**Description** **eXPEDITIONARY fORCE PROTECTION (EFP) aNALYST** **Description** SAIC is currently seeking a Principal Policy Analyst. The successful candidate will provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to the Secretariat for Special Operations (SSO) within Capability, Development & Innovation (CD&I). CD&I conducts rapid research and development (R&D) of technical solutions and delivers novel capabilities to enhance the irregular warfare mission for the Department of Defense, Special Operations Community, and Intelligence Community. The EFP analyst will coordinate R&D projects, develop and refine end-user requirements, provide project management, and interface with international partners. **Responsibilities:** + Provide technical and operational advice related to EFP mission focus areas. The EFP focus areas include: Blast Effects and Mitigation; Screening, Observation, Detection, and Protection; Maritime Security; and Subterranean Warfare and/or Tunnel Technologies. + Ensure successful execution and delivery of multiple research and development projects simultaneously from receiving requirements to project completion. + Interface with special operations and conventional military end users to develop technology requirements and potential solutions. + Coordinate with international defense partners and collaborate on international task plans for shared requirements. + Develop documents for project initiation that include statements of work (SOWs), technical evaluations, independent government cost estimates (IGCE), contract data requirements lists (CDRLs), etc. + Facilitate and manage the EFP irregular warfare project portfolio at a programmatic level, in close coordination with the government program manager. + Support operational test and evaluation events, conduct system fielding, and manage feedback collection efforts. **Qualifications** **Mandatory Requirements:** + Bachelor's Degree & 10 years of experience, OR Master’s Degree and 8 years of experience. + Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI. **Other Skills Preferred:** + Five years of experience in subterranean warfare operations and/or tunnel technologies with DoD/Customs and Border Protection background or five years of experience in military operations (Combat Arms, Combat Engineering, Special Operations, etc.). + DAWIA Level One Certification (Program Management + Test and Evaluation). REQNUMBER: 2508281 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability