Journeyman Mission Support Specialist

Role: Journeyman Mission Support Specialist

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.
• Plans, supports, and manages Mission Assurance assessments.
• Performs maintenance of an Integrated Assessment Schedule (IAS).
• Coordinates assessment activities with DoW stakeholders such as Combatant Commands, MAJCOMs, installations, Joint Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, etc.
• Must hold a B.A. or B.S. degree in any field or major.
• Must have 3 to 10 years of general work experience in any field or industry.
• Must hold a current, active Top-Secret clearance and have ability to obtain/maintain a TS SCI / TS SCI Caveats for duration of program.
• Must be a current legal citizen of the United States.

Responsibilities:

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 Planning, Scheduling, and Process Support

• Support Government-led planning & coordination of Mission Assurance assessments across enterprise.
• Support development, coordination, & maintenance of Joint Staff Integrated Assessment Schedule (IAS), including incorporation of Customer Mission Assurance priorities.
• Coordinate assessment planning activities with Combatant Commands, MAJCOMs, installations, Joint Staff, Office of Secretary of Defense, & other DoW stakeholders, as directed.
• Support development & refinement of USAF-specific assessment objectives, focus areas, & assessment scope inputs.
• Support development of assessment products / artifacts, including assessment focus statements, pre-assessment documentation, & briefing materials.
• Coordinate assessments with other DoW, Joint, or Service-level assessments to reduce redundancy / improve data reuse.

Mission Assurance–Related Program and Assessment (MARPA) Data Integration (Including AHTA)

• Support integration with Mission Assurance Related Programs & Activities (MARPA), including, but not limited to: Emergency Management (EM) & Antiterrorism (AT) assessment data into Mission Assurance assessment activities, with specific emphasis on All Hazards Threat Assessment (AHTA) feeder data; MARPA data includes defined assessment programs, authoritative inputs, & feeder processes identified by owning offices.
• Enable Mission Assurance analysis by ensuring AHTA-related data is accurate, consistent, structured, & usable as input to Mission Assurance processes, while preserving Emergency Management & Antiterrorism authorities / responsibilities.
• Coordinate with enterprise offices to support consistency, accuracy, & analytical rigor of AHTA feeder data used to inform Mission Assurance processes, including probabilistic threat / hazard characterization.
• Facilitate coordination with installation Emergency Management & Antiterrorism offices, through MAJCOM channels, enterprise EM organizations, or during pre-site survey activities, to collect / integrate AHTA-related data relevant to Mission Assurance assessments.
• Support alignment of AHTA data with Mission Assurance requirements, Joint DoW Mission Assurance processes, & Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)–prescribed AHTA formats and guidance.
• Ensure AHTA-related data captured, structured, & managed as Mission Assurance assessment input data without duplicating or replacing Emergency Management or Antiterrorism authorities, assessments, or approval processes.
• Aggregate AHTA feeder data to support enterprise-level Mission Assurance analysis, including analysis across hazard categories such as natural hazards, infrastructure stressors, & other risk drivers, as directed.
• Support incorporation of authoritative enterprise data sources to inform suggested AHTA threat or hazard scoring considerations for installation review, without establishing prescriptive scoring authority.
• Support traceability between Emergency Management & Antiterrorism hazard assessment data & downstream Mission Assurance risk analysis / reporting.
• Support use, sustainment, or integration of AHTA-related data within directed AHTA data tool or environment, or integration with other directed Mission Assurance or Emergency Management systems; support may include configuration, data structuring, data quality management, & analytical use of Government-furnished tools, but not independent platform selection, procurement, or establishment of new authoritative systems.