Warfighter Engagement Team Lead

CACI International•Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

9d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Warfighter Engagement Team Leader for the Exploitation Analysis and Response (EA&R) Division’s Global Operational Support and Threat (GOST) Branch, you will manage a team consisting of Special Operations Forces (SOF) and combat arms veterans, UxS Pilots, providing Counter UxS training (CUxS), system validation testing, and vulnerability and threat assessments to DoD, IC, and coalition forces throughout CONUS and OCONUS locations. You and your team will provide subject matter expertise that integrates the latest CUxS threat training and practices, emerging enemy TTPs, friendly forces capability gaps and vulnerabilities to improve the warfighters operability and combat sustainability in a threat environment. As required, you and your team are responsible for providing the client and supported commands with comprehensive, focused, and objective CUxS expertise and operational continuity. You will be responsible for managing and providing guidance and work leadership to less-experienced team members, both CACI and subcontractors alike. Perform administrative functions consistent with managerial level (e.g. reviewing / approving team member’s timecards, enforcing corporate timekeeping policy, conducting quarterly employee reviews, assist with candidate screening and interviews, enforce all corporate policy and requirements, etc). As a manager, you will also provide subject matter expertise during CONUS currency training at any pre-determined training/flight area, provide red air support to the customer, and provide comprehensive threat assessments of customer locations. You will interact directly with units preparing to deploy to areas where there are improvised UxS threats and provide critical red air training to increase their insight, knowledge of UxS, and also provide real world scenarios allowing the unit to employ the information and practice firsthand the most effective techniques for recognizing, detecting, reporting and dealing with UxS threats. You will also provide enemy red air TTP’s during live fire exercises (LFX) and red air flight patterns to provide real world scenarios for counter system validations. You will assist the government customer with coordinating and developing deployment schedule(s) and ensure all identified team members meet all deployment requirements, and coordinate to ensure your team supports, as required, unit requested pre-deployment planning and training. Relocation to Aberdeen Proving Ground is required for the position.

Requirements

Experience as a UxS Pilot, UxS Trainer or Analyst within the GOST Branch.
Active TS/SCI.
Experience instructing large groups of low- and high-ranking personnel in a military environment.
BA/BS degree with ≥ 2 yrs experience; AA/AS degree plus 4 yrs; no degree plus 6 yrs experience to the base ≥ 6 yrs requirement.
Experience with COTS multi-rotor and fixed-wing aircraft, to include hobbyist UxS experience.
Direct support to Military and Special Operations /Special Forces background.
Demonstrate experience in, System Validation Exercises (VALEX), live fire exercises (LFX), conducting threat assessments and other technical exchange events.
Must be able to obtain a Certified FAA 107 UAS Pilot License.
Must be able to obtain an Amateur Radio Technician License.
Experience with various UxS (land, air, and sea) and ability to design/fabricate with limited instructions or pre-built kits.
Ability to research emerging UxS technologies, describe their advantages, and the impact to DoD capabilities.
Knowledge of the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP).
Ability to take technical UxS knowledge and inform/instruct others about the technology, capabilities, and limitations, and impacts to DoD capabilities.
Proficient in utilizing standard MS Office computer applications to support analytical efforts and product development.
Define and carry out scenarios (in test events or training events) in which UxS technology can be utilized.
Ability to understand and interpret customer requirements in order to influence correct use of the UxS technology at technical exchange events or test events.
Ability to perform independently while in other locations and interacting with other organizations and military units.
Ability to successfully pass CONUS Replacement Center (CRC).
Ability to communicate and function effectively in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

Multiple tours at various operational levels that include a mix of direct combat, operational planning, validation exercises, LFX, training development and Ops-Intel fusion within GOST Branch

Responsibilities

Manage a team consisting of Special Operations Forces (SOF) and combat arms veterans, UxS Pilots, providing Counter UxS training (CUxS), system validation testing, and vulnerability and threat assessments to DoD, IC, and coalition forces throughout CONUS and OCONUS locations.
Provide subject matter expertise that integrates the latest CUxS threat training and practices, emerging enemy TTPs, friendly forces capability gaps and vulnerabilities to improve the warfighters operability and combat sustainability in a threat environment.
Provide the client and supported commands with comprehensive, focused, and objective CUxS expertise and operational continuity.
Manage and provide guidance and work leadership to less-experienced team members, both CACI and subcontractors alike.
Perform administrative functions consistent with managerial level (e.g. reviewing / approving team member’s timecards, enforcing corporate timekeeping policy, conducting quarterly employee reviews, assist with candidate screening and interviews, enforce all corporate policy and requirements, etc).
Provide subject matter expertise during CONUS currency training at any pre-determined training/flight area.
Provide red air support to the customer.
Provide comprehensive threat assessments of customer locations.
Interact directly with units preparing to deploy to areas where there are improvised UxS threats and provide critical red air training to increase their insight, knowledge of UxS, and also provide real world scenarios allowing the unit to employ the information and practice firsthand the most effective techniques for recognizing, detecting, reporting and dealing with UxS threats.
Provide enemy red air TTP’s during live fire exercises (LFX) and red air flight patterns to provide real world scenarios for counter system validations.
Assist the government customer with coordinating and developing deployment schedule(s) and ensure all identified team members meet all deployment requirements.
Coordinate to ensure your team supports, as required, unit requested pre-deployment planning and training.