Senior Technical Advisor

Position: Senior Technical Advisor (USSPACECOM/J8 Washington Liaison Office LNO)

Series/Grade
: NH-0301-IV (GS 14/15 Equivalency)

Value of Position: ** $107,446 - $164,301 (without locality)

Org: USSPACECOM/J8

Location: Washington, DC

Suspense:Resumes from interested candidates are due by COB 22 Sep 2026

PCS Entitlements: May be offered

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

May be offered

Telework: Situational Only

Serve as advisor to the Director, Capability and Resource Management Directorate, US Space Command and liaison within the National Capital Region.

• Serve as the USSPACECOM/J8 Senior Technical Advisor and Washington Liaison Officer (WLO) within the National Capital Region (NCR). Establish, develop, and maintain strategic relationships at the highest levels of the Department of War (DoW), Office of the Secretary of War (OSW), Joint Staff (JS), Military Services, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and other national intelligence and space agencies to ensure alignment with DoW priorities.
• Advocate, synchronize, and defend the Commander's budget requests and Joint Force Requirements Process (JFRP) submissions within the Pentagon. Shape concise decision packages for OSW/JS review, lead time-sensitive appeals and budget reclamas (including OSW Comptroller and Program Review processes), and monitor Congressional deliberations to protect USSPACECOM funding.
• Support the J8 advocacy team in presenting recommended future investment strategies and tracking key combatant command deliverables. This includes the Commander's Program Objective Memorandum (POM), Program Review, Chairman's Program Assessment, Integrated Priority Lists (IPL), Capability Gap Assessment (CGA), and other PPBE-related deliverables submissions.
• Support USSPACECOM/J8 mission divisions in navigating, deconflicting, and routing critical operational requirements through the Joint Force Requirements Council (JFRC) to ensure joint space capability integration.
• Work directly with Space Force S5 and S8 to build joint understanding on space operational requirements and support the collaborative development of programming profiles.
• Establish resource and integration strategies for complex space war fighting mission areas, including space kill chains and joint force enablers. Lead the integration of modernized homeland missile defense requirements alongside key partners, including the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and relevant Direct Reporting Program Managers (DRPMs).
• Represent J8 equities on critical interagency, Department-wide, and Joint forums (including senior capability and resource councils). Deliver decisive program status and advocacy presentations to senior military (GO/FO) and civilian (SES) leadership, and feed critical NCR-level intelligence back to USSPACECOM Headquarters to shape command guidance and policy.
• Advise the Director on complex organizational relationships within the National Capital region and work to align USSPACECOM goals and objectives with the services and other Combatant Commands.
• Represent the Director, Resource and Integration Directorate at official functions and community events.

• At least 5 years of experience at the next lower broadband/grade level (or equivalent) in performing (4-5 major duties of position) desired.
• Minimum of a bachelor's degree; master's degree desired
• At least 2 years of Combatant Command or Joint Staff experience; USSPACECOM desired.
• Knowledge of large, complex organizations that provide component, space operations and command and control support, mission support, base infrastructure, and other factors critical to Combatant Command operations.
• Knowledge of space systems for conducting major operations to include Orbital Warfare (OW), Offensive Space Operations (OSO), Defensive Space Operations (DSO), Space Superiority Operations, Space and Electronic Warfare (SEW), Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Space Command and Control (C2), Nuclear Command, Control and Communications (NC3), Battlespace Awareness (BA), Environmental Monitoring (EM), Space Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM), Nuclear Detonation (NUDET), Missile Warning, Missile Tracking, Missile Defense (MW/MT/MD), Satellite Communications (SATCOM), Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), strategic and tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).
• Knowledge of the United States Space Command Component organization and responsibilities, and its relationships with other combatant…