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SMX PED Operations Manager in Topeka, Kansas
PED Operations Managerat SMX(View all jobs) (https://www.smxtech.com/careers/)
United States
SMX is seeking a deployed Special Operations Forces (SOF) Intelligence Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) Lead, who will manage a team of 18-20 senior level analysts supporting SOF missions in Africa. This individual will also advise and assist the Theater Special Operation Command (TSOC), Special Operations Command-Forward (SOC-FWD), and SOF end users at operational units with intelligence-specific training development, design, and delivery needs. They will coordinate with the supported organization, our team leadership, and cross-functional working groups to plan and execute a wide variety of PED support. You will coordinate with the supported command to determine specific requirements and prioritize resources that align mission requirements and intelligence readiness needs with threats and operational challenges in specific Areas of Responsibility (AORs).
This position requires a DoD TS/SCI clearance which requires US citizenship for work on DoD contracts.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Deploy in a 90/90 rotation cycle supporting the AFRICOM ARIES contract, associated headquarters, and deployed sites Willingness to work a flexible schedule (nights and weekends, as needed)
Lead 4-10 man PED teams in support of AFRICOM C4ISR including complex surge operations when required/authorized to support command operational planning
Required to travel to Stuttgart to meet with customers periodically to better understand operational and intelligence requirements
Required to travel across various forward locations in order to gather end-user operational information and apply to PED management processes to improve support F3EA operations
Provide research and development on emerging capabilities, recommending solutions to support the mission requirement and address intelligence gaps; directly accountable to PED team output and customer satisfaction in eliminating exploitation stovepipes and revolutionizing OSINT tip/cue vs traditional sensor outputs
Possess a firm understanding of ISR collection techniques, sensor and platform capabilities and best practices utilized during multi-INT product creation – a recognized leader who shapes opportunities to transform into best industry practices through tip-of-the-spear application of capabilities
Analyze US and partner efforts to counter both regional and transregional threat networks operating across a vast continent of traditional (VEO) and non-traditional (GPC) threats
Apply intelligence techniques in support of a specified Areas of Responsibility (AOR) using logic, analysis, synthesis, creativity, judgment, and systematic approaches to gather, evaluate, and use multiple sources of information to inform decisions and outcomes; shapes intelligence community exploitation TTPs to revolutionize and synthesize data
Interface and effectively communicate with intelligence and operations partner elements; maturity/experience commensurate with driving change through deep technical subject matter expertise and operational experience – proven experience bridging seams between operators and analysts to drive cutting edge products
Provide fusion of new, groundbreaking intel disciplines into assessments through incorporation of historical FMV data, optical images, non-optical images, satellite images, radar, or other intelligence information to enhance intelligence products while removing human latencies and overcoming traditional high/low side limitations – expert at fusing data into advanced intelligence products
Required Skills
Required Clearance: TS/SCI
Expert understanding of intelligence tools such as M3, Lucky, HOT-R, JIDO ANTS, TAC, NCTC Online, TIDE, DataXplorer, PROTON, TargetCOP, BHTK, Skope, Voltron, etc is required
Expert understanding of geospatial tools such as ArcGIS and Google Earth is required
The ability to draft presentations and supporting documentation, on a as needed basis is required
The ability to coordinate and interact with analysts from service, component, DoD, and national-level intelligence agencies is required
The ability to gather, interpret, and compare data to produce reports and establish conclusions is required
The ability to develop concepts of operations for processing and analytical initiatives is required
Experience researching, developing, and presenting all-source intelligence products, at the operational level, to senior leaders including: CT and regional analysis, GEOINT, HUMINT, SIGINT, OSINT/PAI, political/military analysis and support to targeting is required
The ability to interface with other intelligence organizations to fully prepare teams for exploitation of enemy personnel, as well as prepare post screening analytical products and assessments supporting targeting efforts, and threat analysis is required
Must have the ability to manage the production of intelligence assessments and products in support of deployed SOF to enable the F3EAD targeting cycle
Must have the ability to coordinate with Foreign Disclosure Officers to enable the proper intelligence sharing in accordance with established intelligence sharing agreements
Be able to liaison with AFRICOM and SOCAF foreign counterparts in support of combined ISR intelligence missions at various deployed locations in Africa
Possess an understanding of input/output/flow of information in C5ISR environment
Required Experience
Minimum of 10 years of experience preferred providing analytical support to one or more SOF units or commands is required
Demonstrated deployed experience in forward deployed locations supporting SOF is required Prior deployment experience to Africa assigned to a SOF unit providing intelligence support to tactical and operational SOF is required
Prior SOF targeting operations experience in the AFRICOM AOR is required
Experience providing direct analytical support to operations and providing direct analytical and targeting support to deployed SOF elements in support of Counter Violent Extremist Organization and Counter Terrorism operations is required
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