processes, and assist in the management of projects. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in the DoW chemical, energetics or propulsion industrial base, acquisition enterprise, or management of chemical, energetics or propulsion systems development supporting missiles, munitions, or hypersonic munitions
3+ years of experience supporting acquisition programs or operations for weapon capabilities, including air-to-air, air-to-ground, ground-to-ground, ground-to-air weapons, or subsonic, supersonic, or hypersonic cruise missiles
Experience developing and evaluating acquisition strategies, acquisition program baselines, risk reduction plans, or industry capital equipment investment plans
Experience reviewing the annual defense authorization and appropriations acts for provisions that affect Critical Chemicals or weapons programs
Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a Science field

Nice To Haves

Experience preparing and coordinating correspondence requests directed to senior department leadership, legislative branch offices, foreign governments or agencies, international organizations, or private organizations
Experience supporting the preparation of Acquisition Decision Memoranda, working as part of an Integrated Product Team (IPT) to prepare reports, or program update briefings
Knowledge of monthly and quarterly status reports on defense industrial base investment programs
Knowledge of Critical Chemicals or Energetics portfolios, to assess cost, schedule, and performance risks associated with the weapon industrial base for planned and forecast acquisition and surge manufacturing requirements
Top Secret clearance
Master's degree in Engineering or Chemical Engineering
Defense Acquisition University Logistics Management, Systems Acquisition, or Defense Industry Certification

Responsibilities

Assess technical capabilities of the chemical processing and manufacturing industries.
Evaluate production and integration readiness.
Establish and oversee investments in the defense industrial base covering DoW's energetics portfolios.
Recommend solutions.
Participate in senior executive engagements.
Develop reporting tools to assess investments and the capabilities that the investments will provide to the DoW.
Identify, analyze, and evaluate complex systems, policies, processes.
Assist in the management of projects.