Defense Trade Specialist – Senior/Principal

🕒 June 24

🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $80k - $120k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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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 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.

🎯 Requirements

• 5-9 years (Senior Specialist) or 10+ years (Principal Specialist) of relevant work experience specific to defense trade – ITAR, FMS or TSFD experience required. • 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 drafting and managing 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 & 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) Release. • Familiarity with social media and strategic communication strategies. • Customer service and client management skills. • Ability to communicate effectively and provide trainings to audiences at all levels (action officer to C-Suite) in a defense industry enterprise. • Ability to establish and maintain rapport with clients and the U.S. Government. • Ability to solve defense trade problems and provide service to our customers without direction and with minimal rework. • A reliable resource for all teammates with strong written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to hold and maintain a DoD Active Secret Security Clearance or higher is required. • Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical • Vision • Dental • 9/80 Schedule • 3 weeks accrued PTO • 10 Holidays • Accrued Sick Leave • Holiday Shut-down • $100 Quarterly Stipend for Wellness • $100 Monthly Stipend for WFH Setup • 401k with company match