Research & Technology Protection/Risk Specialist

• Support development and sustainment of S&TPPs, including identifying and documenting:
• Threats, vulnerabilities, and essential technology elements
• Inputs from functional and technical decompositions
• Synchronize organizational SMEs to ensure expert input is incorporated into S&TPPs.
• Recommend threat mitigation strategies to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with higher headquarters and external partners to ensure protection support.
• Assist the organization in assessing S&T efforts to determine whether they qualify as fundamental research.
• Document and submit intelligence requirements related to organizational technologies; prioritize requests based on S&T criticality and coordinate through AFC processes to build a body of finished intelligence products for senior leader awareness.
• Monitor S&T efforts transitioning to Programs of Record and support protection activities required for transition, including:
• Program Protection Plan (PPP) support
• Critical Program Information (CPI) assessments
• Stakeholder coordination with PEOs and supporting organizations
• Conduct security-based risk reviews and support upfront risk assessments of AFC S&T efforts in accordance with applicable DoD, Army, and AFC policy.
• Request information from external security and intelligence partners via AFC-established processes and conduct research using both unclassified and classified tools.
• Review performer-provided documentation for accuracy, completeness, and quality assurance (e.g., SF 424 family of forms, Common Disclosure Forms, Consent/Privacy Act Forms).
• Document and maintain best practices in support of RTP goals and report to local and higher headquarters personnel.
• Track and monitor the status of proposals submitted for security-based risk reviews; coordinate expert participation in Risk Mitigation Boards or related events; inform decision-makers and technical experts of threats from malign foreign actors within performing organizations.
• Produce documents, briefs, assessments, executive summaries (EXSUMs), and other products supporting the risk-based security review process.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Security Studies, or a related field
• Substitution: An additional five (5) years of job-related experience may be substituted for the education requirement.
• Minimum six (6) years of relevant professional experience supporting security, intelligence, program protection, acquisition intelligence, RTP, S&T protection, risk review, or related mission areas.
• TS Clearance

• STM0020 – Fundamentals of Science & Technology Protection
• ACQ 110 – Fundamentals of Acquisition Intelligence
• STM 1010 – Introduction to DoD Science & Technology Management
• ACQ 160 – Program Protection Planning Awareness

• The contractor will maintain accounts/tokens/access for Army Information Systems required by the organization, including but not limited to:
• NIPRNet
• SIPRNet
• JWICS (where available/accessible)

• Experience supporting S&TPP development, PPP/CPI assessments, and risk review boards
• Familiarity with DoD/Army acquisition, S&T program environments, and security/intelligence coordination processes
• Strong written communication skills producing briefs, assessments, and executive summaries for senior leaders
• Ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate across technical and security stakeholders

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