About this role
The Mission Concepts and Capabilities (MCC) Division of Applied Research Associates (ARA), Inc., is seeking an experienced ICBM Requirements & Training Analyst to support Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC/A10) at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
This is an opportunity for a seasoned Air Force professional to apply your ICBM operational, maintenance, training, or staff expertise to the modernization and sustainment of the nation's strategic missile systems. In this role, you will help shape training requirements, evaluate future training capabilities, and provide critical analysis and recommendations supporting current and future ICBM weapon systems.
The ideal candidate combines extensive ICBM experience with Air Force headquarters, MAJCOM, or comparable staff-level experience. You understand how operational and maintenance needs translate into training requirements, training systems, simulation and trainer devices, and acquisition decisions. Experience supporting AFGSC, 20th Air Force (20AF), the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC), or the 576th Flight Test Squadron (576 FLTS) is highly desirable.
Who This Role Is For:
• This position is ideal for a former or transitioning Air Force professional who wants to leverage hands-on ICBM experience and staff-level expertise to influence training requirements, modernization efforts, and future strategic weapon system capabilities.
• Relevant backgrounds include ICBM Operations Officers, Missile Maintenance Officers, Weapons Officers, ICBM Instructor/Evaluators, Training Managers, Requirements Managers, Program Managers, staff officers, and senior NCOs with ICBM training, operations, maintenance, or requirements experience.
What You'll Do:
• Provide training planning, requirements analysis, program management, and decision support to AFGSC/A10 for ICBM modernization and sustainment initiatives, including training systems and devices.
• Evaluate current and future ICBM training requirements and assess their operational, programmatic, and weapon system sustainment implications.
• Develop, review, and coordinate training plans, requirements documents, briefings, staffing packages, white papers, and decision-support materials.
• Support the development and presentation of requirements to Air Force, MAJCOM, joint, and national-level organizations.
• Analyze training requirements and capabilities to inform acquisition milestones, program decisions, and future nuclear/ICBM weapon system development.
• Participate in integrated training teams supporting current and future ICBM acquisition and modernization programs.
• Provide requirements and programmatic oversight for operational, maintenance, and support training, including training systems, trainers, part-task trainers, and trainer-unique support equipment.
• Coordinate with AFGSC/A3, 576 FLTS, AFNWC, AETC, AFOTEC, and other mission partners to align training requirements, acquisition activities, and operational needs.
• Prepare responses to internal and external MAJCOM taskings, including electronic staffing packages, point papers, background papers, briefings, and executive-level correspondence.
• Translate complex operational and technical information into clear, actionable recommendations that support senior leader decisions and mission objectives.
Required Qualifications:
• 10+ years of ICBM operations and/or maintenance experience.
• 3+ years of Air Force MAJCOM, Headquarters Air Force (HAF), joint, or comparable staff-level experience.
• Current or previously held Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance; previously held clearances must not have been revoked.
• Demonstrated understanding of ICBM operations, maintenance, training, and/or requirements development.
• Ability to analyze complex operational requirements and translate mission needs into actionable training, acquisition, and programmatic recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing briefings, staffing packages, white papers, and executive-level correspondence.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with military leadership, government stakeholders, technical teams, and program partners.
Desired Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Experience in ICBM training, instructor/evaluator duties, or training program development.
• Experience with Training System Requirements Analysis (TSRA).
• Experience developing or managing Training Program Development and Management Plans (TPDMP).
• Experience developing or reviewing Training Device Requirements Documents (TDRD).
• Familiarity with training systems, trainers, part-task trainers, training devices, and trainer support equipment.
• Previous experience supporting AFGSC, 20AF, AFNWC, AETC, AFOTEC, 576 FLTS, or related organizations.
• Experience supporting ICBM modernization, weapon system acquisition, requirements integration, or strategic weapons sustainment.
COMPANY INFORMATION:
Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2000 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.
At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership fosters greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company's success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.
Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the ICBM Development Training Program Analyst position.