Functional Analyst IV CHITRA

Job description: Chitra is seeking a Functional Analyst IV to support a DoD contract position at Ft Lee, VA. Position Requirements Active Secret Security Clearance Possess a minimum of a 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. Possess 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. Possess the minimum experience identified below 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 three (3) years’ experience with service or joint staffs organization, functions and procedures. Minimum of three (3) 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 the compilation and presentation, in both written and oral formats, of lessons learned and after action review material. Position Responsibilities Experimentation Planning, Executing, and Reporting : Assist in the development, coordination, and the synchronization of the SBL annual experimentation program to include all relevant experiments within the Experimentation Community of Practice, in support of AFC and CASCOM. The Contractor’s major responsibility is to inform the SBL leadership of the ongoing program, of the scheduling and resourcing conflicts, and to make recommendations of more efficient and effective means to prosecute the overall experimentation program in order to reach the annual experimentation objectives. In addition, the Contractor shall develop and brief Experiment Proposals, and other experimentation planning products as identified by COR, SBL and FCC. All products must be coordinated and synchronized at a minimum with the following agencies: SBL, SCDID, and FCC and supported/supporting Battle Labs to ensure study plans and events are de-conflicted, resourced and concurrence gained through the Community of Practice (CoP). The Contractor shall provide support during the execution of SBL led and supported events. Contractor support shall include, but is not limited to: developing project management and experiment plans to execute experiment events in order to report on experimental study objectives/issues. The Contractor shall execute the event as outlined in the experiment directive and coordinate with various Government and non-Government organizations participating in game preparation and execution; providing scenario development input to see if the scenario will support experimentation objectives; blue and red campaign planning, administrative, computer and audio-visual, and logistics and technical support for the event. The Contractor shall also coordinate manning and role player support with the CASCOM Tasking Office as well as external agencies and organizations. The Contractor shall research and review appropriate and applicable Army Campaign Plan literature and documents; technical analysis, technical writing, preparing and updating documents; coordinate and conduct internal and external staffing; preparation of briefings and presentations; attend and participate in meetings, conferences and working sessions; and conduct in-progress reviews (IPRs). The Contractor shall provide sustainment expertise required to design and conduct experimentation venues; evaluate outcomes and lessons learned to provide insights, findings and recommendations designed to; inform the development of Concept Capability Plans (CCP) and Capability Based Analysis (CBA) that will plan for providing Maneuver Sustainment across all DOTMLPF-P domains for current and future forces. As well as identify and document warfighter outcomes and recommend potential science and technology solutions in order to meet future force required capabilities. The Contractor shall serve as subject matter experts (SME) in Army sustainment operations, capable of effectively briefing senior officers and civilian equivalents. Additionally, while supporting efforts of the SBL, contractors must be capable of describing in detail current and future logistics concepts based on information and discussions provided by the Government (AFC, SCDID and other CASCOM personnel). External Experimentation Support : Provide analytic, observer, SME role player and event facilitation services as required by SCDID and FCC leadership in support of other CoP Battle Lab sponsored events or within CASCOM. This support includes support to the Concepts Branch of SBL. Deliverables will include: pre/post event IPRs, pre-coordination, After Action Review/Report; observations, insights, and/or findings that support SBL’s experimentation plan reports and trip reports following any temporary duty (TDY) trip supporting these types of events. The Contractor shall support the coordination of SBL S&T efforts with internal and external activities and agencies to include Industry, Academia, other Major Commands (MACOMS), and other CDID Battle Labs. Scenario Development: Provide Logistics SME support in the development, refining, staffing, and publishing of scenario products in support of the SBL Experimentation Program. Products include but are not limited to Operations & Sustainment Orders and Plans, Task Organizations, Logistics Planning Factors Analysis, Operational & Sustainment overlays and sketches which are used in SCDID and/or CASCOM supported experiments. When applicable, the Contractor shall integrate the developed scenario products into The Research and Analysis Center (TRAC) Standardized Scenarios managed by TRAC-Leavenworth. Studies and Analysis: Perform studies to investigate emerging issues pertaining to the current and future modular sustainment forces. These efforts include, but are not limited to: conducting detailed literature searches to include lesson learned, final reports regarding ongoing efforts and other materiel germane to the study subject; conducting seminars, interviews, surveys and other types on initial discovery events in order to develop the background materiel; analyzing all information and preparing findings, conclusion recommendation across the DOTMLPF-P realms. Science & Technology (S&T): Perform the following functions: participate in various SBL S&T programs, Science and Technology Objectives Development, Advanced Technology Demonstrations, Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations, Small Business Innovation Research, and S&T Analyses, Force Operating Capabilities Assessments, Limited Objective Evaluations, Technology Demonstrations, and Live Prototyping activities to assist the Government in identifying emerging technologies from military, commercial, foreign and other Government agencies to enable Maneuver Sustainment Army Campaign. The Contractor shall conduct Technology Assessments through research and document various DOTMLPF-P enablers and Sustainment efficiencies that assist Army force projection and sustainment while reducing the logistics footprint, in support of the Army Campaign Plan (ACP) and the Army Force Modernization Strategy. The Contractor shall identify for SBL the key technologies, projects, and experiments needed to leverage Science & Technology in reducing logistics requirements, e.g., weight/cube, power and energy, maintenance and distribution burdens. Modeling and Simulation (M&S)/Digital Engineering Support: Provide M&S/Digital Engineering technical system(s) operations support, to include configuring, and building experimentation databases for maneuver and Logistics BLCSE federation models, configuring and stimulating of Army mission command systems and collaborative experimentation reporting tools. Additionally, the Contractor shall provide M&S guidance and recommendations to the government SBL leadership, in coordination with the COR, with respect to choice of appropriate analytical tools, force modeling, and simulations to support SBL experimentation. The Contractor shall utilize products, as appropriate, of the Modeling and Simulation Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), the FCC G-3/5/7 Experimentation Division, and the TRAC-Fort Gregg-Admas (TRAC-GA). The Contractor shall provide, as a result of modeling efforts, both quantitative data and analysis, event execution and post event analysis and reporting. The Contractor shall coordinate M&S efforts with scenario development efforts in order to meet exercise and experimentation objectives.The Contractor shall provide technical support to support the development and management of the SCDID Science and Technology (S&T) Program, to include AFC Science and Technology Objective (STO) Reviews, Warfighter Technical Councils, workshops and other industry visits/research. Position is an on-site position at Fort Lee, Virginia. Job Types: Full-time, Contract Benefits 401(k) matching Dental insurance Employee assistance program Flexible spending account Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Professional development assistance Tuition reimbursement Vision insurance Education Master’s (Required) Experience related: 10 years (Preferred) Security clearance Secret (Required) Work Location: In person #J-18808-Ljbffr Chitra Productions