Emergency Management Specialist

Parsons Corporation•Fort Belvoir, VA

About The Position

Parsons is looking for an Emergency Management Specialist to perform integrated, multidisciplinary assessments that assess survivability of critical U.S. and allied national/theater mission systems, networks, architectures, infrastructures, and assets. Blue Team assessments teams aim to ensure continuity to DoD missions and critical infrastructure by assessing the vulnerabilities and survivability of these infrastructure against a broad spectrum of threats including accidents, natural disasters, technological failure, information system attacks, terrorists, radio frequency weapons (RFW), sabotage, and weapons of mass destruction (WMD). This challenging and exciting work will provide the opportunity to travel CONUS and OCONUS to the most important DoD defense systems and critical infrastructure to ensure the survivability of any threat or attack. This is an exciting opportunity to experience travelling to destinations around the world and protecting mission critical infrastructure. The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe, providing services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. Parsons, founded in 1944, is a digitally enabled solutions provider focused on creating the future of the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets, delivering tomorrow’s solutions today with an agile, innovative, and disruptive approach. The company strives to be an employer of choice that engages employees in the community and creates rewarding career paths to cultivate a resilient workforce.

Requirements

5+ years of related experience
Professional certification in emergency management; or fire protection; or business continuity. Additionally, possess training or experience in any Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) area not formally certified.
Knowledgeable in EM risk management processes such as the all-hazards threat assessment (AHTA) and capability assessment methodology.
Must have an Active Top-Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility
Must be able to travel international up to 20%.
Must have a passport or ability to get one.

Nice To Haves

Possess experience and proficiency in all aspects of COOP (business continuity, operations planning), comprehension of Emergency Management and CBRNE plans and programs, to include incident response and consequence management, mass warning and notification, and support agreements.
Capacity to become knowledgeable on supply chain and force health protection program areas, and fluent in DoD, Service, CCMD, Agency, or Field Activity policies, directives, guidance, and instructions related to the four key protection programs assessed.
Ability to conduct assessments.

Responsibilities

Conduct assessments of continuity of operations programs (COOP), supporting materials and services (supply chain), emergency management (EM) plans; chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological (CBRN) preparedness and survivability; and force health protection to protect personnel, critical assets, and missions from hazards and threats that may impact the installation, facility, or asset.
Understand policies, plans, procedures, training, equipment, organization, and response management to a wide variety of emergencies including natural disasters, technological and human accidents (to include fire), and hostile incidents.
Identify all aspects of Emergency Management Specialist vulnerabilities, increases the customer’s awareness of potential vulnerabilities, and impacts on mission execution capability, and provides recommendations to mitigate or eliminate identified vulnerabilities.
Recommend methods to reduce vulnerabilities and improve response capabilities and evaluates the site/facility continuity of operations planning (COOP) capability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from, various mission-threatening emergencies.