CENTRA Technology, Inc. (CENTRA) An Amentum Company provides analytic, consulting, and staffing support to U.S. Government national security agencies, including the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense, and similar Government clients.
The ES&T Process Engineering and Analysis (Homeland) Division provides a range of homeland security and law enforcement intelligence support, risk analysis and modeling, and program management services to Federal, state, and local agencies.
We pride ourselves in developing creative, customized, and flexible approaches that meet our clients evolving and dynamic needs.
CENTRA is looking an early or mid-career analyst to serve as a Foreign Transaction Risk Analyst on the Risk Mitigation and Compliance Monitoring (RMCM) team within DHSs Office of Trade and Economic Security (TES).
CENTRA provides support to TES, which serves as DHSs representative within the economic security mission space and multiple interagency committees by providing analysis of the national security risks posed by transactions before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector (informally, Team Telecom), as well as supply chain risk analysis for information and communications technology and services (ICTS) transactions under Executive Order 13873.
The RMCM team is responsible for mitigating risks of CFIUS, Team Telecom, and/or ICTS cases through the interagency processes from the point at which it a determination that a risk to national security needs to be mitigated throughout the lifetime of the case until such time that mitigation is no longer required.
Candidates must be well-organized, detail-oriented, and team-focused, with demonstrably strong interpersonal, research, and critical thinking skills.
The ability to write succinctly for an executive policy audience and manage deadlines will be paramount.
These cases and their mitigation agreements adhere to strict timelines, so the ideal candidate will be comfortable managing multiple cascading deadlines across several open cases.
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting all facets of the RMCM team, including:
+ Supporting the development of risk mitigation strategies to address national security risks arising from foreign investment in U.S. businesses, including drafting National Security Agreements between the U.S. Government and parties to a foreign investment, to implement those strategies.
+ Supporting negotiations with private counterparties to develop risk mitigation agreements or remediate violations of existing risk mitigation agreements.
+ Monitoring private parties' compliance with legally binding risk mitigation agreements, identification of potential violations of risk mitigation agreements, and development of remedies, and determine whether enforcement of civil monetary penalties for violations of applicable regulations and mitigation agreements, conditions, or orders.
+ Supporting enforcement/penalty actions through an interagency penalty process.
+ Drafting formal recommendations, memoranda, and other briefing documents for senior officials, which outline issues pertaining to the mitigation of risks arising from foreign investment, foreign and U.S. businesses compliance with mitigation agreements, and providing in-depth analysis and the options available to mitigate risk to national security or whether enforcement of civil monetary penalties is needed.
+ Coordinating stakeholder management, including maintaining communications with DHS components and interagency peers, representing DHS in meetings, and promptly answering requests from stakeholders.
+ Maintaining records related to the above-mentioned responsibilities.
Required:
+ Bachelors or higher degree;
+ 8 years minimum professional experience with a BA or BS / 5 years minimum professional experience with a higher degree;
+ Proficiency in Microsoft Suite of products; and
+ TS/SCI with current DHS Suitability or eligibility to obtain DHS Suitability
Preferred:
+ Intra-agency and interagency coordination;
+ Experience as an intelligence consumer;
+ Risk management and analysis;
+ Principles of U.S. critical infrastructure;
+ Risk mitigation, compliance, or enforcement work in the national security or financial services domains;
+ Trade and logistics, data security/cybersecurity, undersea telecommunications cables or other telecommunications infrastructure; and/or Export controls, sanctions, or mitigating foreign ownership, control, and influence (FOCI).
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