Senior Contractor to Multi-Domain Operations Implementation

Senior Contractor Support to Multi-Domain Operations Implementation

Norfolk, United States | Posted on 10/14/2025

Sandy Mac Evolution LLC is a Veteran-Owned company dedicated to connecting top talent with meaningful opportunities.

This opportunity is open only to individuals who currently hold an active U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance at the required level. Engagement will be under a 1099 / Business-to-Business (B2B) contractual arrangement — not a W-2 employment position.

As this is a B2B / 1099 engagement, benefits such as health insurance, paidtime off, and retirement plans are not provided. Contractors are responsible for managing their own taxes, insurance, and other business obligations in accordance with federal and state requirements.

A senior military or defense professional with extensiveknowledgeof NATO doctrine and multi-domain operations (MDO). The ideal candidate has practical experience in operational planning across air, land,maritime, space, and cyber domains, with a clear understanding of how to integrate capabilities into joint and combined operations.

They are skilled at aligning operational concepts with NATO strategic objectives, ensuring that implementation efforts support interoperability,resilience, and force readiness. Prior experience in multinational exercises,concept development, or force integration projects is highly desirable. Strong interpersonal skills are required to coordinate across diverse stakeholders andNATO commands.

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Operational planners or force development officers with NATO MDOimplementation experience.

• Coordinate and contribute to the activities ofthe Multi-Domain Implementation Team, across Allied Command Operations (ACO) and the Alliance
• Coordinate MDO Implementation through NDPP,SCDP, and DDA alignment within HQ SACT, wider ACT, SHAPE and NATO HQ
• Coordinate efforts with other directorateswithin ACT on MDO related activities
• Liaise with Exercise planners to ensure MDO isan integral part of the wider Exercise programme and gather MDO lessons learnedfrom Exercise itself
• Develop and enhance the Synchronisation ofNon-Military Instruments of Power into wargaming and exercises to fully movethe Alliance towards being MDO enabled by 2030
• Oversee and analyse specific activities withinthe Roadmap to be able to verify the implementation of MDO within the Alliance
• Liaise with the Strategic Planning Group and Programme Management to align capabilities to MDO requirements
• Coordinate ACT input to NATO HQ and NMA relatedpolicy development through close interaction with NATO HQ and ACO/SHAPE

• A University/ bachelor’s degree in science or management or 10 years of relevant and demonstrable experience
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the last 8 inexercise planning
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the last 8 in analysing data
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the last 8working with cross-functional teams, including subject matter experts
• Demonstrable experience with managing and fostering relationships across all levels
• Minimum of 4 years' demonstrable policydevelopment and strategic analysis experience
• Minimum of 4 years' demonstrable strategic planning and engagements experience
• Minimum of 4 years' demonstrable warfaredevelopment-related experience
• Minimum of 2 years' demonstrable experience inproject management
• Demonstrable experience with internationalorganizations or multinational teams or working in a military or defenceenvironment
• Demonstrable knowledge of NATO structures and procedures