Job Description

Overview

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) is a well-established, thriving professional services firm in the Washington DC Metro area with a long-standing reputation for unrivaled technical and analytical support to top decision makers across the Federal government. Our cadre of outstanding professionals conduct state of the art work and focus on delivering results that matter to national security.

SPA advises and assists the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) on the development, test and fielding of leading edge technologies to counter weapons of mass destruction (WMD). DTRA delivers these game-changing technologies to warfighters across all Combatant Commands (CCMDs) including the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). SPA provides expertise to deter, deny or defeat chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives (CBRNE) threats. SPA subject matter experts (SMEs) also advise on technologies designed to support threat understanding, detection, identification, and characterization; protection of military and civilian populations and consequence management

Responsibilities

Acting as an Operations Research Analyst on our team, you’ll apply your expertise to advise and assist our Department of Defense client to reduce non-traditional threats around the world. Your efforts will contribute to a portfolio of programs including detection & diagnostics, testing countermeasures, testing candidate treatments, and using AI to predict candidate treatments. You’ll support efforts to improve game-changing technologies like the DoD’s Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) to support the complex communication and coordination needs of first responders, providing them with situational awareness and the ability to react in real-time. Your work will help your client take their portfolio into a direction using synthetic environments and Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) technologies. Your work will help provide DoD personnel with comprehensive Chem-Bio analysis capabilities to support situational awareness, decision making and threat management.

Qualifications

Education/Work Experience:

Required

• BA or BS degree in a relevant field
• 2 years of experience in related field
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
• Understanding of how to apply AR/VR and gaming technologies
• Knowledge of operational activities of a military, governmental, or business system to obtain a quantitative, rational evaluation of the utility and effectiveness of postulated forces in the context of specified Concepts of Operations (CONOPS)
• Active DoD Secret clearance
  

Desired

• Experience with military Chem-bio response procedures
• Experience with providing subject management expertise to DoD clients
• Experience with threat hazard modeling
• BA or BS degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, or Operations Research