Description of Duties:
The Mission Protection Manager supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and

Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will:

• Lead the Mission Assurance (MA), Quality, and Environmental Safety and Occupational Safety (ESOH) teams in order

to ensure the success of Missile Defense events and operations, particularly within the Missile Defense Integration &

Operations Center (MDIOC).

• Develop and provide information and briefings to IRES senior management and Government customers to communicate

the efforts of the MA, QA, Safety, and Risk Programs.

• Provide oversight of the MA/QA teams’ engagement in events and projects and assess their performance of daily audit

and verification activities.

• Provide direction and leadership to the Safety Office, aligning safety initiatives with organizational goals and objectives.
• Support the development of proactive risk analysis and mitigation strategies in support of MDA mission protection of tests

and events.

• Ensure integrated and seamless Mission & Quality Assurance, Safety, and Facilities incident reporting.
• Contribute to the development of new ways to integrate multi-domain mission protection processes and capabilities, to

include cybersecurity, for the MDA.

• Ensure organizational adherence to policies, processes, and procedures.

MA Team responsibilities include:

• Coordinate with numerous stakeholders and requestors in order to ensure deconfliction of all Concurrent Test, Training, &

Operations (CTTO) activities with base and facility maintenance activities.

• Coordinate with all applicable MDIOC tenant organizations to establish event configuration protection periods for critical

assets through physical and logical seals and access restrictions in order to communicate and prevent unauthorized

access or changes.

• Coordinate planned and emergent outages, incidents, issues, and concerns with mission partners to ensure a full

understanding of how they are or could be impacted and to ensure clear communication to Government of ongoing

activities to restore nominal conditions.

• Plan and execute exercises to assess the MDIOC’s Mission Assurance posture as part of the MDIOC Mission

Assurance Readiness Program.

• Support the MDIOC MA Officer with advocating for MDIOC equities at the Space Base Delta 1 Mission Protection

Working Group and Board meetings

QA Team responsibilities include:

• Establish and maintain a comprehensive quality assurance effort for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of

systems/services, instilling confidence in MDA government leadership that provisioned systems and services are read and

available to support Concurrent Test, Training, and Operation (CTTO) events.

• Perform monthly performance analysis of inspections, investigations, and metrics with an emphasis on proper change

request processing at government facilities under IRES contractual responsibility.

• Perform analysis and provide recommendations on prioritization of audit activities across the MDIOC (an RDT&E

command and control facility for missile defense).

• Report on audit activities to IRES senior management and Government customers and provide analysis of the mission

protection posture for the MDIOC as well as other areas under the responsibility of the IRES contract.

• Support government customer POM / Budgeting efforts by providing traceability between MDA Mission Essential

Functions and government investment decisions, along with facility system reliability analysis.

The successful candidate will:

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, along with stakeholder management experience.

Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications - External

Basic Requirements:

• Must have 14, or more, years of general (full-time) work experience
• Must have 8 years of directly related experience.
• Must have 3 years of experience in management or leadership roles.
• Must have an active DOD Secret, or higher, security clearance.

Desired Requirements:

• Demonstrate experience integrating across an organization to accomplish objectives.
• Working knowledge of operational risk management.
• Understanding of strategic communications and synchronized messaging.
• Possess great planning, coordination, organizational, problem-solving skills, strong interpersonal skills and a professional

demeanor in interacting with a wide variety of stakeholders, to include senior program management and senior
government personnel.
This position is expected to pay $165,000 - $190,000 annually; depending on experience, education, and any certifications
that are directly related to the position

MA Team responsibilities include:

• Coordinate with numerous stakeholders and requestors in order to ensure deconfliction of all Concurrent Test, Training,

QA Team responsibilities include:

• Establish and maintain a comprehensive quality assurance effort for the systematic monitoring and evaluation o