Mission Assurance Construct Implementation Analyst

Responsibilities: 

SANCORP is seeking a Mission Assurance Construct Implementation Analyst to support the office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Defense Continuity and Mission Assurance (DC&MA). The DASD DC&MA develops plans, policies, and leadership support initiatives to assure the DoD can execute its core functions, even in the face of asymmetric military threats and severe natural hazards to defense installations and infrastructure. DC&MA also strengthens such oversight by helping the Secretary of Defense and other senior leaders integrate a broad range of threat- and component-specific programs, and by building effective partnerships with other Federal Departments and the private sector to build the resilience of external infrastructure essential to defense operations:  

• Provide technical advice, analysis, and support to enable implementation of the Mission Assurance Construct as outlined in DODD 3020.40 and DODI 3020.45 to support identification, assessment, risk management, and monitoring of DoD strategic assets and to support priority DCI resilience efforts.   
• Support and enable execution of Mission Assurance Coordination Board (MACB) functions and meetings, to include the MA Senior Steering Group and MA Executive Steering Group level respectively.  Specific duties include producing supporting documentation, slides, and analysis, advising on agendas, facilitating, supporting and enabling tasking development and s cross DoD and external coordination, supporting staff and senior engagements, producing Statements of Conclusions and other documents after meetings, scheduling assistance, maintaining POC lists on the NIPR, SIPR, and JWICs level, and addressing other required communication and logistics needs.    
• Provide technical advice, analysis, and recommendations to integrate the Mission Assurance Construct into broader DoD processes, to include DoD’s budget processes, formal guidance, and key OSD, Joint Staff, COCOM and Military strategic level process and guidance documents.   
• Provide analysis and support for reviews and drafting of USG and DoD Strategic Guidance Documents relevant to MA, Defense Critical Infrastructure, and resilience, to include but not limited to:  the USG National Security Strategy, DoD’s National Defense Strategy and related implementation guidance, Contingency Planning Guidance, Defense Planning Guidance, Joint Staff’s Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan, the Chairman’s Risk Assessment, Theater and Functional Campaign Plans, Operational Plans, and Contingency Plans.  Provide technical support and advice in these reviews to assist in identifying strategic risk management issues that are relevant to MA. 
• Prepare and coordinate draft packages and updates for senior Department leaders as needed to seek decision on or keep them informed of the status of MA construct implementation.    
• Support synchronization of MA guidance, as outlined in DoDD 3020.40, DoDI 3020.45, and any subsequent documents.  Provide technical advice and assistance to improve and enable incorporation of the MA construct into MA-related programs and activities (such as adaptive planning, cybersecurity, energy resilience, law enforcement, global and domestic antiterrorism, defense critical infrastructure, fire prevention and protection, munitions operations risk management, Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) preparedness, emergency management, insider threat, readiness reporting, and continuity of operations), to include through routine reviews of instructions and guidance for these programs. 
• Provide technical analysis, and support in reviewing additions, modifications, or deletions to the prioritization of Defense Critical Asset lists, and Defense Critical Missions, and on developing other lists, derived from MA construct analysis to support DoD strategic requirements and senior leader needs.   
• Provide technical advice and assistance to inform guidance to direct and improve MA assessments (MAA).  This includes reviewing assessments, threat reporting, and other documents to identify those issues and vulnerabilities that merit priority for MA risk management at the MACB.  Work with assessors, the IC, and others, assisting in developing novel approaches to make the assessment process more timely, relevant, and responsive to current threats, supporting development and integration of assessments from red team, blue teams, and cyber teams. 
• Provide technical analysis and assistance to evolving mechanisms and/or processes that enable the MACB to manage risk of and monitor the status of Defense Critical Assets (DCAs), Task Critical Assets (TCAs), and other Defense Critical Infrastructure (DCI), ensuring that the MACB exercises visibility on the impact of a threat or hazard has on strategic readiness as well as awareness of DoD component mitigation actions in response to a warning or incident, intended to mitigate an adverse impact to a given military operation or infrastructure.   
• Assist and advise in developing policy training requirements for DCI risk management and resilience and developing an engagement plan to integrate this work into DoD training and military education.  
• Provide technical analysis and assistance in developing mechanisms and/or processes that enable DoD research and development actions to incorporate the MA framework into evolving research and development initiatives to support building resilience into infrastructure, networks, and weapons systems that lower the overall risk to their operation early in the acquisition process for programs and projects. 
• Provide technical analysis and assistance in enabling the development and functions of the MA databases, information sharing, and information management, to include supporting Director MA in co-chairing governance and working groups, participating and supporting staff level meetings to support MA data management with joint staff.  Providing technical advice and recommendations on Policy guidance to align evolving database capabilities with MA construct and policy needs, assisting with monitoring program office execution of policy guidance, monitoring and facilitating access to databases to those with a need to know, and assisting in establishing approaches, relationships, and direction that will drive and enable MA and associated database owners to execute high standards for database protection and security. 

Sancorp Consulting LLC shall, in its discretion, modify or adjust the position to meet Sancorp’s changing needs. This job description is not a contract and may be adjusted as deemed appropriate at Sancorp’s sole discretion. 

Sancorp Consulting, LLC, is an SDVOSB and SBA 8(a) company seeking highly motivated and qualified professionals and offer an attractive salary and benefits package that includes: Medical, Dental, life and Disability Insurance; 401K, and holidays to ensure the highest quality of life for our employees. Please visit our website for more information at www.sancorpconsulting.com. 

Sancorp Consulting, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. At Sancorp Consulting, LLC we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic as defined by applicable law. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported.