At ARA, we strive to hire valuable colleagues with not only the right skills, but also demonstrate our core values of passion, freedom, service and growth. As ARA’s Senior Cryptologic Strategis, you will be responsible for reviewing current National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, National Intelligence Strategy, NSA Strategy, Air Force Strategy, Air Combat Command Strategy, and 25 AF Strategy for resource planning implications.
You will represents AFCO in development of preceding strategies; you are responsible for developing and updating AFCO strategy. Additional, you are responsible for content and presentation of all AFCO strategic communications including: AFCO Weekly Activity Report (WAR), AF SCC Annual Report to DIRNSA, AFCO mission briefing, AFCO Smart Book, PPlan 19-15 Annex GG (AFCO), etc.
Desired Experience
A Letter of Commitment is required for this contingent offer
About Us:
Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1,100 professionals and continues to grow. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.
While this is all of the “Year One and Beyond” stuff, “Day One” is highly impressive too. These are things like our competitive salary (DOE), Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), benefits package, relocation opportunities, and a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. At ARA, employees are our greatest assets so we give them the tools, training, and opportunities to take active roles as owners. The motto “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels.
ARA is passionate about inclusion and diversity in our workplace; in 2018 40% of our new employees voluntarily self-identified as protected veterans (source-AAP EOY 2018 Veterans Data Collection Report). Additionally, the Southeast Division looks not only for the right skills, but also for a cultural fit. We seek colleagues who will contribute to the unique culture that makes ARA such a great place to work. Some of the social impact aspects we have implemented at our division include monthly get-togethers, team outings to local baseball games in the summer, board game lunches, holiday party, cornhole tournaments, chili cook-offs and so on. We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women in order to maximize career and professional accomplishments. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please apply at careers.ara.com.
Experience RequiredEqual Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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