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Department Summary:

The Indo-Pacific Regional Operations Department - N554, works with the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) and the Military Service Components on-island to inform warfighter requirements and Concepts of Operation (CONOPS), and provides Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) systems acquisition, engineering, and integration support to the Department of Defense (DOD) and U.S. Allies in the Pacific Theater. This department is a dynamic and forward-learning organization that provides direct connections to warfighters. These direct connections allow staff to monitor and participate in current operations and exercises. A key output of this access is the ability to inform technology innovation and capability analysis with operational domain expertise. N554 operational depth and warfighter access has generated considerable expertise in the development and analysis of CONOPS, mission threads, use cases, and operational requirements. The Department establishes links between DoD sponsors and Coalition Partner development activities. N554 is on the cutting edge of current operations and is a major thought leader in force modernization.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Indo-Pacific Regional Operations Department is seeking to fill its Project Leader role for MITRE’s project with US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) located at Camp Smith, Hawaii. The candidate will lead and oversee MITRE’s support to USINDOPACOM in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Qualified candidates will have demonstrated project leadership abilities and a strong defense background with experience advancing joint command and control. The project leader will partner closely with the USINDOPACOM Intelligence Directorate (J2) project leader to work as a unified team in support of USINDOPACOM and more broadly with US Army Pacific, Pacific Air Force, and Pacific Fleet project leaders in theater to maximize MITRE’s impact.

The selected candidate will be responsible for:

Strategic Leadership. Define strategic objectives for support to USINDOPACOM.  Ensure FFRDC appropriate impactful tasks are defined, and meaningful data driven products are developed against those objectives.Engagement. Comfortably and respectfully engage with US and foreign nations’ senior military leaders and engineers to shape and execute work. Be the focal point for MITRE leadership engagement with USINDOPACOM sponsors in theater.Collaboration and Teambuilding. Cultivate a collaborative project team environment and a robust network of MITRE reachback in support of objectives.Administration. Manage project financials and execute MITRE’s business processes in support of the project.

Basic Qualifications:

Typically, BS in a technical discipline, such as Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Computer), Physics, Statistics, Mathematics, or related fields; or a BA in International Relations, International Security, or similar fields and 10 years of experience, or a master’s degree and 8 years of experience.Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas1) Command & Control (C2); 2) Joint / Service Fires; 3) System of System Engineering (M&S); 4) Exercise & Experimentation Design; 5) C4I Enterprise ModernizationStrong system-of-systems engineering experience across various mission sets.Prior experience with US Department of Defense systems of systems integration.Effective and influential oral communications skills.Strong written and oral communications skills.Active Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI.This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

Working knowledge of model-based systems engineering, operational analysis, and modeling & simulationCurrent knowledge of emerging technology being adopted into acquisition programs and/or the INDOPACOM theater.Familiarity with MITRE project management processes, capabilities, and associated tools.Demonstrated capability for strategic planning and ability to provide actionable plans to government sponsors.Experience with and/or future interest in project and department leadership roles including project leader, task leader, and group leaderActive TS/SCI

As part of MITRE’s Push to the Pacific initiative, employees hired to this requisition may be eligible to participate in a Hawaii Rotational Incentive program.  For select positions with high demand and difficult to fill skill sets, MITRE is proud to offer selected staff the opportunity to receive a 15% lump sum payment each year, for up to 3 years. The above figures are based on current base salary upon selection to the Hawaii Rotational Rotation Program, less tax withholding and other applicable deductions.

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

Top 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/SCI

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$161,000 - $201,000 - $241,000 Annual

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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