management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies. The Planner/Scheduler will be hired directly into our Scheduling Center of Excellence and placed on programs within the Mission Systems (MS) Sector. The MS scheduling organization focuses on skill development and, most importantly, creates a pathway for professional development and progression. The Center of Excellence provides training within a standard, common tool suite that allows for speed, productivity and integration while facilitating compliance and focusing on program execution. The Planner/Scheduler is responsible for coordinating with engineering and operations teams to decompose scope and develop the program's schedule baseline. This position will work within a team environment consisting of program management, technical, production, financial and other supporting staff. This is a career building role that provides exposure to contract management, production operations, risk and opportunity management and program management practices. The ideal candidate will have strong teambuilding skills, exhibit strong in, and possess comprehensive verbal and written communication/presentation skills. Apply knowledge of product development planning to establish and control the program schedule baseline; coordinate with a multifunctional teams to update status for management decision making on complex development and production programs. Coordinate with business management and project management staff to develop an integrated program measurement baseline to manage cost, schedule and technical performance of the program Use project scheduling software to plan and gauge progress against the plan. Identifies performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas with the technical (engineering and operations) leads. Works with the program team to develop courses of action and risk mitigation strategies to address performance issues. Perform thorough project analysis through metrics reviews and predictive analysis to enhance cost, schedule and technical performance. Perform Schedule risk analyses and works with the program manager to resolve risky schedules, critical path issues and network logic conflicts. Bachelor's degree with 5 years professional related experience -OR - a Master's degree with 3 years of professional related experience. Will consider 9 years of applied experience in lieu of degree requirement. Program scheduling experience using Microsoft Project, Oracle P6, Deltek Open Plan or other related scheduling tool. Experience using MS Office Suite, specifically Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time. US Citizenship is required The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance. Bachelor's degree or higher in Business Management, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Operations Management, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field 3+ years of program scheduling experience Experience with Schedule Analytics and Schedule Risk Assessment tools. Working knowledge of EVMS guidelines and processes. Current, active DoD Secret security clearance strongly preferred.