**Description** ARA performs unique assessments from an adversarial perspective (Red). The DoD Red Team (NE-MAR) is one of the assessment programs within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA)-Operational Nuclear Enterprise Support Directorate, Mission Assurance Department (NE-MA). The DTRA Red Team emulates the full spectrum of identified adversarial capabilities from a foreign intelligence entity and/or a terrorist organization by applying both critical and creative thinking to demonstrate exploitation of vulnerabilities of selected national command and control architectures. The **Partner Integration Branch Manager** provides supervision and management to all Operations and Technical Subject Matter Experts; maintains and monitors all team equipment; and serves as an ambassador to operational partners which support the Department. This position is located in Fort Belvoir, VA, and requires up to 25-30% travel. **The Partner Integration Branch Manager (PIM) is responsible for:** + Managing and supervising all Red Team Partner Integration Ground Team Operators (GTOs) and Tech SMEs ensuring there is appropriate GTO/ Tech SME coverage for all assessment operations + Working with the Red Cell and Authorities and Coordination Branch Managers to track and communicate changes to Red Team policies and operations and is responsible for scheduling a bi-annual Partner Integration conference to discuss assessment practices, policies, and courses of action + Responsible for training and certifying all GTOs + Tracking all changes in their respective command structures of each Headquarters and conducting or coordinating Red Team introduction briefings as needed + The GTO/Tech SME has responsibility for the stewardship of all issued GFE/M/P + Will track all GFE/M/P through the Master Government Property List (MGPL) to include a specific property list for each of the five GTO outstations + Will be updated whenever changes occur + Will conduct a physical inventory on an annual basis at each of the seven (7) outstations. Further, the PI Manager is responsible for compiling and submitting equipment requests for the GTOs + The PI Manager must have operational and strategic experience working at General Officer Headquarter or equivalent + Must have experience working in the Special Operations community **Partner Integration Branch Manager Required Skills/Qualifications:** + **An active TS/SCI clearance** + Education/ Years of experience: A minimum of a High School diploma coupled with 18 years of experience in an operational role within the Special Operations community **OR** a Bachelor's degree coupled with 10 years of experience **OR** Master's degree coupled with 8 years of experience + Minimum 5 years of experience providing analytical/operations integration support to one or more SOF units or commands + Proficiency in understanding, analyzing, and summarizing comprehensive and complex technical, contractual, and research information/data + Excellent analytical, communications-both oral and written, and project management experience + Senior Noncom/senior warrant/field grade officer + Experience in a role commensurate with the position description and responsibilities **Partner Integration Branch Manager** **Desired Skills/experience:** + ASOT level III + BN Warrant Ops officer + OPS NCOIC + OPS SGM + S-3 Chief of Operations BN/Grp or higher + XO Chief of Staff BN/Grp or higher + GCR + Former commander (04-06) + GTO experience + Red Team experience + Partner Integration Branch experience **Who is ARA?** Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company. We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979. ARA has over 2,345 employee-owners and continues to grow rapidly. Together, our offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice with what happens in the company. To find out more about what the Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Division has to offer, visit our website at: https://www.ara.com/benefits/ **Qualifications** **Education** **Preferred** + Masters or better + Bachelors or better **Experience** **Required** + 18 years: Relevant Work Experience Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.