Senior Composite Materials Industrial Base Analyst

About the role

Booz Allen is looking for a Senior Composite Materials Industrial Base Analyst in Alexandria to work on projects for the Department of War. The role brings analytical, strategic, technical and defense industrial base expertise to research, develop, analyze, assess, plan, support and manage investments in the industrial base so that manufacturers can meet the increased production needed to support warfighters. It is a trusted advisor role for the Department of War's kinetic capabilities mission area.

Key responsibilities

• Identify, analyze and evaluate complex systems, policies and processes, and recommend ways to resolve industrial base capacity and capability shortfalls.
• Support the Department of War's kinetic capabilities mission area and its defense planning, national security and strategic planning work.
• Solve complex design, integration and analytical problems for the Department of War.

Required profile

• 15+ years of experience with the Department of War's composite materials, ablative materials or propulsion industrial base, or with acquisition enterprise, composite or ablative materials management, or propulsion systems development for missiles, munitions or hypersonics.
• 15+ years supporting acquisition programs or operations for weapon capabilities, including air-to-air, air-to-ground, ground-to-ground, ground-to-air weapons or subsonic, supersonic and hypersonic missiles.
• Experience developing and evaluating acquisition strategies, program baselines, risk reduction plans or industry capital equipment investment plans.
• Experience designing, executing and directing composite materials manufacturing at lab and industry scale, and analyzing new ingredients for ablative materials used in missiles, munitions or hypersonics.
• Experience reviewing the annual defense authorization and appropriations acts for provisions affecting kinetic capability weapons programs.
• Knowledge of all phases of the planning, programming and budgeting system.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Bachelor's degree and Secret clearance; applicants undergo a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for classified information.

Nice to have

• Analyzing composite materials for kinetic capability portfolios to assess cost, schedule and performance risks.
• Developing monthly and quarterly status reports on industrial base investment programs.
• Preparing correspondence requests to senior department leadership, legislative branches, foreign governments, international organizations or private organizations.
• Supporting Acquisition Decision Memoranda, OIPT reports or program update briefings.
• Supporting GAO and Inspector General studies and audits.
• TS/SCI clearance and a Defense Acquisition University certification in logistics management, systems acquisition or defense industry.

What we offer

• Projected salary range of $86,800 to $198,000 per year, depending on location, qualifications and contract terms.
• Health, life, disability, financial and retirement benefits, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs and dependent care for full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week.
• A recognition awards program for exceptional performance.