Job Description

Tactical Data Link Interoperability Testing Analyst

The Challenge:

The mission of the US Air Force is to Fly, Fight, and Win. An essential contribution to that mission is improving our ability to provide decision-quality information to the warfighter, when needed. On the modern battlefield, this cannot happen without Tactical Data Links (TDLs) and the data and information they provide. Keeping these links effective requires researching solutions and evaluating the impact of proposed changes to TDL and US Message Text Format (USMTF) Military Standards (MIL STDs).

As a TDL analyst on our team, youll assist the Air Force with fulfilling their important role of providing technical standards in support of system engineering, information architecture frameworks, and joint interoperability TDL test and certification. Youll provide technical support to research new solutions in support of operator requirements for systems that use TDLs or USMTF information formats, review, evaluate, and develop comments for TDL and USMTF proposals from Joint and Allied partners, prepare for tests, and evaluate results for USAF TDL systems for the compliance to MIL STDs. In addition, you will support acquisition fielding and operator knowledge for USAF TDL systems using the interoperable Systems Management and Requirements Transformation (iSMART) process, the ESMART software tool, and other web-based research toolsets. This is your chance to exercise your proven skills and background knowledge of TDLs while helping the US Air Force to maintain the tools that allow us to Fly, Fight, and Win! This position requires the ability to travel to various client sites domestically and internationally.
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You Have:

* 3+ years of experience on military staff
* 3+ years of experience with TDL testing
* 3+ years of experience with TDL application
* Experience as an operator, maintainer, developer, tester or analyst of TDL systems or the TDL and U.S. Message Text Format (USMTF) change processes
* Ability to participate in technical working groups or review technical documentation and extract and summarize relevant information
* Ability to travel 25% of the time
* Secret clearance
* AA or AS degree

Nice If You Have:

* Experience with originating and submitting MIL STD interface change proposals
* Experience with working in an Air Operations Center or similar Command and Control (C2) system
* Experience with using systems that employ USMTF messages
* Experience with working on a military staff
* Experience with MS SQL server
* Experience with managing MS SharePoint sites
* Experience with the iSMART process and tools
* Knowledge of configuration management approaches, as applied to military standards
* Ability to conduct independent or team-based research and present results in the form of properly-formatted background papers, staff studies, talking papers, or whitepapers
* Possession of excellent verbal and written communications skills
* Security+ Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Build Your Career:

A challenging and dynamic work environment isnt all we have to offer. When you join Booz Allen, youll have access to:

* experts in virtually every field

* a culture that focuses on supporting our employees

* opportunities that provide stability while offering variety

Youll also be exposed to a wealth of training resources through our Digital University, an online learning portal featuring more than 5000 functional and technical courses, certifications, and books. Build your technical skills through hands-on training on the latest tools and tech from our in-house experts. Pursuing certifications that directly impact your role? You may be able to take advantage of our tuition assistance, on-site bootcamps, certification training, academic programs, vendor relationships, and a network of professionals who can give you helpful tips. Well help you develop the career you want as you chart your own course for success.

Were an EOE that empowers our peopleno matter their race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristicto fearlessly drive change.