Multi-Domain Awareness SME

Vantor•Riverside, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Vantor is seeking a CBP Multi-Domain Awareness SME to provide operational expertise to support the development of statistical and machine learning models for the FALCON effort. The ideal candidate will work on-site with AMOC DEOs to translate operational needs into technical requirements. This role offers the opportunity to closely support mission partners, with work that has a direct impact on building mission-focused software capabilities that support operational awareness, data-driven analysis, and timely decision-making. The candidate will collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, analysts, and customer stakeholders to build, enhance, and sustain applications and data pipelines that transform complex data into actionable insight. Vantor is a multi-disciplinary software development and data-focused team supporting mission partners through rapid prototyping, iterative development, and operationally relevant technical solutions. The team's diverse background in mission support, software engineering, and applied data science is a catalyst for solving unique and challenging intelligence problems. Prototyping and frequent, iterative feedback are core to the delivery approach, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and timeliness. The FALCON team values clear communication, ownership, technical curiosity, and the ability to contribute ideas without ego, while fostering growth through feedback and flexibility.

Requirements

Active CBP suitability
Ability to work onsite at the CBP Air and Marine Operations Center three days a week
Professional experience in CBP AMO with expertise in validating novel analytics and missions for complex problems
Professional experience in translating user requirements for technical development teams
Ability to guides strategic AI implementation and represents capabilities to stakeholders
Excellent written and oral communication skills
U.S. Citizen
Active U.S. Government security clearance at the CBP Suitability level

Nice To Haves

Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Experience with CBP AMOC floor and intelligence operations

Responsibilities

Define technical requirements to align with operational needs for models and AI solutions
Test, validate, and provide feedback for analytic models in development, test, and production environments
Defines threshold for model performance, based on operational need and experience
Conducts data analysis to extract valuable insights from operational, spatiotemporal data sets
Assists in the creation of a validation and testing platform to elicit feedback from end-users and stakeholders
Schedules and leads stakeholder and end-user meetings to enable efficient feedback cycles and requirements gathering
Draft technical documents for internal and external teams