Defense Trade Specialist, All Levels

🔥 1 hour ago

🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $77k - $165k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Defense Trade Solutions

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2017

📦 Logistics

🎖️ Defense

🚀 Aerospace

Logistics • Defense • Aerospace

Defense Trade Solutions is a compliance and export-control services firm that helps U. S. defense and aerospace companies accelerate lawful global trade while protecting national security and foreign policy objectives. They specialize in ITAR/EAR licensing and authorizations, foreign disclosure and technology security, security cooperation and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) support, and logistics and customs compliance. DTS provides managed services, project-based support, advisory engagements, and embedded staff with cleared personnel to execute approvals, mitigate risk, and keep defense programs on schedule.

📋 Description

• Support customers’ Arms Export Control Act (AECA) needs • Work on high-visibility or mission-critical aspects of programs • Perform functional duties independently • Depending on seniority, provide quality assurance and oversight of less senior staff and/or be responsible for all staff assigned to a specific job • Initiate, supervise, and/or develop global trade compliance requirements from project inception to conclusion for complex to extremely complex programs • Provide strategic global trade advice, technical guidance, and expertise to program and project staff • Provide detailed global trade compliance analysis, evaluation, and recommendations for improvements, optimization, development, and/or maintenance efforts • Consult with clients to define needs or problems related to international business goals • Supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data, provide advice, and recommend solutions • Lead solutions to defense trade problems and improve upon prior approaches • Lead teammates in problem solving and simplify complex problems through communication • Report into the Solutions Delivery Team

🎯 Requirements

• 2-20 years of relevant work experience specific to defense trade – ITAR, FMS, TR/FD or TSFD • Working knowledge of the ITAR, EAR, and AECA • Experience building international trade compliance programs for aerospace or defense companies; prior ITAR-Empowered Official preferred • Strong ability to draft and manage ITAR export licenses and agreements • Experience participating in and managing ITAR compliance audits and assessments • Ability to conduct self-classifications and commodity jurisdictions with technical rigor • Experience drafting and implementing enterprise-wide international trade compliance policies and procedures • Working knowledge of the Foreign Military Sales process from Letter of Request (LOR) to Letter of Offer & Acceptance (LOA) • Working knowledge of Technology Security & Foreign Disclosure (TSFD) and Technology Release & Foreign Disclosure (TR/FD) processes • Customer service and client management skills • Ability to communicate effectively and provide training to audiences at all levels, from action officer to C-Suite, in a defense industry enterprise • Ability to be a trusted advisor with established relationships with clients and the U.S. Government • Ability to solve defense trade problems and provide service to customers • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Ability to hold and maintain a DoD Active Secret Security Clearance or higher is required • Subject Matter Expert qualifications and/or exceptional or highly unique expertise for the highest-level roles • Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time

🏖️ Benefits

• Discretionary performance bonus of up to 20% of salary • Medical, Vision, Dental • 9/80 Schedule • 3 weeks accrued PTO • 10 Holidays • Accrued Sick Leave • Holiday Shutdown • $100 Quarterly Stipend for Wellness • $100 Monthly Stipend for WFH Setup • 401k with company match • Fully remote work arrangement