Mission Assurance Strategic Vulnerability Analyst
- Location:
- Virginia, Fort Belvoir
- Requires Relocation:
- No
- Start Date:
- 17/01/2025
- End Date:
- 06/02/2025
- Offering Type:
- Permanent
- Hiring Paths:
- Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees - Competitive service Individuals with disabilities Military spouses Veterans
- Service Type:
- Competitive
- Travel Percentage:
- 50% or less
About Defense Threat Reduction Agency
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency provides cross-cutting solutions to enable the DoD, the United States Government, and international partners to DETER strategic attack against the United States and it’s allies; PREVENT, reduce, and counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and emerging threats; and PREVAIL against WMD-armed adversaries in crisis and conflict.
Job summary
This position is part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Major duties
As a MISSION ASSURANCE STRATEGIC VULNERABILITY ANALYST at the GS-0301-12/13 some of your typical work assignments may include: Serves as the strategic mission analyst Subject Matter Expert (SME) as it relates to the DoD Mission Assurance Program. The incumbent works with assessment team members to identify trends, assessment gaps, and vulnerabilities that create risk to DoD critical missions and assets. The data is collected, analyzed, correlated, and interpreted using quantitative and qualitative methods. The resulting analysis is presented to the department for the purpose of highlighting trends to senior leaders from a global perspective. Conducts comprehensive research projects on the DoD Mission Assurance Program, including assisting with programs evaluation studies and other administrative studies as assigned. The incumbent works with OSD, Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, Service and Agency Mission Assurance representatives to incorporate changes into the program. Provides information to Department Leadership for decision-making purposes, presents analysis and statistics in various internal and external forums. Participates and provides information to different committees to provide tendencies and established benchmarks regarding trends affecting the National Essential Functions, Department of Defense's Mission Essential Functions, as well as Defense Critical Missions. The incumbent is in charge of collecting, conceptualizing, analyzing, and interpreting strategic plans to assist DoD's resource planning, prioritization, and budgeting requirements. Responsible for studying current literature on research methodology, DoD Directives, DoD Instructions, Mission Assurance Benchmarks, National Industrial Standards, and Service Databases to help identify assessment concerns, and make appropriate recommendations for improvements in assessment data analysis practices to better support the Mission Assurance Program. Monitors short and long term DoD-level security gap trends and recommends strategies to target common trends. Work closely with Assessment Team Chiefs to provide current trend information and best practices identified to mitigate the effects. Compiles, updates, and manages all-program data from the Mission Assurance Risk Management System (MARMS) along with other DTRA Mission Assurance related data sources to produce the department of defense's annual reports. Retrieves and analyzes various data generated from Service and Legacy Mission Assurance Assessment Teams throughout Department of Defense to support the identification of trends impacting DoD. Serves as a subject matter expert on assigned projects as they relate to defense critical infrastructure. Coordinates with relevant Mission Assurance representatives at OSD, Combatant Commands, Service and Agency Mission Assurance representatives to produce high fidelity mission assurance assessment reports in accordance with DoDI 3020.45. Conducts special projects and presents unbiased data based solely on trend and statistical information. Reviews and conducts in-depth data analyses of feasibility of potential applications and/or developments that could meet National Security objectives by mitigating threats including peacetime and crisis incidents such as fires, accidents, technological failures, natural disasters, sabotage, terrorism, civil unrest, conventional and information warfare, weapons of mass destruction, threats posed by hostile intelligence organizations, and potential damages caused by personnel insiders. Review, analyze and project trends in facility and infrastructure and National policy objectives associated with increasing Mission Assurance and Resiliency of DoD's Mission Essential Functions. When tasked, serve as mission assurance expert supporting DTRA related projects. Responsible for assisting the office chief analyze trends from Service and Legacy Mission Assurance Assessment Teams throughout Department of Defense in order recommend training activities to address the identified trends. Assists in providing assessment data analysis training to office personnel, DoD Service professional groups, and other agencies/individuals/groups visiting the department. Collaborate with OSD, Combatant Commands, Service and Agency Mission Assurance representatives to assist in the development of the Integrated Assessment Schedule supporting the DoD Mission Assurance community's assessment objectives by analyzing gaps in assessed locations supporting critical missions. Uses current threat and vulnerability data to recommend changes in periodicity of select assessments.
Qualification
You may qualify at the GS-12, if you fulfill the following qualifications: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service: Experience working with assessment team members to identify trends, assessment gaps, and vulnerabilities that create risk to DoD critical missions and assets; Ability to extrapolate data from several sources into a comprehensive report with analysis of systemic issues and development of viable recommendations, and; Experience establishing working relationships with the project owners and stakeholders for overall project management to ensure compliance with Project requirements. (Experience must be clearly demonstrated in your resume). You may qualify at the GS-13, if you fulfill the following qualifications: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service: Expert experience with mission assurance assessments, vulnerability assessments, critical infrastructure assessments, and risk assessments or similar functions identify trends, assessment gaps, and developing mitigation of identified vulnerabilities that create risk to DoD critical missions and assets; Experience establishing working relationships with the project owners and stakeholders for overall project management to ensure compliance with Project requirements; Expert experience applying Project Management principles and practices in order to develop or assess Project Management Action Plans, and; Expert experience with collection, analysis, and correlation of data using quantitative and qualitative methods as well as integrated relational computer systems such as the Mission Assurance Risk Management System (MARMS) to create and access database files, prepare charts, graphs and exhibits. (Experience must be clearly demonstrated in your resume). 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.
Evaluations
Once the application process is complete, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the Occupational Questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job. If you are found to be among the top candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Competencies: Analysis Strategic Planning Technical Communication Military Spouse Preference: If you are entitled to military spouse preference, in order to receive this preference you must choose the spousal eligibility in your application package referencing MSP Military Spouse Preference. Your preference entitlement will be verified by the employing agency. To claim Military Spouse Preference (MSP) please complete the Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist, save the document and attach it to your application package. Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP): In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP)" eligibility. If you are claiming RGP and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you will be referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Information and required documentation for claiming MSP may be found at the General Applicant Information and Definitions link below. To be eligible as a RGP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your application package: a signed Retained Grade PPP Self-Certification Checklist (DD3145-1 (whs.mil)); a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) effecting the placement in retained grade status; or a copy of the notification letter you received regarding the RIF or classification downgrade.