Senior Technical Advisor - Strategic Supply Chain Risk & Warfighting Technology

About the role

This position defines a Senior Technical Advisor focused on defense supply chain risk and warfighting technology. You will operate at the intersection of industrial base analysis, manufacturing science, and operational planning. Your work will support the identification, assessment, and validation of mitigation strategies for risks across defense sustainment and modernization supply chains. This position interfaces directly with U.S. Government authorities spanning the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as joint and interagency frameworks. You will serve as the primary technical point of contact for government customers, leading discussions on supply chain risk findings, mitigation options, and execution pathways. You will engage regularly with executive-level stakeholders, including senior acquisition, sustainment, logistics, and operational leaders within the Department of War and Service headquarters. A key responsibility involves presenting complex technical, industrial, and analytical findings in a clear, authoritative manner to support executive decision-making through briefings, read-aheads, and formal recommendations.

Key facts

What you'll do

Execute authoritative analysis of defense supply chain risk and warfighting technology for U.S. Government clients.

Interpret complex operational requirements and translate them into actionable supply chain risk mitigation pathways.

Lead structured assessments of industrial base capacity, manufacturing feasibility, and operational relevance for defense sustainment portfolios.

Coordinate cross-functional inputs from Forward Deployed Engineers, Data Scientists, and Software Developers to refine workflow logic within platform tools.

Validate data sources and model assumptions to ensure reliability under varied operational and technical conditions.

Present technical, industrial, and analytical findings to senior civilian and uniformed leaders through concise briefings and read-ahead materials.

Guide the development of scenario-based outputs that clarify tradeoffs between execution risk, strategic priority, and resource allocation.

Ensure all recommendations align with legal authorities, strategic constraints, and regulatory policies governing defense acquisition and sustainment.

Own the documentation of mitigation strategies and decision rationales for audit, review, and future operational reference.

Facilitate structured validation sessions with government stakeholders to verify logic coverage and decision readiness of proposed solutions.

Requirements

Candidates must demonstrate deep familiarity with defense sustainment and modernization supply chains through direct professional experience.

You must possess strong analytical capabilities and the ability to translate data into decision-grade recommendations for executive stakeholders.

Experience working with senior civilian and uniformed leaders in operational or policy environments is essential for this role.

You must operate with strict adherence to fact-based reporting, where every observation is rooted in verifiable evidence.

No detail may be altered, and no sentence may be copied from prior drafts during the preparation of analytical products.

You are responsible for maintaining clarity, accuracy, and full alignment with source information in all deliverables.

This role requires the capacity to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment without compromising quality.

You must contribute to a culture of transparency, accountability, and operational excellence across teams and partner organizations.

Nice to have

Only items explicitly indicated as preferred in the source guidance are reflected here.

Practical notes

The engagement details are sourced directly and must be confirmed for final consideration.

Work arrangements remain remote eligible, with a strong preference for candidates local to Washington, DC or Huntsville, AL.

The expected work environment consists of remote or hybrid arrangements for those within commutable distance as defined in source materials.

About Exiger

Exiger is hiring for Senior Technical Advisor - Strategic Supply Chain Risk & Warfighting Technology. The listing location is Huntsville, Alabama, United States; McLean, Virginia, United States.

This Senior Technical Advisor - Strategic Supply Chain Risk & Warfighting Technology opening is posted for Huntsville, Alabama, United States; McLean, Virginia, United States.