Kitty Hawk Technologies, a growing service and technology innovator, is seeking talented and motivated professionals to deliver lean and effective solutions to our government partners. We have an immediate opening for a Policy Analyst to join our team. This position will provide an opportunity to develop the innovative technology that supports some of our nation’s most important defense initiatives. Kitty Hawk employees work closely with our customers to develop solutions that support national engineering and security missions, and the ideal candidate will support our team in providing program support to the Department of Defense (DoD). In addition to receiving a competitive salary and health benefits, the Policy Analyst will join a motivated, talented, and technically accomplished team. The employee will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded.

Candidates must be results oriented and have the ability to work in a well-organized, logical and systematic manner. They will set clear objectives, monitor progress, take corrective action and control performance levels to maintain high internal customer satisfaction. They will possess deep insight into customer requirements and will maintain the ability to ethically influence those requirements. They will be able to clearly define and clearly articulate compelling solutions and will require an ability to quickly assimilate and apply complex technical information.

The Department of the Navy (DON) Modeling and Simulation Executive/DON CHENG and his action arm, the Navy’s Modeling and Simulation Office (NMSO), requires enterprise system engineering and modeling and simulation (M&S) support in making recommendations, drafting approaches, defining processes, and helping to implement changes to bring increased organization and focus to the development and use of Enterprise Engineering and M&S throughout the Department.

Kitty Hawk Technologies is currently seeking a Policy Analyst to work in the Dahlgren, Virginia area.

Key Responsibilities:

NMSO Senior Policy Analyst works closely with the NMSO Program Manager and Senior Program Analyst. Essential functions and tasks include but are not limited to:

• Conduct research and data gathering on existing plans, road-maps, and similar documents across the DoW, Joint Commands, NATO organizations, and the Services
• Distribute draft documents for review and comment, adjudicating inputs, updating drafts based on feedback, conducting technical editorial updates, and preparing documents for formal staffing
• Conduct research and analysis of existing policies to identify gaps and provide recommendations for new or revised policies
• Support the development, promulgation, and implementation of M&S standards to enable reuse, interoperability, and composability of M&S software and systems
  • Gather M&S standards requirements from DON developers and users
  • Coordinating with Navy and DoW user communities, other Services, and Agencies