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Role Description

The Senior Technical Advisor, Strategic Supply Chain Risk & Warfighting Technology, provides expert operational and technical guidance to support the identification, assessment, and validation of mitigation strategies for risks across defense sustainment and modernization supply chains. This role ensures that proposed mitigations are technically feasible, industrially realistic, and executable under U.S. Government authorities.

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for government customers, leading discussions on supply chain risk findings, mitigation options, and execution pathways.
• Engage regularly with executive-level stakeholders at the Department of War and Service headquarters.
• Present complex technical, industrial, and analytical findings in a clear, authoritative manner suitable for executive decision-making.
• Advise and validate supply chain risk mitigations by applying expert judgment on technical feasibility, industrial base capacity, operational relevance, and legal or policy authority.
• Collaborate with Forward Deployed Engineers, Data Scientists, and Software Developers to guide the design, training, and validation of automated or semi-automated SCRM and mitigation workflows.
• Assess and propose mitigation strategies affecting strategically decisive Department of War technologies.
• Translate analytical outputs into actionable courses of action, explicitly identifying tradeoffs, timelines, authorities, and industrial constraints for senior leaders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in defense, national security, industrial base analysis, acquisition, procurement, sustainment, or logistics.
• Demonstrated experience engaging senior leaders or executive-level decision-makers within the Department of Defense.
• Practical software and data engineering background (Python, SQL, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Redshift).
• Proven ability to operate as a trusted advisor in high-consequence environments.
• Experience serving as a senior customer-facing lead on complex defense or technology programs.
• Active U.S. Government security clearance at the Secret level or higher.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience building and maintaining production analytics and data pipelines (ETL, SQL, Python).
• Experience implementing model governance and adjudication workflows.
• Familiarity with modern software practices (Git, CI/CD, containerization, RESTful APIs).
• Ability to convert automated outputs into validated, executable mitigation plans.
• Comfort operating at the strategic–operational seam, engaging executives while remaining grounded in technical and industrial realities.

Benefits

• High-performance culture rooted in accountability, collaboration, and a shared commitment to excellence.
• Competitive base salary.
• Additional performance incentives (SPIFFS, recognition awards).
• Private medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Purposeful career development programs with reimbursement for educational certifications.
• Industry-leading health, vision, and dental benefits.
• Discretionary Time Off for all employees, with no maximum limits.
• A collaborative culture that celebrates hustle, heart, and high performance.