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This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies - collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose - and help shape the future.The Operational Innovation and Modernization Department (N173) partners with the Mobility Air Forces and Combat Air Forces as well as MITRE’s DoW Mission Driven Integration Center Divisions, to include the EUCOM and AFRICOM Regional Operations Department, to inform warfighter requirements, modernization priorities, and new concepts. The department drives the rapid transformation of current and future USAF warfighter operations through prototyping; digital engineering; mission analysis; innovative concept development, requirements development and application of enabling technologies; and operational and technical assessments through experimentation and field evaluations.\nN173 is a dynamic and forward leaning organization that provides direct connections to warfighters. These direct connections allow staff to monitor and participate in current operations and exercises. N173 operational expertise informs technology innovation and capability analysis, as well as development and analysis of Concepts of Operation, mission threads, use cases, and operational requirements.\nRoles & Responsibilities:\n\nYou will be part of a MITRE team working directly with United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA), US European Command and other joint and combined partners to plan and integrate cutting edge technology and advanced operational concepts to continually enhance the command’s ability to plan, integrate and execute both kinetic and non-kinetic effects and informing the requirements, development, deployment, and assessment of operational capabilities.\nThe successful candidate will have strong expertise in military doctrine, operations, and systems to provide operational insight, guidance and direction for USAFE-AFAFRICA’s Fight Tonight, Fight Tomorrow, Fight Together problem spaces as well as future concepts experimentation and analysis. A strong understanding of DoW Joint processes and the ability to understand Air Domain problem spaces within BMC2, the Joint Air Tasking Cycle, Joint All Domain Operations, and Tactical and Operational C2 processes will be critical to this position.\nThe candidate will be able to provide observations, insights and thought leadership in the convergence of all domains supporting operations in contested environments (Joint All Domain Operations). This thought leadership must include the ability to consider variables impacting multiple functional areas such as fires (kinetic and non-kinetic), airspace integration, data standards, systems interoperability, and coalition/alliance operations.\nThis position requires a broad thinker with the ability to develop realistic as-is scenarios that underpin complex analysis, while also being able to design credible approaches to implement forward-looking next-generation doctrinal concepts. Candidates should be highly collaborative and able to work effectively with a wide range of engineers, mission domain experts, and military personnel. In addition to broad military operations experience, candidates should have deep domain knowledge with one or more of the following areas: Targeting, C2, ISR, Space, Cyber, Special Operations, or other related domains.\nResponsibilities include:\n Domain / Technical competence.\nDemonstrate strong familiarity and skill in one or more of the following areas:\nProvide observations, insights and thought leadership in the convergence of domain effects supporting operations in contested environments and associated operational variables\nLead operational planning, target development and operational employment of lethal (kinetic) fires. \nLead operational planning, target development and operational employment of cyberspace effects. \nIntegrate Fires capabilities across all phases of Joint and Combined operations, including cross-CCMD and NATO effects coordination.\nDemonstratable technical expertise in cyber effects integration across all phases of Joint operations. \nApply systems engineering concepts to analyze, design, and improve operational systems and processes.\nAssess current operational capabilities and processes against future Joint operational needs, identify shortfalls in operational plans/requirements, develop capability requirements, evaluate potential solutions and make recommendations to mitigate risks/shortfalls. \nAdvise engineering and experimentation leaders on emerging doctrinal concepts and their impact on scenarios, mission threads, effects chains and systems requirements to allow for rapid assessment & acquisition of advanced technologies, AoAs, DT/OT, and training.\nProvide systems engineering analysis for systems and capabilities in areas such as (but not limited to) planning, integration, mission analysis, requirements analysis, command and control requirements, and dependencies. \nSupport the planning and employment of cyber and non-kinetic effects to advance operational objectives.\nAdvise on Fires processes, the Joint Warfighting Concept, current and emerging Fires systems, and operational planning processes and tools to enhance mission effectiveness.\nDevelop and record Business Processes of battle rhythm events, command post functions, and Theater Air Control System (TACS)/Theater Air Ground System (TAGS) events required to enable theater Joint All Domain Operations (JADO) as prescribed by EUCOM\nStrategic Leadership. Working with the Task Leader, Project Leader and Department Leadership to:\nDevelop and shape MITRE tasks, in close collaboration with sponsors, to focus on mission critical outcomes.\nServe as a trusted advisor, develop strong collaborative relationships with senior USAFE-AFAFRICA sponsors, and help sponsors create executable approaches to complex problems in support of their objectives. \nDefine task level outcomes aligning sponsor challenges and MITRE competencies ensuring FFRDC appropriate impactful tasks are defined to support critical sponsor outcomes \nActively collaborate with other MITRE projects and sponsor activities, to ensure maximum value and impact across MITRE’s sponsors. \nCollaborate across the MITRE and government enterprise to shape and accelerate capability delivery to USAFE-AFAFRICA. \nInterpersonal skills\nBe a proactive team member and partner closely to support team leadership and staff in task execution\nPresent information to both senior military leaders and action officers. \nIdentify operational and engineering challenges, potential solutions, and communicate project goals and impacts clearly and effectively. \nCollaboration\nWork within a team environment that leverages a robust network of MITRE and other professional connections to engage and collaborate with engineers and planners, subject matter experts, international program (foreign military sales) specialists, and defense acquisition professionals. \nLeverage a pipeline of remote and local MITRE technical expertise, capabilities from the MITRE Platforms, and transitioned IR&D into project delivery when appropriate. \nPartner closely with non-MITRE developers, SETA teammates, and acquisition representatives\nFlexibility\nModify and alter course as the environment and sponsor priorities shift. Understand the power of reach-back and be an effective conduit to bring the talent forward to execute at the right time.\nSenior Sponsor Experience\nComfortably and respectfully engage with both US and foreign nations’ senior military leaders and engineers as well as industry leadership. \nBasic Qualifications:\nTypically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 year’s experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.\nDemonstrated experience in US joint military operations\nRequires demonstrated systems engineering experience or equivalent experience, to effectively interface with advanced technology engineering teams.\nDemonstrated ability to establish trust, influence, and consensus across a range of colleagues and leaders and comfortable interfacing with military and government senior leaders\nStrong knowledge of current and future joint and service fires and cyber doctrine and operations\nStrong persuasive and interpersonal communication skills\nExcellent written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills\nDemonstrated ability to collaborate and integrate across diverse teams to achieve larger outcomes than any one organization can achieve on their own\nMust have an active Secret U.S. Goverment issued Security Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintan a TS/SCI clearance \nMust be eligible to obtain and maintain SOFA/TESA (Status of Forces Agreement/Technical Expert Status Accreditation) status in the relevant country of assignment \nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nBachelor Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Networking, or similar field\nActive TS/SCI clearance eligibility\nMultiple military domain (air, land, maritime, space, cyber) experience at the operational and tactical levels\nExperience working with multi-national / coalition partners and coalition systems interoperability\nExperience and familiarity with OSW (OSD) R&E Mission Engineering Guide \nThis requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):\nSecretThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):\nTop Secret/SCISalary compensation range and midpoint:\n$146,400 - $183,000 - $219,600 AnnualWork Location Type:\nOnsiteCommitment to Non-Discrimination\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.\nMITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. 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