Navy Action Officer; Directed Energy​/Railgun - Clearance Required

Job Description

We are seeking a Navy Action Officer (Directed Energy/Railgun) to provide on-site programmatic, technical, requirements, and acquisition support to the OPNAV N96C1 Weapons Branch. This role supports Navy surface warfare weapons, combat systems, directed energy, railgun concepts, and related modernization efforts at the Resource Sponsor level.

The ideal candidate will bring deep Navy surface combatant weapons experience, strong JCIDS and PPBE expertise, and the ability to advise senior leadership on cost, schedule, performance, requirements, acquisition strategy, and future capability development.

• Provide program requirements management support at the Resource Sponsor level for Afloat Navy directed energy systems, high energy lasers and high power microwaves i.e. HELIOS, ODIN and JLWS. Serve as the principal technical advisor and provide day-to-day on-site support including weekly program/project status updates and recommendations related to program cost, schedule, and performance. Identify issues and provide recommendations to achieve overall near-term and long-term goals.
  
  Assist in supporting Integrated Product Teams (IPT), special advisory boards, off-sites, and working groups.
• Provide on-site support, strategic analysis, and well-integrated/coordinated support for N96C Weapons Branch in accordance with DoD program requirements management and acquisition oversight policies and strategies.
• Prepare briefs, outlines, draft reports, and publications and documentation to support Flag level technical and financial briefings/meetings and major milestone decisions (e.g. Developmental system concept of operations (CONOPS), Navy Training System Plan (NTSP), Quick Reaction Combat Capability (QRCC), Initial Capability Document (ICD), Capabilities Development Document (CDD), Capabilities Production Document (CPD), Acquisition Program Baseline (APB), Test and Evaluation Management Plan (TEMP)).
• Monitor programs and projects to measure progress towards reaching objectives in an effective and economical manner.
• Assist in the development of proposals for Program Objective Memorandum (POM) budget cycles. Identify, integrate and coordinate emerging and/or derived requirements into the POM cycle.
• Assist in drafting white papers, concept papers, Memorandums of Agreement (MOA), impact statements, technical reports, meeting summaries, or other material that documents meetings, test results or analyses, and/or pertinent issues relating to the overarching Defense Planning Guidance activities.
• Participate in acquisition processes to include JCIDS processing and PPBE management of Navy Surface Combat capabilities.
• Review and/or assist in the development of acquisition strategies and plans. Communicate program objectives to key high-level officials and project officers in those organizations that support the programs. Assist in drafting formal presentations and high level briefings (e.g., SECNAV, SECDEF) to support and defend programming proposals.
• Provide analysis to utilize new initiatives and best practices to improve areas within program management.
• Participate in, or perform independently, systems engineering design and studies as relates to supporting all phases of system/equipment lifecycle.
• Maintain daily liaison with OPNAV N96's Division and Branch chain of command and Senior Leadership.
• Maintain a strong relationship and open communication with Program Offices and related government activities and industries under contract to the Program Offices.
• Perform tradeoff studies and assessments. Assist/participate in feasibility, rough order of magnitude, and concept studies.
• Provide background for responses to Congressional, DoD, other Government agency or industry inquiries to include researching policy/procedures and providing back up analysis.
• Participate in management meetings held for the purpose of deciding whether to modify or initiate a new program or project, to make suggestions for possible alternatives or options that should be considered before beginning modifications or to initiate action.
• Provide analysis regarding requirements and assist in the evaluation and impact determination of Analysis of Alternative (AoA) reports.
• Assist in the development of program performance metrics to include review and analyses of schedules, funding profiles, and fielding profiles.
• Participate in System Requirements Reviews and provide recommendations/resolutions to issues and actions.
• Participate in Government/Contractor meetings as well as other interagency government meetings as required.
• Provide advice and guidance to various levels of stakeholders' leadership on development and defense of proposals for DoN, SECDEF, and Congressional priorities, in the allocation of resources to operating programs in accordance with policies and constraints. Provide consultation to N96, OPNAV staff, on impact and risks for program/system changes on resource plans and requirements.
• Assist in analyzing inventory requirements. Review and…