Senior Operations SME/Operations Analyst Principal

Ensure the safety and security of our nation as a Senior Operations SME/ Operations Analyst Principal at GDIT. Youll apply the latest technology and provide operational support to deliver actionable intelligence for the Intelligence Community and for the Operational Force. Here, your work will have meaning and impact as you deliver your best every day.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Senior Operations SME/Operations Analyst Principal you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an Senior Operations SME/Operations Analyst Principal joining our team to augment our Lower Command and Control (LOWCOM) Cell. He or she will develop, refine, and update realistic exercise products and vignettes, and will role-play operational and tactical level Special Operations Force units during exercises. Most of our exercises will be Commander's Assessments, designed to assist a unit Commander to train and assess his/her staff, and other exercises will be External Evaluations (EXEVALs) conducted as part of unit pre-deployment activities.

Position specific tasks include but are not limited to:

• Develop and maintain tactical vignettes and injects for exercises to replicate SOF activities conducted by tactical elements at the Company level and below.

• Integrate and synchronize Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) and Operations, Activities, and Investments (OAIs) into exercise scenarios

• Mentor trainees on SOF tactical capabilities, processes, and employment

• Role play the execution of tactical level activities during Mission Readiness Exercises (MRXs)

• Brief leadership and exercise players on SOF tactical capabilities, exercise execution, and lessons learned

HOW A SENIOR OPERATIONS SME/OPERATIONS ANALYST PRINCIPAL WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Provides military subject matter expertise to the SOMTC program

• Participates with other members of the Mission Command Exercise Branch team in exercise vignette development to address relevant staff Mission Essential Tasks (METs)

• Reviews "Lessons Learned" from previous exercises to identify and resolve training shortfalls in order to assist newly formed Special Operations Task Force (SOTF), Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF), and Special Operations Joint Task Force (SOJTF) staffs to efficiently execute all staff Battle Drills

• Works with fellow contractor employees who are former Special Forces, Civil Affairs, PSYOP, USAF CCT/TACP personnel and sister service veterans to identify and develop cross-functional team injects and vignettes

• A Senior Operations SME/Operations Analyst Principal will ensure that exercise scenarios encompass the following activities: Cyber-Space-SOF planning and activities, Multi-Domain Operations (MDO), Special Forces Operations, Intelligence, Psychological Operations, Civil Affairs, Logistics, Fires, Insurgency Forces, Future Operations, and include interaction with other Government agencies and non-government agencies.

• Senior Operations SMEs/Operations Analyst Principals ensure successful completion of these activities in a training environment to assure Commanders that units are prepared to fully execute their assigned missions upon deployment.

• A Senior Operations SME/Operations Analyst Principal will maintain familiarity with and will adhere to current Army and Joint doctrine and training strategies throughout the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC).

WHAT YOULL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree. The candidate can still be completing his or her Bachelor's Degree if he or she has already completed an Associate's Degree and has the requisite job experience.

• Required Experience: Assignment to U.S. Army Special Operations Forces (Special Forces, Military Information Support Operations, Civil Affairs, Ranger Regiment, Special Operations Aviation, Special Mission units) or assignment to one of the following: Military Intelligence, Logistics Corps, or Field Artillery units. Equivalent assignments within other military branches do apply.

• Required Technical Skills: Graduate of U.S. Army Special Forces Qualifying Course (Officer) 18A, Warrant Officer (180A), Noncommissioned Officer (18-series) Military Occupation Specialties and graduate of a U.S. military officers intermediate course or Senior Service College, or Special Forces Warrant Officer Advanced Course, or from one of the following U.S. military Noncommissioned Officer Education System courses: First Sergeant Course or Sergeants Major Course. Equivalent technical experience within other military branches does apply.

• Security Clearance Level: Secret

• Required Skills and Abilities: Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), problem solving, and mission planning.

• Preferred Skills: Two years of experience researching, planning, preparing, coordinating, and executing Mission Readiness Exercises (MRXs).

• Location: On Customer Site at the Special Operations Mission Training Center (SOMTC), Fort Bragg, NC.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career as a Senior Operations SME/Operations Analyst Principalat GDIT and youll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for the mission and delivering results.