Portfolio Analysis and Integration Specialist

Peraton•Bethesda, MD

About The Position

Peraton is hiring a Portfolio Analysis and Integration Specialist to support intelligence portfolio strategy, performance management, and enterprise architecture. The role involves analyzing transition planning and intelligence information requirements, developing architecture baselines, and researching and assisting with implementation of community policies and guidance. It may also support business process improvements and systems analysis for missions, systems, and fiscal requirements. The specialist supports the sponsor’s strategic direction and priorities, helps ensure strategy is pursued effectively and efficiently, and maintains awareness of strategies, goals, objectives, performance targets, and technical collection enterprise architecture related to the Intelligence Community Portfolio of Technical Investments. The role develops recommendations to inform sponsor decisions, including proposed strategies and roadmaps, risks, capability and performance gaps, dependencies, strategic alignment, and funding or program issues. The specialist liaises with IC program managers, DoD partners, and private-sector companies, supports government clients with program goals, schedules, and executive reports, and communicates technical topics to senior audiences in accessible terms.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.
Bachelor’s degree and 8–12 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree and 6–10 years of relevant experience; an additional four years of experience may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
Strong writing and grammatical skills.
Expert knowledge of artificial intelligence.
Expert knowledge of data integration complexities.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
Ability to tailor written and verbal communications to the audience, with strong interpersonal and customer service skills.
Ability to work with senior personnel in a diverse, fast-paced, multi-task environment while managing competing priorities.
Ability to produce deliverables in formats such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Acrobat.
Ability and willingness to support the architecture and design of AI strategy, implementation plans, and policies.

Nice To Haves

Technical degree in engineering or science, with practical rather than theoretical focus.
Broad experience with the Intelligence Community and touch points to the Department of Defense.
AI certification.

Responsibilities

Analyze transition planning and intelligence information requirements, and develop architecture baselines.
Research and assist with implementation of community policies and guidance.
Support business process improvements or systems analysis for missions, systems, and fiscal requirements.
Support the evolution of the sponsor’s strategic direction and priorities.
Use best practices and benchmarking in business and mission analytics to support effective and efficient strategy execution.
Maintain awareness of IC Portfolio of Technical Investments strategies, business goals, objectives, performance targets, and associated technical collection enterprise architecture.
Recommend strategies, roadmaps, and actions to support sponsor decision-making, including identifying risks, capability and performance gaps, dependencies, strategic alignment, and funding or program issues.
Recommend ways to keep strategy, performance, and architecture aligned.
Liaise with and lead discussions involving IC program managers, DoD partners, and private-sector companies on program capabilities, service delivery, and requirements concerns.
Assist government clients with programmatic goals and objectives, schedules, and reports for senior-level executives.
Communicate technical topics in a non-technical manner to senior-level audiences.
Draft written products and produce deliverables in multiple formats as needed.
Support the architecture and design of AI strategy, implementation plans, and policies.