Red Analysis Branch Manager

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 Red Analysis Branch is the Center of Gravity for the DOD Red Team. It is the wellspring from which all requirements flow. It drives the OPTEMPO and challenges the status quo.

The Red Analysis Branch Manager - through experience, skill, contacts, and expertise – will work to shape the growth of the Red Cell’s strategic mission, to facilitate mission success and customer satisfaction while remaining commensurate with the goals, missions, and intent of the Division Chief, DTRA, and the goals of the organization as a whole. The Red Analysis Branch Manager serves as the primary point of contact for communication, outreach, collaboration, and partnership with external organizations within the Intelligence Community, the Inter-Agency Environment, and Special Operations Elements and commands and is responsible for the integration of these communities into operations and planning. The Red Analysis Branch Manager will manage, develop and produce project plans for all new projects brought online through the program, integrated in the process from beginning to end – including initial engagement and shaping of partner organization expectations, OPLANS, and legal review. The Red Analysis Branch Manager oversees all other aspects of red team operations, including answering all RFIs from analysts and customers, requiring access to and in-depth knowledge of classified systems and the capability to ascertain the importance to properly filter all inside knowledge away from the requestor, ensuring that the integrity of the Red Team construct is maintained. Additionally, the Red Analysis Branch Manager must ensure that all analysts remain abreast of all current trends in threat emulation and adversary TTPS, and coordinate with external organizations to facilitate training, briefings, and collaboration with analysts within those organizations and the analysts within the Red Team. Similarly, the Red Analysis Branch Manager is responsible for the integration of – and facilitating training on – new capabilities and tools utilized by all analysts within the organization. This includes research on current tools, new tools being developed, an understanding of tools and applications available throughout Industry and Government service (dual-use included) and establishing metrics and training validations to ensure all analysts are qualified. 

Responsibilities/Tasks

The Red Analysis Branch Manager shall: 

• Manage day-to-day collection efforts, analysis and fusion of the collected information of the Red Cell 
• Coordinate with the Authorities/Coordination Branch Manager and the Partner Integration Branch Manager to eliminate collection effort conflicts across all programs 
• Provide oversight of training, standardization, and performance of the Red Cell and its managers 
• Assist in the preparation of status reports on Program activities for DTRA 
• Review all Red Cell deliverables for accuracy and format 
• Prepare program deliverables 
• This is a supervisory position which requires leadership and management of the Red Analysis Branch analysts

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• An active TS/SCI clearance 
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree coupled with 16 years’ experience as an intelligence analyst, Special Forces, Army Counterintelligence, or full spectrum Information Operations
• 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 
• Experience in a role commensurate with the position description and responsibilities. At a minimum, personnel shall have management experience in one or more of the following areas: 
  • All Source Analyst 
  • Information Operations/Counterintelligence Analyst 
  • Geo-Spatial Analysis 
  • Network Analyst (Physical) 
  • Threat/Target Analysis 
  • Cyber Analyst (Logical) 
  • Insider Threat Analyst 
  • Financial/Contracting/Business Analyst 
  • Social Media/Big Data/Deep (Dark) Web Analyst 
  • Freedom of Information Act/Declassified Document Researcher 
  • Supply Chain/Logistics Analyst 
  • Profici