Executive Assistant (5284)

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Huntsville, AL, USA
In-Office
25-38 Annually
Mid level
Cloud • Information Technology
The Role
The Executive Assistant will provide administrative support, manage schedules, coordinate travel, and handle correspondence for executives, ensuring efficient office operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
SMX is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide executive, administrative and operations support to the STARE Project Office's Passive Instrumentation Radars and International Programs Offices. This position will be onsite at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama.
 
The candidate must be detail-oriented, highly-organized, and self-starting with a broad skill set to support various clerical and administrative tasks. The Executive Assistant will be expected to manage multiple tasks with competing priority levels and should have excellent interpersonal skills, time management skills, and flexibility in their work environment in order to manage meeting minutes, produce reports, maintain file management, manage schedules/calendars, conduct meeting coordination, track and manage taskers, review the Automated Time and Attendance Production System (ATAAPS), and create travel arrangements and reconcile vouchers in the Defense Travel System.
 
The ideal candidate will be familiar with managing correspondence in accordance with AR 25-50, handling classified documentation, maintaining records management files, and building and reviewing briefing charts, memoranda and correspondence, and spreadsheets.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  • Calendar coordination and deconfliction; Schedule and coordinate meetings and conference rooms
  • Plan travel for US Government (USG) personnel internationally and domestically
  • Make and receive phone calls on behalf of USG executives
  • Perform inter- and intra-office coordination
  • Maintain Outlook calendars
  • Perform file and document management
  • Monitor/track Action Items
  • Prepare and manage official USG correspondence
  • Properly handle/store/manage classified material
  • Record meeting minutes and produce reports; Create/edit briefing charts
  • Perform all other duties as assigned

Required Skills & Experience 

  •  Clearance Required: Secret 
  • BA/BS degree with up to 5 years of experience
    •  Allowable substitutions: Associate's degrees or high school diploma are acceptable with additional experience
  • Strong capacity to learn business software applications, such as DTS
  • Exceptional writing skills and the ability to follow formatting style guides, such as AR 25-50 and internal writing templates
  • Ability to serve in a hierarchical organization and follow orders, directives, and policies
  • Demonstrated initiative in learning new skills, tackling problems, and accepting new challenges

Desired Skills & Experience 

  • Experience managing multiple executive and operational calendars
  • Familiarity with AR 25-50, Managing Army Correspondence
  • Expertise with MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel
  • Exceptional oral and written communications

Application Deadline:  5/18/2026

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The SMX salary determination process takes into account a number of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories, relevant prior work experience, specific skills, education and certifications. At SMX, one of our Core Values is to Invest in Our People so we offer a competitive mix of compensation, learning & development opportunities, and benefits. Some key components of our robust benefits include health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.

The proposed salary for this position is:
$25.62$38.37 USD

At SMX®, we are a team of technical and domain experts dedicated to enabling your mission. From priority national security initiatives for the DoD to highly assured and compliant solutions for healthcare, we understand that digital transformation is key to your future success.

We share your vision for the future and strive to accelerate your impact on the world. We bring both cutting edge technology and an expansive view of what’s possible to every engagement. Our delivery model and unique approaches harness our deep technical and domain knowledge, providing forward-looking insights and practical solutions to power secure mission acceleration.

SMX is an Equal Opportunity employer including disabilities and veterans.

Selected applicant may be subject to a background investigation and/or education verification.

SMX does not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

Skills Required

  • BA/BS degree with up to 5 years of experience
  • Clearance Required: Secret
  • Strong capacity to learn business software applications, such as DTS
  • Exceptional writing skills and the ability to follow formatting style guides, such as AR 25-50 and internal writing templates

SMX Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SMX and has not been reviewed or approved by SMX.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Salary ranges are publicly listed on many postings and a pay transparency statement clarifies how location, contract, and credentials influence offers. This visibility helps set clear expectations around compensation.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth About four weeks of PTO plus 11 paid federal holidays are highlighted in careers materials. Paid military leave on some roles further expands time‑off coverage.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with a dollar‑for‑dollar match on the first 5% and immediate vesting is called out in role descriptions. Traditional and Roth options support long‑term savings.

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The Company
HQ: Hollywood, MD
1,413 Employees
Year Founded: 1995

What We Do

SMX is a global technology and advanced engineering provider specializing in Cloud Solutions, C5ISR, and Advanced Engineering / IT. Our tradition of delivering innovative, technical solutions dates back to 1995, however, you may know us better by one of our legacy company names: Trident Technologies, Smartronix, Datastrong, or C2S Consulting Group. With the support of OceanSound Partners, our private equity investment sponsor, we began operating as one business starting in 2019 and became SMX in 2021. We operate in close proximity to our clients around the globe and have core locations in Alabama, California, the DC Metro, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Today, as SMX, we are one team and together empower government and commercial enterprises to become more effective, innovative, and resilient, no matter what challenges they face. SMX offers competitive benefits, excellent work environments, and growth opportunities for our employees while continuing to expand operations and support our communities. We have more than 25 years of rapid and consistent growth with continuous recognition as an employer-of-choice technology company. In addition, we have earned coveted industry quality and business certifications; have a strong commitment to business partnerships, ethics, compliance, and sustainability; and have a multitude of premier contracting vehicles. The combination of these attributes allows us to provide sound, repeatable business solutions yet remain flexible and agile to quickly adapt to specific customer requirements. Committed to ensuring the highest levels of customer satisfaction, SMX is structured around the programs and technologies we support to provide optimal and seamless operations. We have maintained a reputation for excellence, helping to assure the missions of our Department of Defense, Public Sector, Fortune 1000, and other Government and commercial customers.

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