Analyst and Project Manager, Technology Protection

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology Test & Evaluation Program Mission Support Engineering & Analysis and Training.

• Serve as a key member of a small tight-knit team supporting a Senior Executive body for technology protection-related matters.
• Provide expertise and new ideas to team members and senior Department of War (DoW) leaders in developing and implementing updated strategies to protect critical technology data.
• Support high-ranking DoW Senior Executives and interact with other DoW Senior Executives Flag/General Officers and their support staffs.
• Analyze and provide recommendations on issues dealing with the full spectrum of DoW technology protection-related matters from research through capability deployment/employment.
• Coordinate with technology protection community representatives on issues spanning the full capability lifecycle.
• Compare analyze and evaluate the relative merits of program activities and alternatives.
• Prepare reports and briefs summarizing formal events and commentary requirements deficiencies and investments for various programs systems and activities.
• Provide project management and task management expertise to team workflows and topics that are addressed by the Executive body.

• Bachelors Degree in a relevant area with 5-10 years of experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a willingness to submit to a polygraph.
• U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance.
• Experience with or real-world exposure to a technology protection-related field or topic i.e. research security economic security cybersecurity SCRM industrial base protection etc.
• Experience with DoW or federal government bureaucratic processes.
• Emerging leader with a bias for action and preference for working collaboratively on small mission-oriented teams.
• Experience with problem framing on complex technical issues.
• Experience with project management processes and tools
• Experience or interest in leveraging AI preferably with a working knowledge of a relevant programming language (i.e. Python R Ruby Rust Julia etc.).
• Experience in effectively prioritizing personal workload to meet deadlines and work objectives.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite and other desktop applications.