Policy Analyst

at  SAIC

Job ID: 2404033
Location: ARLINGTON, VA, US
Date Posted: 2024-03-15
Category: Defense/Intel
Subcategory: Policy Analyst
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC is seeking a Policy Analyst to provide support to the DoD CIO PNT Enterprise. This role will provide technical and administrative support to the Office of the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Officer (CIO) in its various roles overseeing and managing the DoD Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Enterprise. This position is 100% onsite based at the Pentagon. Hours will be 8-4:30 daily.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline (computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, physics or similar)
• Ten plus (10+) years’ related experience
• Experience in either GPS, PNT enterprise, Space enterprise, Programmatics, Program Element Monitor (PEM) background, Acquisition, or Aviation
• Strong (3+ years) Pentagon staff experience across OSD, Joint Staff and the Services

• Provide policy and programmatic support to the DoD CIO and oversee life-cycle management of the PNT Enterprise.
• Review Service POM submissions and draft program and budget issue papers to address critical resource shortfalls for GPS and other DoD PNT systems.
• Conduct economic/cost-benefit analyses of PNT services to both military and civil communities; operational analyses; testing and demonstration of PNT and NAVWAR services (including foreign PNT systems) for national defense and homeland security; and alternative governance/management structures for PNT systems/services to include GPS.
• Assist the DoD CIO in conducting assessments and analyses of emerging GPS, PNT, and NAVWAR technologies for application to current and future DoD PNT Enterprise systems.
• Participates in various DoD subgroups focused on Airspace and Procedures, National Airspace System (NAS) modernization initiatives, and Spectrum issues impacting DoD Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT).
• Develop management procedures, processes, and maintain requisite technical capabilities to support the DoD CIO in all phases of the PPBE process.
• Facilitate GPS testing and training capabilities in support of Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) between DoD CIO, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and other interagency partners.
• Promote PNT resilience through drafting / editing of white papers, reports, staff packages for senior DoD leadership.
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