Functional Analyst IV (Research Analyst)

Summit Federal Services, LLC•Fort Lee, VA

28d•$95,000 - $99,998•Onsite

About The Position

Summit Federal Services, LLC (SFS) is seeking a Functional Analyst IV (Research Analyst) to support a pending proposal for the CASCOM Battle Lab at Fort Lee, VA. SFS is a fast-growing, woman-owned, HUBZone company with a strong performance record in providing acquisition, business process, training, IT, administrative, and security services to federal agencies. The Sustainment Battle Lab conducts wargames and experiments, performs analysis to recommend DOTLMPF changes for current and future force concepts, and monitors science and technology initiatives for integration into the modular force.

Requirements

Active Secret Clearance
Master’s degree from an accredited college or university and at least twenty (20) years of experience serving in a U.S. military agency as military or civilian in progressively responsible command and staff positions.
A minimum of two (2) years of experimentation experience serving in a Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) or AFC Battle Lab as military or civilian can be substituted for five (5) years of the U.S. military agency experience.
Experience in at least two (2) of the following:
Minimum of three (3) years’ experience with service or joint doctrine, to include combat, combat support, and combat service support operations.
Minimum of six (6) years’ experience with service or joint staffs organization, functions and procedures.
Minimum of six (6) years’ experience with service or joint organizations, operations, and exercises at levels comparable to Army Corps.
Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in the preparation and conduct of seminars, study groups and map exercises for general and senior field grade officers.
Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in conducting instruction in both small and large group formats.
Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in conducting post exercise effectiveness analysis and evaluations.
Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in the compilation and presentation, in both written and oral formats, of lessons learned and after action review material.

Responsibilities

Assists in the conduct of thorough analyses of experiment/exercise directives and objectives to provide orientation and focus for experimentation.
Works in close coordination with Government personnel in determining information collection requirements and identifying specific tasks to be observed.
Provides liaison with the experiment/exercise support teams and customers, including other military agencies, industrial partners, and educational institutions as appropriate.
Assists in determining and overseeing the synchronization of scenario execution, collection of information, and report preparation.
Provides doctrinal expertise and instructions in support of operational exercises.
Assists in the preparation and conduct of experiments or exercises.
Assists in the preparation of scenarios and operations plans.
Researches and incorporates data drawn from a wide range of sources, such as military policy, service missions, war plans and simulations, etc., in support of doctrinal development/modification, force development data base requirements, exercise scenario and simulation development.
In coordination with customers, conducts liaison with DoD agencies, COCOMs and component staffs, and public and private agencies and institutions in support of operational experiments/exercises, simulations, seminars, map exercises, scenario preparation and execution.
Coordinates and assists in the preparation of the simulation databases, to include testing and validation.
Reviews data collected proceeding, during, and following experiments/exercises to identify trends and inconsistencies with doctrine and to develop combat development feedback.
Provides doctrinal and analytical expertise.
Collects, assembles and analyzes inputs from exercise Observer/Controllers (O/C), workstation controllers and other sources as applicable.
Synthesizes and analyzes information inputs to evaluate the completion of mission tasks and achievement of experimentation objectives.