Emerging Disruptive Technology Analyst
Location: Norfolk, VA
Clearance: Secret
Our client delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission.
The Joint, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Interagency Division provides expert support services to a range of customers spanning across the Department of Defense, Federal Civilian, and international markets. JOID provides a diverse portfolio of analytical and programmatic capabilities to help our customers make informed decisions on their most challenging issues.
The NATO Allied Command Transformation Group within JOID provides capability development, portfolio management, program management, quality management, cost estimation analysis, standardization, reporting, software solutions and information management, and capability management support. We also provide an improved capability requirements capture process, including the generation, documentation and tracing of user requirements, with appropriate technical scrutiny, over the entire lifecycle of the requirements from capability definition through capability realization and capability usage.
We have a near-term need for an Emerging Disruptive Technology Manager in support of NATO onsite in Norfolk, VA.
Responsibilities:
Analyzing Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT) is a critical task for NATO to stay competitive and innovative in today’s rapidly evolving security landscape. The requirements of leveraging EDTs evolves rapidly and needs additional attention to leverage the full potential of those technologies. The EDT Analyst will contribute to identification of new and cataloguing of existing EDTs, and to the sustained EDTs military implication assessment function in support of Warfare Development Agenda. Will assist in the promotion of increased level of experimentation of EDTs-based solutions in realistic environments while providing and coordinating inputs to programming of EDTs’ activities within the ACT Science and Technology section. Will be part of a team that looks to Influence and exploit EDTs that address identified capability shortfalls in NATO and those significantly impacting available capabilities to provide advice that informs the strategic foresight analysis efforts, NATO defense planning, and subsequent capability and force development efforts, including capability requirements formulation, concept development and experimentation and Analysis of Alternatives (AoA). The Analyst will identify capability shortfalls that could benefit from adoption of EDTs by analyzing the NATO Defense Planning Process (NDPP) products, the operational Lessons Learned--and in coordination with other ACT staff--to educate HQ SACT staff on the opportunities and risk associated with EDTs. Will be a member of the Innovation Branch, executing tasks and duties as directed by the Section Head Science and Technology or superiors with regards to the projects, activities, and outputs related to the Branch core tasks in the larger field of Science and Technology.
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