Research & Technology Protection; RTP and Risk- Review Specialist

Threat Tec, LLC, a rapidly growing Veteran-Owned Business, is the leader of Operational Environment (OE) replication and Threat Emulation/Wargaming solutions. Threat Tec brings innovative thinking and extensive experience to complex challenges for public and private sector customers. We work alongside our nation's defenders, developing solutions that drive success and protect our future. Join a team that is embodied by an unwavering commitment to professionalism, honesty, and innovation.

We are seeking a Research & Technology Protection (RTP) and Risk-Based Review Specialist to support Army Futures Command (AFC) DOIS in Austin, Texas. This role provides RTP and risk-based security review services that support the creation, maintenance, and security/intelligence functions of Science & Technology Protection Plans (S&TPPs) in accordance with DoD, Army, and AFC policies, applicable guidance, and contract deliverables (including CDRL B002
).

Join a team that is embodied by an unwavering commitment to professionalism, honesty, and innovation.

• Support development and sustainment of S&TPPs
  , including identifying and documenting:
• Threats, vulnerabilities, and essential technology elements
• Inputs from functional and technical decompositions
• Synchronize organizational SMEs to ensure expert input is incorporated into S&TPPs.
• Recommend threat mitigation strategies to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with higher headquarters and external partners to ensure protection support.
• Assist the organization in assessing S&T efforts to determine whether they qualify as fundamental research
  .
• Document and submit intelligence requirements related to organizational technologies; prioritize requests based on S&T criticality and coordinate through AFC processes to build a body of finished intelligence products for senior leader awareness.
• Monitor S&T efforts transitioning to Programs of Record and support protection activities required for transition, including:
• Program Protection Plan (PPP) support
• Critical Program Information (CPI) assessments
• Stakeholder coordination with PEOs and supporting organizations
• Conduct security-based risk reviews and support upfront risk assessments of AFC S&T efforts in accordance with applicable DoD, Army, and AFC policy.
• Request information from external security and intelligence partners via AFC-established processes and conduct research using both unclassified and classified tools.
• Review performer-provided documentation for accuracy, completeness, and quality assurance (e.g.,
  SF 424 family of forms
  , Common Disclosure Forms, Consent/Privacy Act Forms).
• Document and maintain best practices in support of RTP goals and report to local and higher headquarters personnel.
• Track and monitor the status of proposals submitted for security-based risk reviews; coordinate expert participation in Risk Mitigation Boards or related events; inform decision-makers and technical experts of threats from malign foreign actors within performing organizations.
• Produce documents, briefs, assessments, executive summaries (EXSUMs), and other products supporting the risk-based security review process.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Security Studies, or a related field
• Substitution:
  An additional five (5) years of job-related experience may be substituted for the education requirement.
• Minimum six (6) years of relevant professional experience supporting security, intelligence, program protection, acquisition intelligence, RTP, S&T protection, risk review, or related mission areas.
• TS Clearance

• STM
  0020 – Fundamentals of Science & Technology Protection
• ACQ 110 – Fundamentals of Acquisition Intelligence
• STM 1010 – Introduction to DoD Science & Technology Management
• ACQ 160 – Program Protection Planning Awareness

• The contractor will maintain accounts/tokens/access for Army Information Systems required by the organization, including but not limited to:
• NIPRNet
• SIPRNet
• JWICS (where available/accessible)

• Experience supporting S&TPP development, PPP/CPI assessments, and…