OPERATIONAL READINESS SPECIALIST - US VA, Fort Belvoir

Operational Readiness Specialist

The client is seeking candidates to join a highly successful team that has won and performed over $100 Million of Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) work around the world for more than 20 years. This challenging and exciting work will provide you the opportunity to travel CONUS and OCONUS to the most important DoD defense systems and critical infrastructure to ensure the survivability of any threat or attack. This is an exciting opportunity to experience traveling to destinations around the world and protecting mission critical infrastructure.

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Nuclear Enterprise Support Directorate (NE) performs integrated, multidisciplinary, assessments that assess survivability of critical U.S. and allied national/theater mission systems, networks, architectures, infrastructures, and assets. Blue Team assessments teams aim to ensure continuity to DoD missions and critical infrastructure by assessing the vulnerabilities and survivability of these infrastructure against a broad spectrum of threats including accidents, natural disasters, technological failure, information system attacks, terrorists, radio frequency weapons (RFW), sabotage, and weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

In order to ensure continuity of DoD Missions and to maintain continuous operations of critical infrastructure, it is imperative to have fully functional Blue Teams (1) to conduct assessments; (2) to provide specific SME assistance to Technical Support Projects (TSPs); (3) to provide Design Review assistance; and (4) to provide technical assistance to the Home Team. The size and skillsets of each team will vary and include those required to execute each mission. The resource needs of each mission and/or stakeholder requests will be identified and managed by DTRA.

Blue Team assessments include, but are not limited to, examining surveillance operations, physical security, telecommunications (e.g., video, voice and data, commercial and military), information operations (e.g., computer networks, IA tools use, operations security), structural protection and response (to include blast effects modeling and consideration of anti-terrorism/force protection standards), utility subsystems (e.g., power and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning reliability and endurance), weapons of mass destruction protection, emergency operations (e.g., emergency preparedness, fire protection, emergency response, disaster control and recovery, continuity of operations), and electromagnetic protection (e.g., electromagnetic pulse and radio frequency weapon susceptibility, lightning protection). The Blue Team mission, by necessity, is fluid and requires the teams operating within these environments to be adaptable.

Operational Readiness Specialist responsibilities/Tasks

• Conduct assessments of continuity of operations programs (COOP), supporting materials and services (supply chain), emergency management (EM) plans; chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological (CBRN) preparedness and survivability; and force health protection to protect personnel, critical assets, and missions from hazards and threats that may impact the installation, facility, or asset.

Required Skills/Capabilities

• CBRNE experience required
• Knowledgeable in EM risk management processes such as the all-hazards threat assessment (AHTA) and capability assessment methodology.
• Possess experience and proficiency in all aspects of COOP (business continuity, operations planning), comprehension of Emergency Management and CBRNE plans and programs, to include incident response and consequence management, mass warning and notification, and support agreements.
• Capacity to become knowledgeable supply chain and force health protection program areas, and fluent in DoD, Service, CCMD, Agency, or Field Activity policies, directives, guidance, and instructions related to the four key protection programs assessed.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Top Secret SCI