# Consulting Employee - JPA

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Reston, VA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: part-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

The BEACON Program at Leidos is seeking exceptional Joint Program Advisors (JPAs) to join our elite team supporting a critical national security mission.

As part of the BEACON team, you’ll work at the center of a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment that drives strategic decision-making across the Intelligence Community and partner agencies.

### Primary Responsibilities

As a Joint Program Advisor (JPA), you will serve as a trusted expert and key advisor, supporting a wide range of operational and programmatic activities that advance the client’s mission objectives.

Responsibilities include:

- Advising on complex operational and program activities to support mission success.

- Providing expert operational guidance and identifying potential counterintelligence issues to safeguard personnel, facilities, and sensitive operations.

- Designing, assessing, and recommending courses of action for classified activities, presenting clear pros and cons for strategic decision-making.

- Delivering high-impact briefings to senior government officials and stakeholders.

- Leveraging classified systems and databases to track, analyze, and manage operational requirements.

- Building strong, trust-based relationships with key operational and interagency partners to drive mission outcomes.

- Providing limited administrative support for field elements and deployed personnel as needed.

### Basic Qualifications

To be considered for this high-visibility position, candidates must meet the following minimum qualifications:

- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph (required).

- Bachelor’s degree and 20+ years of relevant experience (or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree).

- Proven success in multiple client-specific official overseas assignments in senior leadership or advisory roles.

- Extensive experience operating in complex and dynamic environments abroad.

- Demonstrated ability to deliver innovative solutions to operational and strategic challenges.

- Proven experience applying counterintelligence and risk management principles to protect personnel, assets, and missions.

- Expertise in managing operational cases, intelligence production, and policy implementation.

- Advanced proficiency with classified databases and intelligence reporting tools.

- Superior written and verbal communication skills; ability to brief senior executives under tight deadlines with clarity and precision.

- Exceptional judgment, self-direction, and organizational skills.

### Preferred Qualifications

- Prior overseas experience, particularly in high-threat environments.

- Relevant professional certifications or specialized operational training.

- Experience leading or mentoring multi-disciplinary teams in austere or sensitive environments.

## Skills

### Required
- TS/SCI clearance
- polygraph
- counterintelligence
- risk management
- classified databases
- intelligence reporting tools

### Nice to have
- overseas experience
- professional certifications
- operational training
- team leadership

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