Senior technical advisor job description

The Senior Technical Advisor will help establish the technology vision, strategy and plans for growth of a 70+ person group by helping merge and integrate the myriad of technical projects and programs across the group. They will focus on maintaining and improving all technological issues within the group.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES

Execute CTO level functions to include, but not limited to, broadly overseeing all aspects of multi-disciplinary group, coordinating integration activities between technical teams, providing technical direction to teams where needed and representing and negotiating needs with the infrastructure group. Work with the leadership team to set clear priorities and goals for the group. Lead the strategy for partnerships and external relationships and represent the technological agenda in staff meetings. Ensure tight collaboration across departments to drive strategic initiatives, including understanding the alignment between technology strategy and various technology road maps.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of related technical experience in at least one of the following fields: data science, software dev, data engineering, AI/ML, bulk data processing, or modeling.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• Demonstrate experience as an effective leader and manager
• Demonstrate ability to manage complex projects
• Demonstrate experience integrating independent teams to provide a unified product
• Demonstrate experience managing diverse teams of individuals with varying backgrounds
• Demonstrate ability to identify and assess problems and devise creative solutions
• Demonstrate experience orchestrating impactful, results oriented projects
• Excellent communication skill (ex. ability to explain highly technical topics to a non-technical audience)
• Ability to operate quasi-independently (with Customer oversight) in order to ensure mission continuity.
• Ability to align multiple strategies and ideas

DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• Demonstrate experience with the IC or other U.S. Government agencies
• Hands-on experience in the following: web application development , administration of systems (Linux or windows) , platform management experience (e.g. DBA and/or Elastic search admin)
• Familiarity with geospatial SME operations or the ability to learn.
• Devops experience with the cloud

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Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA McLean

Additional Work Locations:

COVID-19 Vaccination: GDIT does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to all employees. To protect the health and safety of its employees and to comply with customer requirements, however, GDIT may require employees in certain positions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination requirements will depend on the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements.We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done.GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Hours Per Week: 40

Security Clearance: Secret

Level of Experience: Senior

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Job Description

The Supply Chain Technical Advisor will work on a project supporting the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), specifically Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Strategic Materials. The project is focused on increasing and securing supplies of raw materials, including rare earths and metals for DoD and essential civilian applications. The team member will provide technical and analytical support to the Government customer working various programs to increase access to supplies.

We are looking for a dynamic thinker with rare earth industry experience, practical business and technical knowledge, and an understanding of the environment for standing up domestic processing capabilities along various nodes in the metals value chain. This person will use a combination of critical thinking, business acumen, technical knowledge, and data analysis skills to assess and help the U.S. Government solve challenging domestic and defense problems.

Essential Job Responsibilities

* Research and provide data, analyze existing data, and weigh in on discussions about the risks to a raw material supply chain, and the options for mitigating that risk.
* Assist with Government execution of the risk mitigation strategy.
* Interface with other Government agencies in the development and execution of a risk mitigation strategy.
* There will be the requirement to interface with industry to research information and gauge industry's reaction to risks and risk mitigation strategies.

Based on qualifications, the team member will have the option to be located at an HII office in Alexandria, VA or work 100% remotely. The primary customer is in Fort Belvoir, VA, and the bulk of the HII team is located in Alexandria, VA. If working remotely, the team member must be willing to travel for periodic team and customer interactions

Minimum Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree and 5-7 years of experience or master's degree with 3-5 years of experience.
* Preference for experience processing metals and minerals, or in metals and raw materials sales.
* Significant preference for experience processing rare earths and interacting with the rare earth industry.
* Proficient with Microsoft Office
* Able to professionally interact with members of Government, industry, and academia.
* Strong communication skills-both speaking and writing.
* Ability to document research and conclusions in an effective manner.
* Ability to collaborate with other team members to complete project goals.
* Ability to independently research and analyze supply chain risks and mitigations.
* Ability to protect sensitive and proprietary information.
* Clearance: Secret security clearance required.

Salary range $86k to $120k relative to education and experience.

Physical Requirements

Office, industrial or shipboard environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances. Lifting and moving of materials not to exceed the guidelines set for one man lift.

