Program/System Analyst

JRAD is seeking multiple candidates for immediate fill positions supporting the U.S. Army Evaluation Center (AEC). These position are off-site positions, but must be local to Aberdeen, MD (within 1-hr driving distance).

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Serve as a subject matter expert providing technical guidance and information to meet requirements to a lesser degree than the level IV Program/Systems Analyst.
• Work independently with minimal guidance on complex projects and assignments.
• Tasks require expert level application of established methods, procedures, techniques, criteria, and programs.
• Complete work reviewed for soundness of analysis, the suitability of methods used, and for conformance with organizational analytical procedures and practices.
• Programs and issues may present problems not susceptible to resolution by accepted methods and/or may require application of new developments and theories.

Required Skills and Education (Multiple Levels):

• Associate’s Degree in Business or other closely related technical discipline; plus ten (10) or more years of progressively responsible experience in the management of acquisition programs across a wide range of technical commodity areas to include one (1) year as the team leader of an acquisition project and an additional three (3) years as a practicing analyst responsible for a functional area of an acquisition program. Experience must demonstrate each of the following:
  • Knowledge of Material Solution Analysis, Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction, Engineering and Manufacturing Development, and Production and Deployment phases of the acquisition process.
  • Sufficient familiarity with modern qualitative and quantitative analysis tools to apply to the solution of problems and to provide guidance on the selection and use of such tools.
  • Advanced knowledge of modeling and measuring techniques, mathematics, statistical methods, engineering methods, operational mathematics techniques, and other principles of scientific and economic disciplines in determining solutions.
  • Knowledge of systems integration techniques, system trade-off analysis, and/or program planning.
  • Command and Control Test & Evaluation.
  • Agile Software Development.
  • Intel Systems.
  • Electronic Warfare/Electronic Surveillance Systems
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or other closely related technical discipline; plus fourteeen (14) or more years of progressively responsible experience in the management of acquisition programs across a wide range of technical commodity areas to include three (3) years as the team leader of an acquisition project and an additional five (5) years as a practicing analyst responsible for a functional area of an acquisition program. Experience must demonstrate each of the following:
  • Knowledge of Material Solution Analysis, Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction, Engineering and Manufacturing Development, and Production and Deployment phases of the acquisition process.
  • Sufficient familiarity with modern qualitative and quantitative analysis tools to apply to the solution of problems and to provide guidance on the selection and use of such tools.
  • Advanced knowledge of modeling and measuring techniques, mathematics, statistical methods, engineering methods, operational mathematics techniques, and other principles of scientific and economic disciplines in determining solutions.
  • Knowledge of systems integration techniques, system trade-off analysis, and/or program planning.
  • Command and Control Test & Evaluation.
  • Agile Software Development.
  • Intel Systems.
  • Electronic Warfare/Electronic Surveillance Systems
• Five (5) or more years of additional experience gained within the last ten (10) years in the operational effectiveness evaluation of Army and Joint Service systems, subsystems, and components in one (1) or more of the following system commodity areas:
  • Conduct of developmental tests, operational tests, and evaluation methods for Army and Joint Service systems. Experience is defined as activities to include test and evaluation planning, test execution, data collection during test, evaluation of test or modeling data, and development of evaluation analysis plans and reports.
  • Interpretation, application, and integration of Army and Joint Service system acquisition documentation in the development of system acquisition products for test and evaluation. Examples of system acquisition documentation include Department of Defense, Army, and Army Test and Evaluation Command regulations, pamphlets, instructions, and guidance.
  • Executing Office of the Secretary of Defense methodologies and policies related to assessment of Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations and Advanced Technology Demonstrations.
  • Test methods, infrastructure, and capability gaps related to system/program testing and processes.
  • Oral and written communication such as briefings, writing technical papers, etc. Examples include Evaluation Plans, Evaluation Reports, Test Plans (Operational or Developmental), Safety Releases, and Safety Confirmations.
  • Some labor categories may require at least one (1) year of experience in software application testing (at least at black box level) and network communication. Black box functional and system level testing is defined as testing techniques in which the software tester does not have access to the source code itself.

Security Clearance:

• Active – Top Secret (TS) clearance, with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligibility.

When you work for JRAD you will never be just a number. We put people before profits!

JRAD is committed to the health and well-being of its employees. We offer more paid time off than the average company upon hire and the following benefits are available to all full-time employees:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts for unreimbursed medical & dependent day care • Disability Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement

JRAD is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

The JRAD salary range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. There are many factors considered when determining the compensation provided in an offer. These factors include, but are not limited to position responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and contract terms and conditions.

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