Journeyman Mission Analyst (Multiple Available)

Role: Journeyman Mission Analyst

Location: Washington, DC

Education: B.A./B.S. Degree (Any Field or Major)

Years of Experience: 3 to 10 years’ work experience (Any Field or Industry)

Clearance Level & Investigation: Current/Active TS with ability to obtain & hold TS SCI / TS SCI Caveats for duration of program

Citizenship: U.S.

DoD 8140 Cyber Workforce Qualifications: None

Required Certifications: None

Job Description:

Qualifications:

• Must be able to perform all functional duties independently.
• Performs Mission Assurance analysis.
• Performs critical infrastructure analysis.
• Performs ongoing identification, validation, periodic revalidation, and continuous improvement.
• Must have B.A. or B.S. Degree in any field or major.
• Must have 3 to 10 years of work experience in any industry or field.
• Must have current, active Top-Secret clearance with ability to obtain & hold TS SCI / TS SCI Caveats for duration of program.
• Must be a current legal citizen of the United States.

Responsibilities:

Mission Assurance Support:

• Provide Mission Analysis & Critical Asset Identification support to enable contract execution IAW DoDI 3020.45 / applicable AF guidance.
• Identify, validate, govern, & maintain authoritative, data-driven understanding of mission-essential capabilities, critical systems, Task Critical Assets (TCAs), Defense Critical Infrastructure (DCI), & their dependencies across enterprise.

Mission Decomposition, Mission Mapping, and Dependency Analysis

• Support mission decomposition & mission mapping activities to identify / document mission-essential functions, mission-essential tasks, mission-critical capabilities, & systems, infrastructure, & organizations that enable mission execution.
• Decompose DoW strategic & operational missions into mission-essential functions (MEFs), mission-essential tasks (METs), & supporting capabilities IAW DoDI 3020.45.
• Map missions from mission intent through mission-essential tasks & capabilities to organizations, systems, infrastructure, & external dependencies that provide those capabilities.
• Identify mission dependencies across infrastructure, systems, personnel, supply chains, & external partners.
• Support alignment of mission decomposition & mapping products with Combatant Command (CCMD), Joint Staff, & Service-level mission constructs.
• Coordinate with CCMDs, MAJCOMs, Direct Reporting Units, installations, & mission owners to validate mission definitions, assumptions, & dependency relationships.
• Develop mission decomposition & mission mapping data models, analytical frameworks, & data architectures necessary to integrate mission analysis with DoW Mission Assurance constructs, Joint mission engineering approaches, intent of DoDI 3020.45, & other approaches.
• Identify / analyze mission-critical dependency chains & system-wide single points of failure.
• Develop scalable, repeatable visualization & documentation of mission dependencies using Customer-directed data platforms / analytical tools.
• Integrate mission mapping output into Government-designated systems of record & relevant enterprise data systems to support enterprise-level visibility / analysis.

Critical Capability and Asset Identification, Validation, and Criticality Analysis

• Support identification, validation, & analysis of critical capabilities, Task Critical Assets, & Defense Critical Infrastructure required to enable mission execution.
• Identify candidate critical capabilities, systems, TCAs, & DCI derived from mission decomposition / mission mapping analysis.
• Validate / deconflict criticality determinations in coordination with MAJCOMs, installations, mission owners, & Combatant Commands, consistent with DoDI 3020.45 roles, authorities, & governance.
• Document asset / capability characteristics, ownership, dependencies, mission relationships, & associated metadata, including integration of authoritative data sources.
• Map critical capability & TCA data to Government-designated systems of record / enterprise data systems to enable data sharing with authorized stakeholders.
• Support annual or periodic revalidation of critical capabilities & TCAs IAW DoDI 3020.45 timelines, guidance, & governance processes.
• Develop & refine analytical frameworks / criticality scoring methodologies aligned with intent of DoDI 3020.45.
• Apply systems engineering, operational analysis, & data science techniques to evaluate capability, system, & asset criticality.
• Analyze and document assumptions, sensitivities, uncertainties, & limitations associated with criticality assessments.
• Identify gaps, redundancies, & inconsistencies in existing critical capability & TCA identification / validation approaches.

Stakeholder Coordination and Enterprise Integration (Applies Across All Tasks)

• Coordinate Mission Assurance & Critical Asset Identification activities with internal / external stakeholders to ensure consistency, alignment, & data coherence across Mission Assurance enterprise; includes direct, substantive engagement with Action Officers & mission owners at installation, MAJCOM, Combatant Command, & enterprise levels to support mission decomposition, validation, dependency resolution, & Mission Assurance execution, under Government direction.
• Stakeholders include, but not limited to:
  • AF/A33B Mission Assurance stakeholders.
  • MAJCOM and installation Mission Assurance offices.
  • Combatant Commands.
  • Air Force Stakeholders and Agencies.
  • Defense Agencies.
  • Joint Staff and Office of the Secretary of Defense (DOW), as directed.

Mission Assurance Assessment Support

• Provide Mission Assurance assessment support services to enable Customer to plan, coordinate, augment, analyze, & manage assessments conducted; provide assessment-related activities as supporting capability.
• Perform assessment process support, data collection and stewardship, analytical exploitation of assessment data, & integration of assessment outputs with Mission Analysis, Critical Asset Identification, and Risk Management activities.

Assessment and Data Collection Support

• Support Mission Assurance assessments through augmentation of Government-led or partner Mission Assurance Assessment Teams (MAATs) to collect USAF-specific Mission Assurance data of interest; support may include data collection related to mission dependencies, vulnerabilities, & other assessment elements, as directed by Government.
• Govern, structure, & sustain assessment data collected in coordination with Mission Assurance data stewardship & workflow support activities.
• Provide augmentation personnel to Government-led or partner MAATs to support collection of USAF-specific Mission Assurance assessment data, with Pre-Site Survey (PSS) support as primary responsibility.
• Support Pre-Site Survey & on-site assessment activities, to include participation in planning, coordination, interviews, site visits, document reviews, & structured data collection under Government direction.
• Support collection & documentation of data related to vulnerability identification, dependency analysis, & other assessment elements during Mission Assurance assessments, without exercising assessment authority or independently determining assessment outcomes.
• Collect, document, & structure USAF-specific assessment data IAW data governance and standards.
• Ensure USAF-specific assessment data collected through augmentation activities integrated into data repositories & aligned with mission mapping / dependency analysis outputs.
• Coordinate assessment augmentation activities with other assessment teams, Military Services, Combatant Commands, or DoW agencies to promote consistency, reduce duplication, & enable data reuse.
• Augment assessment support activities to provide continuity between mission analysis, Pre-Site Survey efforts, vulnerability data collection, and Mission Assurance assessment data management.