CBRN Analyst III

JRAD is seeking candidates for an immediate CBRN Analyst position supporting the U.S. Army Evaluation Center (AEC). This position is located in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD and is an Off-Site/Telework position.

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Serves as a CBRN systems subject matter expert providing technical guidance and information to meet requirements.

• Works independently with minimal guidance on complex projects and assignments; tasks require expert level application of established methods, procedures, techniques, criteria, and programs with completed work reviewed for soundness of analysis, the suitability of methods used, and for conformance with organizational analytical procedures and practices; programs and issues may present problems not susceptible to resolution by accepted methods and/or may require application of new developments and theories.

• Apply knowledge and expertise to support planning, coordinating, arranging, managing, and conducting test events, data collection, and evaluation efforts.

• Conducts collection, analysis, integration, categorization, and summarization of technical program data.

• Develops briefings, information papers, and reports that explain and support program initiatives, solutions, and investments.

• Evaluates, selects, adapts, and modifies standard techniques and criteria. Considers data from a variety of sources to compile information.

• Reviews, conducts, and evaluates routine sampling, surveys, inventories, data, and findings.

• Monitors operations to identify and rectify problems; monitors issues pertaining to project compliance, schedule, and corrective actions; evaluates adequacy of controls and corrective measures; and identifies and makes recommendations on determinations of alternate measures.

• Prepares, coordinates, and/or reviews the preparation of plans, reports, forms, schedules, and milestones.

• Supports the complete coordination of meetings to include organizing, scheduling, and administration support, proposing agenda topics, tracking resulting action items, and coordinating development of presentations.

Required Skills and Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biology, Physical Science, Engineering, Operations Research, or other closely related technical discipline.

• Fourteen (14) or more years of progressively responsible experience in the management of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) acquisition programs. Experience must include three (3) years as a team leader of an acquisition project and an additional five (5) years as a practicing analyst responsible for a functional area of a CBRN acquisition program. Experience must demonstrate each of the following:

  • Knowledge of Material Solution Analysis, Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction, Engineering and Manufacturing Development, and Production and Deployment phases of the acquisition process.

  • Sufficient familiarity with modern qualitative and quantitative analysis tools to apply to the solution of problems and to provide guidance on the selection and use of such tools.

  • Advanced knowledge of modeling and measuring techniques, mathematics, statistical methods, engineering methods, operational mathematics techniques, and other principles of scientific and economic disciplines in determining solutions.

  • Knowledge of systems integration techniques, system trade-off analysis, and/or program planning.

• Five (5) or more years of additional experience gained within the last ten (10) years in the operational effectiveness evaluation of Army and Joint Service systems, subsystems, and components in one (1) or more of the following system commodity areas:

  • Conduct of developmental tests, operational tests, and evaluation methods for Army and Joint Service systems. Experience is defined as activities to include test and evaluation planning, test execution, data collection during test, evaluation of test or modeling data, and development of evaluation analysis plans and reports.

  • Interpretation, application, and integration of Army and Joint Service system acquisition documentation in the development of system acquisition products for test and evaluation. Examples of system acquisition documentation include Department of Defense, Army, and Army Test and Evaluation Command regulations, pamphlets, instructions, and guidance.

  • Executing Office of the Secretary of Defense methodologies and policies related to assessment of Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations and Advanced Technology Demonstrations.

  • Test methods, infrastructure, and capability gaps related to system/program testing and processes.

  • Oral and written communication such as briefings, writing technical papers, etc. Examples include Evaluation Plans, Evaluation Reports, Test Plans (Operational or Developmental), Safety Releases, and Safety Confirmations.

  • Some labor categories may require at least one (1) year of experience in software application testing (at least at black box level) and network communication. Black box functional and system level testing is defined as testing techniques in which the software tester does not have access to the source code itself.

Security Clearance:

• Secret clearance.

When you work for JRAD you will never be just a number. We put people before profits!

JRAD is committed to the health and well-being of its employees. We offer more paid time off than the average company upon hire and the following benefits are available to all full-time employees:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts for unreimbursed medical & dependent day care
• Disability Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement

JRAD is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

The JRAD salary range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. There are many factors considered when determining the compensation provided in an offer. These factors include, but are not limited to position responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and contract terms and conditions.

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