Functional Analyst IV (Research Analyst) in Fort Lee, Virginia at Summit Federal Services, LLC

Summit Federal Services, LLC (SFS) with headquarters in Oakland, Maryland, is a fast growing woman owned Small Business and HUBZone company with an outstanding record of performance providing more effective and efficient acquisition, business process, training, IT, administrative and security services to multiple federal agencies.

SFS is looking for a Functional Analyst IV (Research Analyst) in support of a pending proposal supporting CASCOM Battle Lab in Fort Lee Va.

Essential Functions:

The Sustainment Battle Lab conducts and participates in wargames and experiments using constructive and live experiment environments; conducts analysis to gain insights, impacts, and recommends Doctrine, Organizations, Training, Leader Development, Materiel, Personnel and Facilities (DOTLMPF) changes to current and future force concepts, systems, and organizations; monitors and guides science and technology experiment initiatives and recommends integration into the current or future modular force.

Duties:

• 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.

Qualifications:

• 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.

SFS is an equal opportunity employer regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, on-the-job injury, sexual orientation, political affiliation or belief. Employment decisions are made without consideration of these or any other factors that employers are prohibited by law from considering. Any discriminatory action can be a cause for disciplinary action. SFS also prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities and will reasonably accommodate applicants with a disability, upon request, and will also ensure reasonable accommodation for employees with a disability.#SFS

Summit Federal Services, LLC is an equal opportunity employer regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, on-the-job injury, sexual orientation, political affiliation or belief. Employment decisions are made without consideration of these or any other factors that employers are prohibited by law from considering. Any discriminatory action can be a cause for disciplinary action. Summit Federal Services, LLC also prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities and will reasonably accommodate applicants with a disability, upon request, and will also ensure reasonable accommodation for employees with a disability.