Category

Intelligence

Job Type

Full-Time

Career Level

Staff

Education

High School / GED

Travel

Security Clearance Required

TS/SCI

Job Description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Senior Operations Research Analyst (Exercise & Wargame Intelligence Planner)to support a federal government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Benefits:

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule. Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.
• Salary range: $100,000 - $140,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and the abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Senior Operations Research Analyst (Exercise & Wargame Intelligence Planner)

Job description:

Performs intelligence exercise planning for Combined Joint Task Force – Space Operations (CJTF-SO) led and/or supported exercises and wargames. Participates in exercise and wargaming planning events, essential task list development, and conducts readiness assessments to ensure current and future CJTF-SO operations address threats posed by U.S. Space Command’s (USSPACECOM) strategic competitors. Captures lessons learned and best practices to guide and inform CJTF-SO, Combined Forces Space Component Command (CFSCC), and Joint Task Force – Space Defense (JTF-SD) training and readiness programs. Maintains integration with CJTF-SO and HQ USSPACECOM intelligence entities to stay up-to-date with current and projected space adversary threat and incorporates threat information and capabilities into exercise and wargame scenarios.

Primary duty responsibilities:

• In coordination with DoD, allied, and mission partners, provide intelligence exercise planning support to Master Scenario Event List (MSEL), Road to Conflict (RTC), and Training Objectives (TO) development throughout the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) and wargame planning events.
• Participate in exercise and wargame planning events from planning to post execution as directed by CJTF-SO J2.
• Assist in the development and refinement of Joint Mission Essential Task List (JMETL) and Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS) assessments.
• Compile readiness assessments, lessons learned, objectives, and requirements to aid in the design of exercises and wargames and inform intelligence planning efforts.
• Perform continuous assessment of CJTF-SO and subordinate task force readiness; use assessment of exercise/wargame performance to develop training programs and inform Commander direction, guidance, and intent for future exercise/ wargaming events.
• Maintain integration with CJTF-SO J2 by attending Operations and Intelligence (O&I) updates, working groups, Operational Planning Teams and observe CJTF-SO operations.
• Participate in CJTF-SO J2 planning activities to stay current on adversary indications and warning; attend subordinate task force and USSPACECOM targeting, analysis, and collection working groups/boards.
• Complete administrative duties and coordinate with action officers as directed to ensure tasks are completed within established timelines.
• Provide inputs to Monthly Status Reports to contract Team Lead.

Relevant experience:

Must have at least 10 years’ experience in:

• Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, and Adobe PDF.
• Intelligence support to Tier 1-level exercises throughout the Joint Exercise Life Cycle.

Job Requirements

Required education:

• B.A./B.S. degree mandatory. MA/MS highly desired. Knowledge is mandatory of English composition, grammar and spelling. 

Security Clearance:

• Active DIA TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. Must be eligible for access to Alternate or Compensatory Control Measures (ACCM), Special Access Programs (SAP), and Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations (IJSTO) information.

Location:

• Peterson SFB, Colorado Springs, CO.

Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.