Senior Strategic Arms Control Advisor

Position Summary 

The Senior Strategic Arms Control Advisor provides DTRA senior-level, experience-based advice on implementation of past, current, and future strategic arms-control treaties and agreements. The Advisor supports GT-ST and the Directorate in retaining critical arms-control expertise, informs U.S. Government policy and implementation decisions, and advises on nuclear, conventional, and emerging multi-domain arms-control issues. 

• Advise GT-ST, the Global Threat Reduction Directorate, and DTRA on implementation of strategic arms-control activities associated with past and current nuclear arms-control treaties and agreements. 

• Provide experience-based advice in support of USG development of follow-on agreements to New START and other bilateral or multilateral arms-control treaties and risk-reduction measures. 

• Advise on programs designed to retain arms-control technical expertise and sustain a knowledgeable, adaptable workforce capable of meeting emerging Department of War requirements. 

• Provide multi-domain implementation advice spanning strategic and nonstrategic nuclear, conventional, and emerging/novel threats. 

• Support policy and decision-making by advising DTRA and USG stakeholders on current and future treaties, agreements, confidence-building measures, and risk-reduction initiatives. 

• Provide technical advice to USG and/or Department of War arms-control negotiating bodies during conferences, meetings, and implementation or negotiation activities. 

• Attend technical demonstrations, interagency workshops, site-assisted visits, on-site treaty training, and other arms-control engagements to provide expert advice. 

• Develop technical analyses, briefings, reports, and other advisory products in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and other Government-directed formats. 

• Coordinate and communicate effectively with stakeholders across DTRA, DoW Components, other USG organizations, and the broader arms-control community. 

• In-depth experience implementing bilateral and/or multilateral arms-control agreements and treaties. 

• Personal experience and expertise gained through direct participation in activities related to strategic nuclear treaties and agreements. 

• Experience working with and advising USG stakeholders responsible for implementing strategic agreements and treaties in support of national-security objectives. 

• Minimum of five years of direct experience supporting strategic nuclear treaty implementation, specifically START and New START. 

• Demonstrated arms-control interagency liaison experience supporting development of on-site implementation policies and practices. 

• Strong knowledge of strategic arms-control implementation, inspection activities, treaty policy, and interagency processes. 

• Strategic nuclear arms-control implementation 

• START / New START expertise 

• Interagency liaison and stakeholder engagement 

• Policy and senior-leader decision support 

• Treaty negotiation and conference support 

• On-site implementation and inspection advisory support 

• Technical writing, briefings, and knowledge transfer 

• Technical analyses, briefings, reports, and recommendations supporting treaty implementation and policy development. 

• Advisory support to arms-control negotiating bodies, conferences, workshops, and site engagements. 

• Experience-based recommendations supporting DTRA arms-control workforce sustainment and future implementation readiness.