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Military/Defense Exercise Experimentation Planner - Security Clearance Required

Valiant Integrated Services
Honolulu, Hawaii
Full-time

Valiant Integrated Services is currently seeking a skilled Military / Defense Exercise Experimentation Planner to support the U.

S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) J81 Experimentation and Innovation Division. This position will lead the planning and operational execution of joint experimentation initiatives across the Service Components, Allies and Partner Nations within the USINDOPACOM area of responsibility.

Candidates will work with a team of military, government and contractor subject matter experts to identify, test and demonstrate advanced concepts & technologies during Joint exercises and operational demonstrations.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

  • Integrate material and non-material experimentation proposals into test, demonstration, and exercise events using traditional experimentation or free play approach as appropriate.
  • Utilize a design-of-experiments approach to develop integration proposals and incorporate them into demonstration, simulation, test, and exercise events, establishing and assessing validity, reliability, precision, and credibility standards.
  • Plan and execute exercise events that incorporate both readiness-based training tasks and cutting-edge experimentation.
  • Build and execute exhaustive data collection and analysis plans.
  • Apply experimentation results to real-world critical military capability gaps to inform potential solutions in the form of acquisition strategies or revisions to concepts of operations and tactics, techniques, and procedures.
  • Work with senior personnel on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command staff, other combatant commands, Joint Staff, and component staffs to coordinate planning and integration of experiments into major theater exercises including PACIFIC SENTRY, VALIANT SHIELD, KEEN EDGE, NORTHERN EDGE, and TALISMAN SABRE.
  • Work with technical experts in a range of disciplines to ensure planning contributes to successful execution of USINDOPACOM-sponsored experimentation objectives.
  • Draft and staff documents designed to implement novel concepts and mature existing ones, including concepts of operation, and tactics techniques and procedures.
  • Conduct preliminary planning, site surveys, and concept development through exercise execution, including participation in planning conferences and technical working groups.
  • Develop and present professional briefings, trip reports, white papers, and other informational documents designed to inform senior decision-makers and, when appropriate, recommend courses of action.
  • Participate in or facilitate operational planning teams (OPTs), bureaus, boards, cells, conferences, and working group events, information paper development, operational and strategic assessments, and response to or creation of Requests for Information (RFIs), and after-action review (AAR).
  • Contribute to synchronization of objectives, activities, and investments (OAI) in a matrix organization with multiple functional areas and provide written reports and briefs to senior military audiences.

Valiant Integrated Services is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

  • Current / active TOP SECRET / SCI security clearance.
  • Must be a US Citizen with a valid U.S. Passport.
  • Must be able to read, write, and speak the English language fluently.
  • 10 years’ experience in a U.S. military combat career field (surface / subsurface warfare, aviation, joint fires, intelligence analysis, electronic warfare, space / cyber, etc).

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

  • Expertise in advanced long-range / joint fires combat concepts against modern anti-access / area denial (A2 / AD) threats.
  • Understanding of operational-level warfighting concepts and Joint All Domain Command & Control (JADC2).
  • Familiarity with the INDOPACOM area of responsibility to include operational plans and integration of allies & partners.
  • Familiarity with USINDOPACOM headquarters staff processes including boards, bureaus, centers, cells and working groups associated with exercise planning and integration.
  • Experience working with combatant commands, joint staff, or operational staff in a position that demands interaction with technical experts, government service, and military personnel.
  • Experience in planning and executing military exercise events that incorporate both readiness-based training tasks and cutting-edge experimentation, and familiarity with the Joint Exercise Life Cycle of major combatant command exercises.
  • Expertise in an emerging field of warfighting concepts desired (unmanned systems, hypersonics, AI / machine learning, etc).
  • Experience with Operational and / or Developmental test plans and integrating material and non-material solutions into test, demonstration, and exercise events.
  • Understanding of operational and exercise planning and execution including knowledge of CJCSM 3500-series guidance and the DoD Experimentation Guidebook to include the design-of-experiment process, and identification of promising experimental initiatives.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS :

  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
  • Master’s Degree in a relevant field preferred.

Physical Requirements :

  • Physically able and willing to travel in the U.S. and internationally
  • Expect 20% of work time to include travel
  • 27 days ago
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