Key Duties & Responsibilities (Day-to-Day)Working independently or as part of a high-tempo multi-disciplinary team, the candidate will:Portfolio Monitoring & Decision Point Analysis: Deliver independent, objective evaluations of Next Gen OPIR Block 0 GEO, Block 0 Polar, SMI, and Integration efforts approaching major acquisition milestones and technical interchange meetings. PPBE & Budget Formulation: Support SAF/SQ PEMs in formulating, defending, and tracking Program Element (PE) budget submissions, Justification Books (J-Books), Congressional Staffer Briefings (CSBs), and appeals for MW&T programs. POM Compliance & Strategy Alignment: Assess program alignment against the Defense Planning Guidance (DPG), Space Program Assessments, the Three-Star Programmer’s Review, and Defense Management Action Group (DMAG) deliverables. System-of-Systems Integration: Coordinate with SSC/SYD84/S9_10 and MW branches to ensure synchronization among space vehicle manufacturing, sensor payload development, ground tracking/processing architectures, and auxiliary sensor insertion. Modernization & Transition (SMI): Evaluate Space Modernization Initiative (SMI) technology maturation efforts to ensure rapid, cost-effective transition into operational MW&T baselines. Policy & Capability Assessment: Analyze national, DoD, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), and commercial developments impacting space sensing capabilities, assessing cross-domain resilience (cyber, terrestrial, maritime, and air integration).Executive Communication & Secretariat Support: Draft executive-level point papers, background briefs, talking points, and decision packages for SAF/SQ leadership, the CSO, and Congress.
The Space Acquisition Analyst will primarily support SAF/SQ. Working independently, or as part of a diverse multi-disciplined team, the candidate will:
• Provide impartial assessments of programs approaching key decision points as well as prime Contractor technical and operational issues.
• Review and provide recommendations on existing and proposed Space Force acquisition and capability area policies and implementation.
• Review and evaluate the impact of national, DoD, JCS, and civil government policies and activities that affect Space Force acquisition programs and capability areas.
• Develop and maintain an integrated baseline to capture the architecture, performance, utility, costs, and milestones associated with programs (operational, in development, and future).
• Analyze system level and system-of-systems level requirements, needs, and capabilities.
• Explore opportunities for integration, as well as for migrating into the NSS enterprise new and emerging technologies, concepts, research, and development efforts from DoD, IC, civil, and commercial sources.
• Identify integration opportunities across the NSS enterprise including the integration of space with non-space (cyber, terrestrial, maritime, and air) capabilities.
• Collaborate with external systems engineering organizations.
• Provide technical and acquisition support to communicate critical information, such as senior leader decision forums, annual planning guidance, and the results of periodic portfolio reviews to support decisions affecting future space and space-related systems and capabilities.
• Provide the required expertise in planning, programming, budget, and execution to ensure SAF/SQ’s program and budget submissions correlate with existing plans, policy, guidance, and architectural decisions.
• Support the assessment of the DoD program/budget submissions to develop Space Program Assessments and evaluate service POM compliance with policy intent.
• Provide assessments to SAF/SQ and advise the Three-Star Programmer’s Review and Defense Management Action Group (DMAG) on
• Assist the SAF/SQ in assessing NSS programs for capability gaps and overlaps and formulating recommendations to support NSS decision makers.
• Any other tasks closely associated with the performance of duties listed above.