Senior PNT Policy Analyst

SAIC is seeking a Senior Policy Analyst to provide support to the DoW CIO (C3I). The successful candidate will support the DoW Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Enterprise portfolio, providing high-quality analysis and assessments of emerging GPS, PNT, and NAVWAR issues for senior DoW CIO decision makers. Work will be performed at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

Roles & Responsibilities

The Senior PNT Policy analyst will:

• Monitor, Track, complete taskings on PNT Programmatic and Acquisition issues

• Monitor, Track, complete taskings on PNT Funding issues, PNT POM, and Budget builds

• Monitor, Track, complete taskings on defense planning guidance and capability program guidance

• Monitor and determine NDAA and Armed Services Committees’ taskings related to PNT

• Lead the development and submission of Mitigating Critical Vulnerabilities

• Support all PNT meeting preparations and execution as required

• Travel to PNT related meetings and conferences as required

• Support Deputy Director and Director of PNT as required

• Address all other tasks as assigned

This position is 5-days per week in the Pentagon with working hours as 0800-1630.

• Bachelors and ten (10) years or more of related experience; Masters and eight (8) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and five (5) years or more experience.
• Active TS/SCI Clearance
• Knowledge of the PNT Enterprise and Navigation Warfare.
• Strong Pentagon or equivalent staff experience across OSW, Joint Staff and the Services (3+ years).
• Experience with GPS Acquisitions, Presidential Budget Reviews, RDT&E or DOT&E as they relate to GPS. Experience as a GPS Program Element Monitor (PEM) is ideal. (Experience with other large military satellite systems like MILSATCOM, MILSTAR, and SIBRS is acceptable).
• Knowledge of Space Operations, with an understanding of how space systems function e.g. 3 segments, RF C2 links, challenges with ops, sustainment, and modernization.
• Knowledge of Space systems; Satellites; Satellite Communication, and test range.
• Effective manager of multi-tiered workload. - Impeccable time management and multi-tasking skills.

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