What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Engineer for Joint Information Advantage position at Ventus Solutions?
Ventus Executive Solutions (VES) is a small company that works in the innovation and consulting arena and hires particularly talented individuals. At VES, we prioritize our employees' well-being, fostering a workplace culture that values and supports each individual. We are dedicated to promoting mentorship and personal development, recognizing that our team's growth is integral to our collective success. We offer competitive salaries and benefits.
Ventus Executive Solutions (VES) is seeking a Senior Engineer for Joint Information Advantage with a technical expertise for warfighting capability development, integration, and transition of new technologies that close time-critical gaps in high-priority, multi-component to join our exciting team at Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)).
This opportunity is ideal for someone to provide subject-matter expertise in warfighting technologies and capabilities for Joint Information Advantage, Battlespace Awareness, and Command and Control. This person will deliver technical assessments and analysis to provide recommended innovative approaches, technologies, and capabilities to address critical joint warfighting capability gaps. The person in this role will be an integrated team member of the Multi-Domain Joint Operations (MDJO) Directorate under the Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Mission Capabilities (DCTO(MC)) within OUSD(R&E). Additionally, the candidate will collaborate with stakeholders to support technology transitions and prepare reports and briefings for DoD leadership. The ideal candidate has highly effective communication and interpersonal skills.
The anticipated work location is in Falls Church, VA, (Suffolk Bldg) on site and at the Pentagon as required.
Travel: less than 10%.
Required Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field
- 15 years of relevant work experience
- Solid working knowledge of current and future airborne and space ISR systems to include the proliferated low earth orbit (PLEO) constellations.
- Technical expertise in command, control, communications, computer, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting (C5ISRT) in one or more of the following areas:
- Space and satellite ground station operations;
- Battle Management Command, Control and Communications (BMC3);
- Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC);
- Artificial Intelligence (AI); or
- Positioning, Navigation, and Timing.
- Experience leading the planning and execution of complex engineering and systems analysis efforts for the DoD and/or IC.
- Operational experience in one or more areas of C5ISRT.
- Executive presence with highly effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Active TOP SECRET clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (SCI) and Special Access Programs (SAP).
Desired Experience
- Master’s degree in engineering or a related technical field; highly desired
- JCIDS experience working with the Joint Staff in the military requirements process.
- Joint Interface Control Officer (JICO) experience, highly desired
- Joint Staff experience
- OSD, Joint Staff, and/or Service Staff experience
