Military Operations Planner/SME Job Listing at SPA in Alexandria, VA (Job ID 2024-19035)

Description

Qualifications

Required:

• 15 years of experience and a BS/BA degree, or a Master's Degree and 10 years of experience.
• Knowledge in Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD), including planning support and assessments
• Demonstrated experience leading CWMD planning cells.
• Active Top Secret clearance.

Desired:

• Master's Degree.
• Experience of and knowledge with nuclear operations.
• Experience working with CENTCOM, STRATCOM, SOCOM, EUCOM, or INDOPACOM J5.
• Developing strategies and assigning program guidance.
• Experience with global CWMD plans.
• Supervisory experience.

The candidate will provide analytical, technical, and administrative support for day-to-day activities to include CWMD planning and operational expertise, organizational policy and planning development and project/program support, and technical support specific to each of the CCMD's respective regions, to include information, advice, alternative analysis, evaluations, and recommendations. Provide joint planning support for campaign and contingency plans to counter and deter WMD and emerging WMD threats, including countering WMD; counter proliferation; pathway defeat; nuclear deterrence and employment; and theater conventional nuclear integration/conventional support to nuclear operations methodologies and related expertise to the CCMDs, the Joint Staff (JS), and other DoD Components. Advise and assist in development of internal plans, supporting and implementation plans to OSD, CCMDs, and JS priority strategies and plans, and to the Agency strategy. Develop OPORDs, planning orders, commander's estimates, and war gaming products (i.e., briefings and supporting documents), or other planning products. Provide nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological planning and operations expertise, expert advice, and briefing support. Provide theater nuclear planning expertise. Review and assess national and DoD guidance (e.g. NSS, NDS, NMS, CPG, JSCP, Nuclear Weapons Employment Policy (NUWEP), etc.) to ensure policy integration into DTRA strategy, supporting plans, and procedures. Provide expertise on the Adaptive Planning and Execution System to ensure planning products and processes comply with approved procedures. Provide Risk and Opportunity Analysis, interdisciplinary and analytical capability support to enable the Agency to analyze complex issues/problem areas for CWMD Community of Interests (COI), CCMD, and DoD Components. Support the development and coordination of associated administrative documentation, coordination, and delivery of read-ahead packages and briefings. Support contingency response and exercise execution as needed.

* Travel is expected ~25%.