[Hiring] Senior Program Specialist @Navitas

Role Description

The Senior Program Specialist (SPS) serves as a strategic technical and operational advisor, leveraging emerging technologies to support DoD and interagency missions. This role translates advanced technical capabilities into mission-ready solutions, enabling integrated platforms that enhance situational awareness, operational planning, and decision-making across joint and partner organizations.

• Apply advanced capabilities such as graph data stores, RDF triples, Location-Based Intelligence, AI/ML, data enrichment pipelines, and GIS systems to support mission requirements.
• Provide technical, operational, and intelligence advisory support that enables commands, subordinate units, and strategic partners to integrate within enterprise technology platforms.
• Conduct briefings and debriefings related to technology integration, task management, risk mitigation, and operational outcomes.
• Create and deliver system architecture overviews, implementation briefings, and product demonstrations for internal and external audiences, including public-facing events.
• Provide specialized expertise during the planning and execution of military exercises and operational activities.
• Create and maintain project milestones, roadmaps, and planning artifacts to support mission execution and technology delivery.
• Mentor, train, and advise senior leadership on emerging technologies, system capabilities, and strategic integration opportunities.
• Collaborate with joint directorates, academia partners, and foreign mission partners to communicate technical vision and enable cross-functional alignment.
• Leverage working knowledge of Esri ArcGIS Enterprise systems to support geospatial intelligence and operational use cases.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field or a minimum of 11+ years of experience supporting DoD and/or interagency organizations.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical, operational, or intelligence advisory support in defense or intelligence environments.
• Proven understanding of emerging technologies and their application within strategic, cross-functional mission environments.
• Experience supporting mission planning, operational execution, or technology integration initiatives.

Requirements

• Experience with early adoption and operationalization of emerging technologies in DoD environments.
• Familiarity with GIS platforms, geospatial intelligence workflows, and Esri ArcGIS Enterprise.
• Strong briefing, presentation, and communication skills with senior leadership and mission stakeholders.
• Experience supporting joint, coalition, or interagency organizations.

Company Description

Navitas has grown to be an industry leader in the digital transformation space, serving as trusted advisors supporting our client base within the commercial, federal, and state and local markets.

At our very core, we’re a group of problem solvers providing our award-winning technology solutions to drive digital acceleration for our customers!