Program Analyst – IT Infrastructure

Active Top Secret Clearance with either SSBI or SCI Required

Arlington, Virginia

@Orchard LLC has been retained by one of our clients, a Federal Prime Contractor, to help then find an experienced Program Analyst with IT Infrastructure expertise, to provide expert support to a government customer in the Arlington, VA area. Our client is looking for a highly qualified Program Analyst with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and IT infrastructure experience to support TGS and our government client, the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), with its Joint Common Foundation National Mission Initiative (NMI). The JCF NMI supports the bulk of the JAICs Artificial Intelligence (AI) capability to support U.S. civil authorities by shrinking timelines for situational awareness and response using computer vision of satellite and aerial imagery.  

This opportunity offers the chance to work with some of the best and brightest IT minds in the Department of Defense and US Industry to develop, implement, and transition Artificial Intelligence (AI) capability across the Department. The successful candidate will provide substantive administrative, business process, and programmatic support to the JCF systems development and technology transition efforts, bridging the gap between JAIC and NMI management, the DoD. This support requires a deep understanding of the full software development life-cycle as well as experience in Agile software development projects. Additionally, because of the nature of the required duties, this position also requires extensive knowledge of the OSD organization as well as corresponding OSD-internal and external processes, and procedures.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and document standardized and scalable business processes, including processes for requirements gathering, leadership reporting, and knowledge management.
• Conduct project planning activities, including updating timelines and roadmaps, drafting concept papers and justifications, conducting high-level scope assessments, and identifying/mitigating project risk.
• Support implementation of the full software development life-cycle, including functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping, etc.), prototyping, user acceptance testing and deployment, training, and defining support procedures.
• Develop appropriate documentation across the software development life-cycle in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation, and other Department of Defense (DoD) Policy.
• Develop, organize, forecast, and maintain financial budgets and track JCF financial milestones.
• Create and coordinate budget and acquisition documents, including Unfunded Requirements, and provide input to the JAIC’s yearly Budget Estimate and President’s Budget submission.
• Assist JCF leadership with preparing congressional responses and briefings to White House staffers.
• Develop communications, briefings, and customer training material related to the JCF for JAIC-internal and DoD-wide consumption.
• Facilitate internal meetings, internal and external presentations, and requirements gathering sessions involving multiple stakeholders from different organizations.
• Prioritize conflicting needs and handle matters expeditiously and proactively; follow-through on projects to successful completion often with deadline pressure.
• Coordinate efforts with other JAIC groups and offices and maintain accountability of all assigned tasks.
• Assist other team members in other specialties as needed to accomplish the overall mission.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required in a relevant.
• 8+ years related experience in emergency management activities, and program and business analysis, including process improvement, project management, and budget preparation activities.
• Experience with a broad spectrum of Infrastructure, PaaS, SaaS, emerging technologies, with a focus on modern analytics support.
• Experience planning, coordinating, and sequencing software/IT delivery tasks in an Agile software development environment.
• Background in the creation of acquisition/budget documentation in accordance with the FAR, DFAR, and DoD Policy, including President’s Budget submissions, spend plans, high-level requirements overviews, business cases, etc.
• Understanding and knowledge of agile software development projects, including the creation and prioritization of user stories and epics, concept papers, agile testing requirements, as well as change management and project management methodologies, concepts, practices, procedures, and standards.
• Advanced MS Word and PowerPoint skills; proficient Excel and Outlook application skills
• Experience with navigating the Pentagon’s and White House processes and the military chain of command is desirable.
• Experience with the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process is also desirable.
• Must have a DoD Top Secret Clearance with SSBI and the ability to obtain an SCI.

Established in 2010, @Orchard LLC, also known as, Talent Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI.  Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atOrchard.com.