Technical Advisor – Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Overview

Location: Dayton, OHEmployer: WiSC Enterprises, LLCClearance: Active Top Secret (TS/SCI strongly preferred)

 

About the Role

WiSC Enterprises is seeking a Technical Advisor (SME) to provide expert technical and analytical support to complex government programs and mission-critical systems. The Technical Advisor will lead assessments, analyze operational challenges, define user requirements, and recommend process, system, and configuration changes that improve efficiency and mission effectiveness. This senior-level role requires deep expertise, the ability to navigate competing priorities, and strong communication with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.

• Reviews status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports.

• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.

• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, clients and other stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

Skills:

• 10 years of experience with Department of Defense (DoD) or similar programs/projects 

• Technical subject matter expertise in the appropriate phenomenology, mission processes, data sources, and analytic disciplines to support and advise intelligence production efforts.

• Experience developing phenomenology-based GEOINT, MASINT, and SIGINT advanced target analytical training for use by analysts creating intelligence products.

• Experience proposing recommendations to automate mission area analytic workflows and guide government implementation of automated cross workflow solutions including use of automation across multiple cloud environments.

• Education and experience meeting SME-level requirements:

  • Doctorate degree in a field relevant to their functional area.
    • Twenty (20) years of work experience may be substituted for a Doctorate; or, sixteen (16) yearsof work experience plus a Bachelor’s degree may be substituted for a Doctorate; or, twelve (12) years of work experience plus a Master’s degree may be substituted for a Doctorate.

Tools & Systems:

• Intelligence Databases (M3, Palantir, Analyst Notebook, IC Reach, Intelink, ACES)
• GEOINT & Imaging (ArcGIS, RemoteView, FalconView, imagery exploitation tools)
• Modeling/Simulation (STK, MATLAB/Simulink, COMSOL, ANSYS, flight/missile modeling suites)
• Data Analysis (Python, R, SQL, Excel (advanced), Power BI, Tableau)
• Systems & Architecture (DOORS, MagicDraw, SysML, DOF/DoDAF tools)
• Program Support (JCIDS, DAES, SharePoint, JIRA, Confluence)
• Communication & Security (JWICS, SIPRNet, NIPRNet, DCS, secure document systems)
• Reporting & Visualization (MS Office Suite, Visio, Lucidchart)

Security Clearance:

• Active Top Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred).

Desired Qualifications

Why WiSC Enterprises

• Work on impactful national security programs where your expertise drives mission success.

• Competitive salary and benefits with opportunities for professional growth.

• Collaborative, mission-driven environment with direct engagement from senior leadership.