Transportation Systems Analyst

About the Position: Serves as a member of a team tasked with developing and implementing automated defense transportation systems and logistics policies and programs mandated by the Deputy Chief of Staff.

Prepares and delivers clear and convincing technical briefings, research findings, and software demonstrations to senior officials up to the General Officer and Senior Executive Service (SES) level.

Conducts active oral discussions and collaborative meetings with industry partners, commercial carriers, and various defense agencies to explain, clarify, and gain support for program and policy changes.

Evaluates advanced transportation system concepts and industry practices to make objective, technical determinations regarding their feasibility, integration compatibility, and cost-effectiveness for DoD-wide deployment.

Independently interprets high-level defense regulations and policy directives to resolve complex system conflicts, determine scope of work, and initiate system change requests.

Develop specific plans, schedules and procedures to be applied in the development and management of an automated transportation management program.

Coordinate and work with persons from other organizations to formulate detailed requirements, and reviews, discuss and define methods of automation support for those requirements.

Coordinate, monitor and record the results of functional testing events; oversees system requirement reviews that analyzes and evaluate proposed system changes request and new capabilities.

Review current system applications in terms of efficiency, economy, and capability to meet current and future requirements.

Develop functional requirements necessary for programming costing of new and revised rules and policies.

Provide analysis and interpretation of rules and regulations governing the transportation of DOD freight.