Senior Mission Assurance Lead (USSF) | The Guardian

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •7-10+ years of relevant experience supporting Mission Assurance, systems assurance, mission risk, critical infrastructure protection, resiliency, systems engineering, or closely related national security efforts.
• •Demonstrated experience leading Mission Assurance programs, initiatives, assessments, or integrated teams within the Department of War or Intelligence Community.
• •Experience supporting Department of War, Intelligence Community, U.S. Space Force, or U.S. Air Force programs.
• •Strong understanding of Mission Assurance principles and methodologies, including mission criticality, vulnerability, threats, dependencies, consequences, risk, mitigation, and resilience.
• •Ability to understand complex technical architectures, systems, dependencies, vulnerabilities, and threats and translate them into mission and programmatic risk.
• •Demonstrated understanding of both technical and programmatic risk, including how engineering, acquisition, schedule, resources, dependencies, and organizational decisions can affect mission assurance.
• •Experience integrating inputs from engineering, intelligence, cybersecurity, operations, acquisition, and program management organizations.
• •Demonstrated ability to operate effectively alongside senior government stakeholders and serve as a trusted technical and programmatic advisor.
• •Strong leadership and facilitation skills, including the ability to drive cross-functional activities in environments where authority and responsibility span multiple organizations.
• •Excellent analytical writing and briefing skills with demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical issues to senior government decision-makers.
• •Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Intelligence Studies, National Security, Program Management, or a related technical or national security field.
• •Equivalent combination of education, military experience, and relevant professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• •U.S. Citizenship is required for consideration, as this position requires a U.S. government security clearance.
• •Required – Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility.
• •Must be able to remain in a stationary position and work on a computer for prolonged periods.
• •Ability to travel up to 10% as required to support customer meetings, program reviews, and mission activities

Desired Qualifications

• •Direct experience supporting U.S. Space Force Mission Assurance organizations or programs.
• •Experience leading Mission Assurance activities for space systems or other highly complex mission-critical DoW capabilities.
• •Experience with systems engineering, systems-of-systems analysis, mission engineering, or mission-thread analysis.
• •Experience integrating intelligence and threat information into Mission Assurance and engineering assessments.
• •Working knowledge of space and counterspace threats, including kinetic, non-kinetic, electronic warfare, cyber, supply chain, and infrastructure threats.
• •Experience developing or implementing Mission Assurance governance, processes, frameworks, or assessment methodologies.
• •Prior experience briefing senior government leaders, SES-level executives, General/Flag Officers, or equivalent senior decision-makers.
• •Experience leading multidisciplinary contractor and government teams.