Senior Field Artillery/Air Defense Artillery Force Development Analyst to support the Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA), Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, Force Development Fires Division. This position supports Army Field Artillery/Air Defense Artillery modernization, requirements, resourcing, acquisition, equipping, and fielding activities. The successful candidate will combine operational Artillery/Air Defense experience with Force Development expertise and the ability to prepare senior-leader analysis and decision products in a fast-paced Army Staff environment.
Position Requirements: - Provide analysis and recommendations in support of validation, prioritization, and approval of future Field Artillery/Air Defense Artillery requirements, including validation of Army JCIDS documents in support of the AROC or JROC process.
- Manage the Army Field Artillery/Air Defense Artillery programming and budgeting process.
- Shall have doctrinal, foundational-level operational, and technical expertise with Army Air and Missile Defense or Army Fire Support (Field Artillery) units, programs, CONOPS, and capabilities.
- FDG contractors will validate, prioritize, analyze, and assist with ensuring Army force development requirements and modernization plans are achievable for Fires efforts to include Joint Theatre Air and Missile Defense (JTAMD) and Directed Energy, Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD), artillery launchers, missiles, and cannons.
- Requires an interdisciplinary skill set of PPBE, DOD acquisition processes and procedures (DoDI 5000.2) as well as expertise with materiel and /or force structure requirements development and validation (JCIDS). The mix of these skills will vary at echelons of command.
- Force Development experience is obtained by applying force development skills across the domains of DOTMLPF-P in a fiscally constrained environment. Examples of force development experience range from programming materiel and force structure requirements at the highest Army echelons such as HQDA, down to integrating new equipment into units at battalion levels.
Required Skills• U.S. Citizen
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Must hold an active Secret clearance.• 4 years of DoD Army Force Development experience.
• 3 years must be direct HQDA or equivalent level experience (Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force)
• Experience on Pentagon/DOD staff or acquisition assignment preferred.
• Manage the programming and budget associated with Field Artillery, Air Defense Artillery, Ballistic Missile Defense, and associated fire support capabilities
