Plans and Strategy Lead - Space Operations

REQUIRED:

• 12+ years’combined experience working inspace defense operationsandoperationsplanningwith Bachelor sin related field; 16 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree; 11+ years’ relevant experience with MS in related field

• 7+ years’ combined
  
  IC/DoD exercise and planning process experience(i.e.,JPP, APEX, JOPES)

• 2+ yearsofcombined related operations floor and project management experience working with Intelligence Community andCOCOMs

• Active TS/SCI with adjudicated
  
  CI Poly

• 14+ yearsofcombined prior space operations and
  
  Do Dplanningexperience

• Prior integrated Joint Special Technical Operations(STO) and Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP) experience

• Prior military service in related fields:5S USSF;
  
  USAF
  13s (Officer) 1C6(Enlisted);
  
  Army FA40 or FA59;
  Marine
  8866 or 0540 specialty(Weapons Schoolgraduateorinstructordesired)

• Prior experience in Project Manager role, exercise planner and/ormanaging TTPs

• Advanced understanding of orbital mechanics, flight safetytoolsand
  
  I&W systems

• Advanced knowledge of foreign/domestic space & ground threat capabilities and space surveillance networks with prior experience in tasking space surveillance resources

As the Plans and Strategy Lead (PSL) supporting a national security program space war fighting mission, you willbe responsible for executing

Joint Planning Processes (JPP) and Combatant Command (COCOM) processes to transition desired strategies into daily

NOCoperations.

You will evolve

ICparticipation and contributionsforinteragency exercisesbyassessingthequality and effectiveness of training and implementinginformedchangeswithin procedures, orders, plans and other deliverable products.

As the senior planning team member, you will overseethe capture ofreal world and training“lessons-learned”tofacilitateleadership and decision-maker review and approval. A successful candidate willdemonstrateexpert mission and space operations experience to develop criteria for considerationofeffects-based operations against threats toICsystems.

Additional, the PSL will ensure teamlogisticalsupportforcontingency operations planning meetingsandworkshopsfor

ICand external partners’leadership.

• Lead teamshapingofstrategicorders, reports and otherplansdocumentswithsenior experience implementing
  
  Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) and Joint Operational Planning and Execution Systems (JOPES) planning methodologies

• Development TTPs, COAsandcriteria fortheoptimizationof effect-based operations

• Adapt plans and procedure sin consideration ofongoing integration of Indication and Warning(I&W) systems and tool capabilities andadviseintegration efforts

• Determine effectiveness of current procedures and system capabilities;compile “lessons learned” frombothreal-worldeventsand exercises for improved procedural changes

• Maintain Awareness of current high-interest terrestrial and space-based activity effecting space domain,threat pattern of behavior as well asassetcollectionand mission priorities

• Plan,monitor and prioritizeoptimaleffects-based operations against threat toICassets

• Providelogisticalsupport for contingency operations planning meetings and workshops

• Identify and inform decision-makers ofany system, procedural or intelligence gapsandassumptions that may pose a risk to mission success

• Work full-time on-site at a government facility in Springfield,VA

*** This position is contingent upon award of contract***