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The DoDIN Joint Warfighter Capabilities Department (N242) mission is to enable DoD technology & information superiority through a work program that is focused on providing rapid & resilient cloud capabilities, modernizing legacy C2 & communications, and ensuring spectrum superiority across our sponsors. We are seeking a Lead for our Electromagnetic Spectrum Enterprise Policy & Programs work stream—one of three work streams that comprise our DoD CIO for Command, Control, and Communications (C3) project.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to Senior Government Leaders, offering unbiased technical advice and recommendations leading to improved capabilities.

• Execute White House, Congressional, and Secretary of Defense-directed analyses and studies focused on Electromagnetic Spectrum and wireless communications.

• Provide technical inputs on policy and guidance development.

• Lead or participate in inter-agency related forums.

• Engage with stakeholders to analyze operational requirements, address networking challenges, apply sound technology solutions, and advance the state of communications and networking to benefit the customer’s mission.

• Provide strategic oversight and manage concurrent pieces of the work program, synchronize work products across different tasks, organizations, and contracting staff.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

• Active DoD Secret Clearance or higher

• 8 years of related experience and demonstrated experience in policy, regulation, or strategy related to one or more of the following areas: Spectrum management, spectrum sharing, spectrum coexistence, spectrum repurposing, emerging wireless technologies, use of the RF spectrum-dependent systems.

• Strong Systems Engineering Skills.

• Familiarity with mid-band Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum sharing regulations and policy.

• Extensive experience working directly with senior government leaders.

• Frequently engage with the sponsors at government locations.

• Demonstrated collaboration and communication skills to support individual, team, and external stakeholder interactions.

• Demonstrated ability to lead small or medium-sized teams to deliver customer products, including product definition, technical analysis, completion, and technical quality. Ability to effectively collaborate with dispersed a team.

• Strong technical background and self-discipline to stay up-to-date with emerging policy and technologies through continued learning, and active engagement with academia and industry.

• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related discipline.

• Strong understanding of the interworking of regulation/policy with technology development and ability to think strategically and assist in forming a long-term vision.

• Demonstrable experience in DoD and EMS strategic working groups, or DoD Policies and Directives related to the identified domains.

• Expert knowledge of National and International EMS regulations, policy, procedures, and processes and a background applying spectrum regulatory expertise to spectrum access requirements.

• Ability to apply RF engineering judgement to develop negotiation strategies to plan and execute customer influence of national and international regulatory decision-making processes.

• Experience forging agreement and consensus between communities of interest while accomplishing customer objectives.

• stakeholder interactions.

• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

  This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

Secret

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Top Secret

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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