This opportunity resides with Cyber & Electronic Warfare, a business group within Mission Technologies, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. HII works within our nation's intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace. Our deep expertise in network architecture, software and hardware development, cybersecurity and the electromagnetic environment uniquely enables us to support sensitive missions for federal agency partners.

HII is a global engineering and defense technologies provider. With a 135-year history of trusted partnerships in advancing U.S. national security, HII delivers critical capabilities ranging from the most powerful and survivable naval ships ever built, to unmanned systems, ISR and AI/ML analytics. HII leads the industry in mission-driven solutions that support and enable a networked, all-domain force. Headquartered in Virginia, HII's skilled workforce is 44,000 strong. For more information, please visit:

At UL, we know why we come to work.

Thousands of us around the world wake up every day with a common purpose: to make the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place. Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centered on integrity, collaboration, inclusion and excellence. UL stands at the forefront of technological advancement, and we are continually challenged to find new ways to foster innovation and positive change. Satisfying? Yes. Exciting? Absolutely!

What you'll learn & achieve:

The Senior Business/Industry Technical Advisor position is responsible for delivering consultative solutions in support of UL's compliance and learning management system, ComplianceWire. This is a highly visible role working with potential and existing clients and providing deep expertise in strategic road-mapping, tactical planning, business process reengineering, system implementations, system administration, training program development, and industry best practices for driving culture.

In addition to leading client consulting engagements, this role will work closely with Sales, Client Services, Marketing, and/or Product Development to develop and document new consulting services products.

The Senior Advisor will be engaged across all phases of new service development and updating existing solutions based on changing market conditions, with particular emphasis on solution ideation, design, testing and implementation. This position will also involve the planning, design and execution of pilot programs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following:

* Provide pre-sales analysis/support, elicit client requirements using client meetings, system/document analysis, requirements workshops, etc. and prepare customized Statements of Work (SOW) for required consulting engagements
* Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, synthesize from high level concepts and/or granular details to a general understanding of client business requirements, distinguishing user requests from the underlying true needs
* Provide system administration support and training, to both small and large groups
* Work in cross-functional teams or independently to deliver the consulting solutions consistently and successfully for clients
* Act as "subject matter expert" related to the ComplianceWire LMS functionality and advising clients in the optimal configuration and use of the product
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse groups, executives, managers, and subject matter experts
* Create clear (sometimes technical) written documents, deliver compelling presentations, and adjust content to audience
* Engage in strategic conversations regarding UL capabilities and benefits with perspective and/or existing customer constituents
* Develop trusting relationships with client personnel
* Manage multiple engagements simultaneously
* Meet or exceed client expectations.
* Possess strong leadership skills and be interested in growth and development
* Ability/willingness to travel up to 25%

What makes you a great fit:

* 7+ years of business-to-business consulting and/or relevant functional experience in business process reengineering, or implementation of Learning Management Systems (LMS)
* Experience in delivering technology-enabled business programs is required; specific GxP compliance knowledge is preferred
* Thorough understanding and knowledge of the business sector represented, as well as the regulations, principles and best practices that guide the customer's business solutions
* Experience working in compliance-based business environments, such as life sciences or financial systems, as well as working on business processes such as manufacturing, quality, and training/competency
* Platform knowledge - understand LMS solutions that can be tailored to clients' needs and linked to resident client systems (Quality, HR, Manufacturing,etc.)
* Previous experience implementing and/or managing systems in a validated environment, particularly in the life sciences industry
* Knowledge of training processes and standards required by a company regulated by the FDA preferred
* Experience working in a Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) environment
* Ability to work in an entrepreneurial environment in a dynamic situation - react quickly and think on feet, be creative and understand what the client needs
* High level of proficiency in defining and managing client expectations through verbal communication, oral communication, negotiation and presentation skills
* Bachelor's degree required, a master's degree is preferred

What you'll experience working at UL:

Mission: For UL, corporate and social responsibility isn't new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 125 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.

People: Ask any UL employee what they love most about working here, and you'll almost always hear, "the people." Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL. We're able to deliver the best because we employ the best.

Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers' create. We're inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.

Grow & achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.

Total Rewards: In the US, we provide lots of great benefits for our employees are their families. From Volunteer Days off to 401k match and retirement contribution benefits to flexible work location & schedule options we look to support our employees no matter what stage in life they are experiencing.

Learn More:

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