(556) Staff Officer SME V – National Programs and Policy
Company Summary
Arlo Solutions (Arlo) is an information technology consulting services company that specializes in delivering technology solutions. Our reputation reflects the high quality of the talented Arlo Solutions team and the consultants working in partnership with our customers. Our mission is to understand and meet the needs of both our customers and consultants by delivering quality, value-added solutions. Our solutions are designed and managed to not only reduce costs, but to improve business processes, accelerate response time, improve services to end-users, and give our customers a competitive edge, now and into the future.
Position Description:
The Staff Officer SME V will work directly for Director for Defense Intelligence Counterintelligence, Law Enforcement, and Security (DDI CL&S)/Information and Acquisition Protection (IAP) leadership on issues related to special programs under the purview of the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence & Security). This senior-level position requires extensive experience with DoD security requirements, policy analysis, and interagency coordination, with particular focus on sensitive programs and specialized security matters.
Location: Arlington, VA
Clearance: Active TS/SCI
Responsibilities and/or Success Factors:
- Provide daily assistance with oversight, strategic planning, coordination, de-confliction, operational support, finance, security, training, and logistics that directly impact the security of worldwide sensitive operations
- Promote DoD interests and coordinate across DoD and Non-Defense Federal Departments and Agencies (NDFDAs) to ensure equities are recognized and protected at all levels
- Support Office of Military Commissions (OMC) personnel with program management and SAP security issues
- Work with Defense Support to Sensitive Activities (DSSA) and the Office of National Programs (ONP) on specialized methods and techniques within the scope of pertinent laws, regulations, policies, and precedents
- Coordinate with OSD elements, National Security Council (NSC), Congress, Defense Agencies, Combatant Commands, and interagency partners on programs
- Advise senior DoD leadership of substantive unusual problems characterized by their breadth, importance, or severity
- Provide program-specific technical and administrative guidance to stakeholders and recommendations to DoD senior leaders
- Provide security and policy recommendations for program stakeholders, ensuring DoD and Intelligence Community (IC) equities are recognized and protected
- Ensure all SAP-level security requirements are upheld
- Facilitate identification and implementation of appropriate mitigations and incident response measures
- Spearhead interagency coordination of security requirements and procedures related to special programs
- Develop, coordinate, and implement strategic guidance to manage complex security issues affecting SAP management, procedures, and policies
- Present IAP leadership and executive-level decision makers with well-considered policy and management advice based on evaluation of doctrine and best practices
- Communicate DoD positions on certain SAP issues to the interagency and the Executive Branch
- Provide senior OSD personnel with informed insight and courses of action for program management of supported activities
Minimum Qualifications Including Certificates:
- Master’s Degree from an accredited university
- Active Top Secret / SCI clearance
- Fifteen (15) years of experience working with DoD security requirements, including policy analysis, evaluation, interpretation, and coordination
- Comprehensive knowledge of national security, intelligence and CI methods and procedures
- Experience developing and informing security policy on issues including but not limited to:
- Controlled Unclassified Information
- Foreign Disclosure
- Management of classified national security information
- Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data
- Sensitive Compartmented Information
- Special Access Programs
- National Industrial Security Program
- Declassification and records management
- One (1) year of experience developing briefing materials and presenting to peers and senior leadership in areas including policy, strategy, oversight functions, capability gaps
- Two (2) years of experience supporting senior DoD officials as a staff and/or action officer
- Two (2) years of staff officer experience conducting research and analysis of DoD policy/guidance documents and legal decisions
- Expert knowledge of SAP management and security requirements
- Exceptional writing, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Strong diplomatic skills and ability to navigate complex interagency relationships
- Experience with executive-level briefings and senior leadership engagements
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