Summary
Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below for IMPORTANT additional information. The Senior Technical Advisor serves as the principal technical authority for U.S. Space Force intelligence architectures, capabilities, and operations supporting space and counterspace missions.
Duties
The Senior Technical Advisor serves as the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Directorate of Intelligence's principal technical authority for space and counterspace intelligence architectures, operations, capabilities, and resources. The advisor provides expertise on intelligence-related space systems; cyber networks; tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination (TCPED) systems and architectures; acquisition programs; targeting; foreign disclosure; and intelligence oversight. The position develops and maintains authoritative intelligence architecture designs covering U.S. Government, partner, and commercial systems that support space superiority operations. The advisor represents USSF/S2 in senior engagements with Department of War, Intelligence Community, military service, combatant command, and national agency partners; advocates for USSF intelligence requirements; identifies capability gaps; and coordinates policy, operational, and programmatic issues across the enterprise. The advisor also develops and implements strategies and analytic capabilities by overseeing assessment and development of modeling, simulation, wargaming, experimentation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning tools used to support space and counterspace missions, force design, acquisition, and national-level decision-making. In addition, the advisor supports planning, programming, budgeting, execution, and evaluation of major intelligence portfolios by assessing resource requests, monitoring performance, recommending resource allocations, and proposing corrective actions. The position provides senior continuity and technical leadership for USSF/S2 during leadership transitions, absences, and Continuity of Operations events.
Education
A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution is desired. A master's or advanced degree in international relations, intelligence studies, STEM studies is highly desired. Completion of senior military education and executive development programs is also highly desirable.
How you will be evaluated
Applications will be evaluated against the foregoing qualification requirements. Failure to meet any one of the mandatory technical qualification standards will eliminate a candidate from further consideration. A screening panel will evaluate the candidates for this position composed of senior executives selected for organizational and/or functional backgrounds relevant to this position. The panel members will individually review each of the applications in terms of the qualifications criteria contained in this announcement. The qualifications stated are the minimum requirements of the position to be Qualified, a rating schedule will be applied by a screening panel to determine which candidates are considered to be Best Qualified. Then, they will meet to discuss each application, and reach a consensus decision as to the best qualified, qualified or not qualified candidates. The panel will interview all of the best-qualified candidates based upon consistently applied criteria. The panel will then make a recommendation of those best-qualified candidates who should be referred to the selecting official, in priority order. Final selection of a candidate is contingent upon USecAF approval. Your 2-page resume must demonstrate the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (TQs) provided. Your resume should include examples of experience, education, and accomplishments relative to the TQs. If your resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of these qualifications, you may not receive consideration for the position. REMINDER: Before uploading your required PDF documents, please ensure they DO NOT EXCEED the specified page limits.