Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

Strategic System Program Protection Analyst

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab$100K — $245K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in System Security Analysis or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 5 years of experience supporting Intelligence or Program Protection.
  • Background in intelligence and cyber operations communities.
  • Proficient in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and statistical management.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with critical thinking ability.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and interact effectively with teams and stakeholders.
  • Active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Provide threat intelligence application expertise for U.S. Nuclear Triad and Strategic Deterrent Systems.
  • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop program protection strategies.
  • Lead technical direction in applied behavioral science for program protection efforts.
  • Ensure task execution quality and timeliness using best practices.
  • Engage with sponsors to identify and develop new opportunities in program support.
  • Research innovative technologies to demonstrate novel operational concepts.
  • Contribute to technical efforts aligned with strategic deterrence objectives.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on nationally important strategic deterrence capabilities.
  • Collaborative environment with a team of diverse experts.
  • Direct impact on meaningful innovations for national security.
  • Potential for leadership development and new initiative engagement.
  • Regular travel opportunities to government or agency sites.
Full Job Description
Description

We are seeking a Strategic Systems Program Protection Analyst to join our amazing team. Join a team of motivated and creative research engineers who bring both operational experience and technical ability. We provide vital systems engineering, cyber security engineering, and specialty engineering supporting the development of nationally important strategic deterrence capabilities for the Navy and Air Force. As a member of our team, you will work with systems engineers in development of program protection efforts, leveraging threat intelligence, for several critical strategic systems development programs. We are passionate about making critical contributions to these critically important programs, and you will be a key part of our success. You will contribute to a variety of complicated projects and have a direct impact on meaningful innovations for our country. With your help, we will remain at the forefront of systems engineering for the Strategic Deterrence Mission Area in the Force Projection Sector.

As a Strategic Systems Program Protection Analyst...
  • Your primary responsibility will be to provide threat intelligence application and program protection expertise to the sustainment and recapitalization of U.S. Nuclear Triad and Strategic Deterrent Systems with emphasis on application of threat intelligence to the protection of development programs, or conduct of program protection efforts.
  • You will work with a growing team of researchers, including systems engineering, test and evaluation, physics, cognitive science, social sciences, and cyber security who creatively apply security analysis, data science, behavioral research, and experimental methodologies to research and develop program protection activities, strategic deterrence initiatives, and acquisition/development strategy.
  • You will provide technical leadership and direction pertaining applied behavioral science focused in areas such as development and analysis of program protection efforts including development of measures for analysis of effectiveness with tools and methods to enable effectiveness predictions across multi-domain activities.
  • You will assure execution of tasks, and quality and timeliness of technical products through the application of best applied behavioral science practices.
  • You will engage existing and potential new sponsors to define and develop new opportunities where the group can leverage its experience in support of new programs with critical challenges.
  • You will research, investigate, and experiment with existing innovative technologies and look for creative new uses of software technologies to demonstrate system concepts that can be used by sponsors to identify and validate novel operational concepts.
  • You will contribute to technical efforts and support program objectives focused on enabling strategic deterrence objectives.

Qualifications

You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you...

  • Bachelor's degree in System Security Analysis or closely related field, or equivalent years of relevant experience, along with at least 5 years of experience supporting Intelligence or Program Protection.
  • Have a strong background in:
    • Working in or with the intelligence community, agencies, and other partners.
    • Working in or with the cyber operations community, agencies and other partners.
    • Data analysis using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
    • Statistical analysis and data management.
    • Experimental methods.
  • Have especially strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong critical thinking skills.
  • Have shown the ability to interact effectively with and lead teams, including industry and government sponsors.
  • Are willing and able to travel periodically to government, contractor, and/or other agency sites up to 25% of the time.
  • Hold an active Top Secret security clearance and can ultimately obtain TS/SCI level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government clearance investigation which requires you to meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

You go above and beyond the required qualifications if you...

  • Have a Master's degree in System Security Analysis, Social Sciences, Psychology or a related social/behavioral science/area studies with at least 10 years of relevant experience relevant to Intelligence/Program Protection.
  • Have experience with one more of the following:
    • Line, project or program leadership experience.
    • Qualitiative or quantitative analysis.
    • Command & Control of the Information Environment (C2IE) and/or Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations (IJSTO).
    • Trident II Strategic Weapons Systems SLBM, Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS), Minuteman ICBM Systems and/or Sentinel ICBM Systems, GBSD, NC3 modernization, other strategic deterrence efforts, or and/or relevant DoD organizations.
  • Have prior knowledge of Strategic Systems Program organization and processes, Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center organization and processes, and/or Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition experience.
  • Have prior knowledge of Strategic Deterrence mission organizations and processes at the operational level, U.S. Strategic Command and/or Pentagon service headquarters.
  • Have understanding and/or experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Digital Engineering (DE).
  • Demonstrated ability to set direction and implement plans to achieve goals and build capabilities including the pursuit of new initiatives and ability to engage sponsors.
  • Have an active TS/SCI clearance.

Note: This listing of duties is for the purpose of describing the position and its essential functions at time of hire and may change over time.

Minimum Rate

$100,000 Annually

Maximum Rate

$245,000 Annually

About Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is a research and development organization that provides solutions to national security and scientific challenges. The laboratory was founded in 1942 and is located in Laurel, Maryland. APL is a division of the Johns Hopkins University and is a not-for-profit organization. The laboratory has expertise in a variety of areas, including space exploration, national security, and healthcare.
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