The Capital Area Division (CAD) of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is seeking an energetic and experienced Senior Force Operations Subject Matter Expert (SME) with a background in supporting the Government in the planning and execution of large technology programs. The successful applicant for this contingent position will support the Office of the Secretary of Defense in Hawaii. This position is supporting the DoD’s Assault Breaker II (ABII) program requires a candidate with expertise in Joint Force design, development and application, operational constraints, concepts of operation, concepts of employment, development, and execution of CMMD operational plans, threat tactics and responses, or logistics approaches.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business discipline
• 8-10 years of relevant experience
• Current DoD TOP SECRET clearance with SCI eligibility

• Expertise in a minimum of two or more of the following: Joint Force design, development and application, operational constraints, concepts of operation, concepts of employment, development, and execution of CMMD operational plans, threat tactics and responses, or logistics approaches
• Experience working with Joint Staff and warfighters

Desired Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevance experience
• Experience supporting the Office of the Secretary of Defense and/or DARPA
• Experience with the Assault Breaker program
• Experience in wargaming and exercises

This position is contingent upon award of a contract (one base year + four option years) expected in October 2024 supporting the Department of Defense.

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2000 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership generates greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.

Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Senior Force Operations Subject Matter Expert (SME) position.

Experience

• 8 - 10 years: Relevant work experience

Education

• Bachelors or better

Behaviors

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
• Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe
• Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)