Defense Trade Solutions

General

• Support the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) needs of our customers.
• Work on high-visibility or mission-critical aspects of given programs.
• Perform all functional duties with minimal supervision from senior staff.

Defense Trade Specialist

Director

• Lead export jurisdiction and classification analyses for defense articles, technical data, software, and dual‑use technologies.
• Develop defensible USML and ECCN classification rationales with robust supporting documentation.
• Prepare and support Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) requests and CCATS submissions as needed; maintain authoritative repositories and ensure classification consistency across customer portfolios.
• Conduct TSFD and exportability assessments to inform international program execution and technology release.
• Evaluate releasability risks related to foreign partners, program constructs, and technical data transfers; analyze program protection, disclosure limitations, and foreign access considerations.
• Shape technology release strategies aligned to U.S. national security and foreign policy; integrate exportability planning early in product and program lifecycles.
• Review ITAR and EAR export authorization technical provisos to determine customer program and international business impacts.
• Partner with DTS solutions team, client engineering, program management, and legal teams to resolve technical proviso interpretation questions; translate provisos into plain‑English compliance guidance and next steps.
• Support export licensing strategies, proviso compliance, and TSFD reviews; advise on jurisdiction/classification and TSFD impacts to authorizations and agreements.
• Maintain situational awareness of regulatory changes (ITAR/EAR/AECA, TSFD) affecting jurisdiction and classification determinations; update guidance and templates accordingly.
• Lead complex technical projects and customer engagements; drive issue resolution in “grey‑area” cases with clear, documented logic paths.
• Mentor junior staff on JCA and TSFD methodologies; advance repeatable frameworks, tooling, and best practices across the company.

Defense Trade Technical Manager/Director

• Support the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) needs of our customers.
• Work on high-visibility or mission-critical aspects of a given program and perform all functional duties independently.
• Oversee the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job.
• Initiates, supervises, and/or develops requirements from a project's inception to conclusion for complex to extremely complex programs.
• Provides strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to program and project staff.
• Provides detailed analysis, evaluation and recommendations for improvements, optimization development, and/or maintenance efforts for client-specific or mission critical challenges/issues.
• Consult with client to define need or problem, supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.
• Ability to lead solutions to defense trade problems and provide service to our customers, while also improving upon what was done in the past.
• Ability to lead teammates in problem solving, and break down barriers through a high level of communication skills that can simplify problems.
• Ability to be a trusted advisor with established relationships with our clients and U.S. Government.

Defense Trade Specialist

Defense Trade Technical Manager/Director

Defense Trade Specialist – Senior/Principal