TECHNICAL ADVISOR - SPACE SECURITY & DEFENSE PROGRAM (SSDP)

Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The United States Space Force (USSF) is a highly specialized, independent branch of the Armed Forces organized under the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Its primary mandate is to organize, train, and equip space forces to secure and maintain freedom of operations within, from, and to the space domain.

Qualifications

Eligibility will be based upon a clear showing the applicant has training, education and experience of the scope and quality sufficient to effectively carry-out the duties of the position. Candidates must exemplify the corporate perspective, leadership vision, broad experience and character needed in the SES Civilian Executive corps not only to satisfy the immediate vacancy, but future vacancies which will occur in a variety of organizations, functions and locations. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): Applicants must reflect superior technical qualifications demonstrated through leadership and management in the following: TQ1. Demonstrated experience with IC and DOW organizations and their processes to initiate/fund new capabilities, perform acquisitions, and operate space capabilities in the context of the joint IC/DOW military operations. This includes understanding of space missions that need to be accomplished across the IC and DOW. TQ2. Demonstrated experience applying deep technical knowledge of technologies and space systems (US & Adversary) to assess methods to disrupt, defeat, or protect them. This includes technical depth regarding a spectrum of space superiority capabilities along with operational enablers such as Domain Awareness and C2. TQ3. Demonstrated experience leading teams to develop new concepts, analyze options with deep rigor, defend recommendations, and communicate to Senior Levels. A separate narrative statement is required..