Job Description

ACE Group is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business that provides expertise in the operational application of current and future airborne weapons systems, with an emphasis on their lethality and survivability in the Battlespace. Our employees draw from a wealth of personal, professional and company experience to provide our Nation’s decision makers with the knowledge required to optimally equip our Armed Services with affordable, lethal and survivable weapons systems. We serve as our customers’ most trusted agents in their goal of producing enterprise-wide survivability investments and executable programs. We fill key roles within customer offices, offering critical knowledge regarding design, development, procurement, and test and evaluation of new and upgraded weapons and platforms. ACE Group’s philosophy is simple: Our success must be grounded on service and honest relationships. We focus on meeting the needs of our customers and employees, and trust that with those satisfied employees and satisfied customers, the business will take care of itself. ACE Group provides exciting opportunities for professional growth, and generous benefits, including personal time off, individual and family health, vision, and dental benefits, and 401(k) .

The qualified applicant will support a NAVAIR Program Office based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. This candidate will require an understanding of strategic guidance, operational scenarios, and warfighting concepts to support the PMA in platform development and integration. The applicant must have a technical depth and breadth of USN air and surface capabilities (to include Unmanned Aircraft Systems), an awareness of industry capabilities and best practices, and be capable of translating USN capabilities into the joint context to allow for joint integration. The applicant should be able to understand complex analysis to create a cohesive, integrated Force Design at multiple classification levels on a recurring basis.

Requirements

Specific duties and responsibilities include

· Provide warfighting assessments and effectiveness analysis of kill chains in an operational context including campaign, mission, engagement, and force structure analysis at various levels of fidelity in support of concept refinement and to determine Naval warfighting capability and capacity required to address threats of the future.

· Conduct analysis to support investment priorities.

· Monitor and articulate Defense Planning Scenarios.

· Support innovative ways to employ platform capabilities in support of USN and joint warfighting concepts.

· Provide liaison with OPNAV, resource sponsors, requirements/action officers, fleet weapons schools, and Test & Evaluation Subject Matter Experts to ensure validation of guidance, tasking, and product endorsement.

Requirements

· US citizen with active Top Secret clearance.

· Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Science, Engineering or technical field.

· Minimum of 8 years of recent and relevant experience in warfare integration analysis, to include at least one year of Unmanned Aircraft Systems experience, supporting pre-acquisition, acquisition, and sustainment within the Naval acquisition process.

· Ability to quickly create decision quality materials for senior leaders

· Understand complex technical issues and produce recommendations for a wide audience

· Apply critical thinking in complex and dynamic organizational environments

Desired Qualifications

· Experience with CONOPS, CONPLANs

· Experience with J3/J6/J8, OPNAV N9, or Service HQ staff

· USN /USMC operational aviation platform experience; mission commander qualification desired.

· Strong organizational and Project Management skills.

ACE Consulting Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veterans. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.