Naval Network Analyst

Role: Provide on-site operational United States Marine Corps (USMC) and Navy Command and Control (C2)/command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systems experience to work Naval integration issues related to Marine Corps and Navy C4I assets aboard amphibious warfare ships and alternate/auxiliary platforms and to provide technical and program support to Maritime Expeditionary Warfare (MExW), Deputy Commandant, Combat Development & Integration (DC, CD&I), located at Quantico, VA.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Drawing upon Naval networks experience in Joint and Naval mission accomplishment, conduct analysis of and develop documentation on naval network systems. Support the analysis of amphibious C4I system requirements, integration, and capability development. Support USMC interests through the participation in Service, Naval, and Joint level working groups, exercises, and wargames as a C2/C4I Naval networks expert.
• Support various networking projects and tasks including architecture and design analysis, systems engineering, C4I systems integration, test planning, and testing and documentation of military networking systems.
• Support USMC interests with various International, National, DoD, Joint, and Navy stakeholders that develop C4I Systems Requirements policy.
• Assist in creating an integrated amphibious C4I architecture for Marine Littoral Regiment, Marine Expeditionary Unit, Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and Marine Expeditionary Force that allows for configuration and baseline control of deployed operational nodes and systems.
• Support Marine Corps led engineering and information technology services focused on solutions and customer-centric support to missions and support systems. Provide expertise in the design, analysis, engineering, implementation, and/or operation of Naval network systems.
• Perform document analysis, requirements parsing, taxonomy alignment, reports generation, abstraction outline, and capability set mapping that will further enable analysis of highly complex business problems to be solved with automated systems.
• Analyze system interface problems, data definitions, and user interface design issues to include a variety of detailed systems factors; input/output requirements, information flow, hardware and software requirements, and reliability characteristics.
• Maintain mapping of USMC, United States Navy and Joint Systems to Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Afloat required capabilities in support of drafting the annual Afloat MAGTF C4I Required Capabilities (AMC4RC) Letter.
  • Draft and present reports, studies, formal briefings, and business cases analyses (requirements) as required. Participate in the drafting and editing of the AMC4RC Letter in accordance with Department of Defense documentation standards and Marine Corps style guides.
  • Conduct gap reviews, reconciliation, attend meetings, draft summary with key points, decisions made, and issues of contention noted.
  • Recommends system support requirements to include monitoring, capacity, staffing and patching/updating.
  • Analyzes and resolves program support deficiencies.

Supplementary/Administrative Duties:

• Assist in responding to specific technical tasks assigned to MxW in the Enterprise Task Management Software Solution / Task Management Tool.
• Prepare meeting minutes and deliver to Branch Head.
• Prepare and submit monthly accomplishment reports to the Project Manager.
• Prepare and submit travel requests, reimbursement forms and trip reports as necessary.
• Complete required annual government contractor training.
• Assist in publishing the Maritime Expeditionary Warfare Annual Report.

Skills/Qualifications and Certification:

• Capable of working efficiently within a military staff environment that requires coordination at the Navy & Marine Corps service and Joint Staff levels.
• Possess knowledge of architectures of existing Naval networks & systems.
• Certified at Information Assurance Management Level 1 (i.e., Certified Authorization Professional, Certified Network Defender, Computing Technology Industry Association: Cloud+, Security+).
• The candidate possesses excellent interpersonal, communications, and presentation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Education/Knowledge:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited College or University in Information Systems Management or related field, and at least four years of relevant experience is required. In lieu of a degree, six years of substantive, relevant experience is applicable. Experience is a higher-level discriminator over educational achievements.
• The candidate must have advanced knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures used in naval network systems engineering, analysis, and design. The candidate will provide technical expertise and lead the analysis of highly complex systems - working with acquisition professionals and operational forces to develop system requirements, resolve interface and performance issues, and develop / evaluate new systems that are cost effective and meet user requirements.
• The candidate must have a solid knowledge of Marine Corps and Navy organizational structures and functions.

Experience:

• Possess experience in applying technical expertise and understanding of Navy and/or Marine Corps tactical networks with specific emphasis on afloat networks’ design, development, integration, and installation.
• Possess experience and understanding of Cisco routing & switching, to include fundamentals of routing & switching, routing protocols, Virtual Local Area Networks, subnetting, etc.
• Possess solid understanding and experience with Microsoft Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, Active Directory, and Domain Name System.
• Possess experience with Host Based Security System, Assured Compliance Assessment Solution, and Navy and/or other Marine Corps tactical applications.
• Possess an understanding of and experience with tactical radio and satellite communications connections to Wide Area Network/Local Area Network.
• Possess an understanding of and experience with Cloud (i.e., Amazon Web Service, Azure) and/or Hybrid networks.

Location: The primary workplace will be the Marine Corps Combat Development Command, General Raymond G. Davis Center (Bldg. 3300), 3300 Russell Rd, Quantico, VA 22134.

Work Environment:

• On-site Office Environment, amongst mixed military/civilian/contractor personnel.
• Employees will be exposed to a wide variety of people with differing functions, personalities, and abilities.

Physical Demands:

• Work is generally sedentary; there could be a requirement to assist in moving and repositioning computer systems, servers, and other office equipment weighing no more than 50 pounds per person (e.g., two-man lift 100 lbs.).
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Schedule: Full Time/40 hours per week. Mon-Fri/8 hours a day. Normal working hours are 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM (0800 – 1600).

License and Other Requirements:

• Hold a valid US Driver’s License, with ability to operate private, and commercial owned motor vehicles (Rental), as required for commuting and travel.
• Must be able to obtain a contractor's common access card, which will stand as identification for instructors and will enable them to access government owned computer equipment and Non-secure Internet Protocol

Salary and Benefits: As stated during the interview/hiring process.

Security Clearance: Possess an active U.S. Secret level security clearance. As required, obtain a Secure Internet Protocol (SIPR) access token for access to government SIPR computers terminals.

Travel: Travel to other government and/or contractor facilities, and/or ships may be required. Travel may be required on weekends and could include CONUS and OCONUS locations. The exact dates and duration of travel will vary dependent upon location and requirements of individual events to include planning, attendance at meetings, conferences, and/or wargames.