Job opening: PROGRAM MANAGER (RED TEAM)
Salary: $112 015 - 172 075 per year
Published at: Nov 06 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Duties
As a PROGRAM MANAGER (RED TEAM) at the GS-0340-13/14 some of your typical work assignments may include:
This position is in the Red Team Division (NE-MAR), Mission Assurance Department (NE-MA), Nuclear Enterprise Directorate (NE), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).
This position serves as the Senior Analytical Program Manager of the Red Team Division. The incumbent serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Red Team analytical processes and methodologies, to include cyber vulnerability analysis, and oversees application of those functions in the course of daily operations as well as on all assessments across the spectrum of vulnerabilities associated with the DoD's priority assets and missions. The incumbent is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction, operational resourcing, and daily activities of a multi-disciplined analytical team. The incumbent is responsible for overseeing all Red Team Program analytical functions, and coordinates with managers across the Red Team Division to facilitate the integration of Red Team efforts. The incumbent serves as the analytical SME and senior advisor, providing initiatives and recommendations within their expertise to the Agency, Directorate, and Department Directors and Red Team Division Chief as well as other DoD experts. This position oversees the Analytical Branch and is supervised by the Red Team Division Chief.
The incumbent oversees the day-to-day activities, administrative resources, and specific operational activities of Red Team analytical functions while developing, refining, and enhancing Red Team analytical methodologies to ensure the analytical process continuously evolves and grows. In coordination with other Red Team managers, oversees the fusion of strategic, operational, and tactical information across the spectrum of analytical, physical, and cyber domains, to develop actionable information in physical and cyber spaces, resulting in optimized Red Team assessments and projects. Incorporates processes, findings, and best practices from analytical, physical, and/or cyber assessments into organizational processes, products, and practices. Develops and documents analytical policies and training procedures to enable legal and accurate assessments. Provides expert high-level technical advice and counsel to the Red Team; NE-MA Department; NE Directorate; DTRA Leadership; customers such OSD, combatant commands (COCOMs), Services, and Agencies; as well as other DoD experts, frequently at the General Officer, Flag Officer, Senior Executive Service (GO/FO/SES) level.
The incumbent is responsible for the development and coordination of the Program's analytical direction in coordination with Division Leadership and the Program's customer(s), providing Red Team functional analytical expertise while overseeing the facilitation of each assessment and project's analytical team; ensuring they operate in concert with the identified objectives and Red Team authorities. Responsible for providing resources to multi-disciplined teams for each phase of the assessment process and working with managers to ensure continuous integration of teams. Communicates actionable events, milestones, and/or programmatic issues under review, and manages all deadlines and timeline requirements for completion to Red Team leadership, customers, and other stakeholders.
The incumbent identifies objectives, priorities, and resources within the framework of agency policies and missions. Develops, validates, operationalizes, and documents methodologies and training specific to the Red Team analytical function. Conducts presentations or briefings on aspects of Red Team functions, capabilities, responsibilities, and program results.
The candidate selected will be required to travel up to 25% of the year to oversee the application of the analytical process and methodologies and/or conduct high level meetings with customers or other DoD officials.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
- Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply)
- Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
- May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
- Work Schedule: Full Time
- Overtime: 25%; Overtime/compensatory time may be required to accommodate operational needs of the organization.
- Tour of Duty: Flexible
- Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized, See link for more information: https://www.dtra.mil/Business/DTRA-Opportunities/
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
- Financial Disclosure: Not Required
- Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible for telework on a situational or ad hoc basis.
- This position is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing.
- Employee must obtain/maintain a Special Sensitive (TS/SCI) security clearance.
- Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a valid passport.
- This position may require travel away from your normal duty station, up to 25%; CONUS/OCONUS.
- Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a valid driver's license.
- Lautenberg Amendment: This position authorizes the incumbent to carry a firearm.
- This position is designated as Emergency Essential (EE).
Qualifications
You may qualify at the GS-13, if you fulfill the following qualifications:
A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12
Experience in providing oversight to and execution of complex analytical and/or cyber programs, projects, and/or vulnerability assessments, with minimal supervision or instruction, and;
Experience identifying objectives, priorities, and resources within the framework of agency policies and missions, with minimal supervision or instruction, and;
Experience identifying and mitigating risk through activities, methods, or use of technologies that require additional authorizations, with minimal supervision or instruction, and;
Experience communicating orally or via written briefs all actionable events, milestones, and/or programmatic issues under review, to senior leadership, customers, and other stakeholders, with minimal supervision or instruction, and;
Experience developing, validating, operationalizing, and documenting methodologies and training specific to the mission team, with minimal supervision or instruction.
You may qualify at the GS-14, if you fulfill the following qualifications:
A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13
Extensive experience in providing oversight to and execution of complex analytical and/or cyber programs, projects, and/or vulnerability assessments, and;
Extensive experience identifying objectives, priorities, and resources within the framework of agency policies and missions, and;
Extensive experience identifying and mitigating risk through activities, methods, or use of technologies that require additional authorizations, and;
Extensive experience communicating orally or via written briefs all actionable events, milestones, and/or programmatic issues under review, to senior leadership, customers, and other stakeholders, and;
Experience developing, validating, operationalizing, and documenting methodologies and training specific to the mission team, and;
Experience facilitating the functional coordination of program requirements, methodology development, training, validation, and program execution in coordination with leadership across multiple teams/divisions, and;
Experience reviewing, interpreting, adjudicating, and applying operational policies and directives.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.
Contacts
- Address Defense Threat Reduction Agency
8725 JOHN J KINGMAN ROAD
MSC 6201
FT BELVOIR, VA 22060-6201
US
- Name: DTRA Servicing Team
- Phone: 614-692-0259
- Email: [email protected]
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