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Senior Special Operations Strategic Analyst (SOSA), USSOCOM J8-S

Yorktown Systems Group
Force, FL Full Time
POSTED ON 5/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/18/2026
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are a committed team of dedicated former military and civilian professionals who believe in providing ethical and quality services to Government customers. Our leadership team is composed primarily of Veterans who are now serving in a corporate environment rather than in uniform. Our customer's missions become our own and we are committed to working as a team to achieve success. Because of the depth and experiences of our corporate leadership, we can assure all our customers that "we will do what we say we can do" and will focus on our customer's missions rather than corporate goals. Our business model is based on a personal commitment from our leaders to maintain contact with our customers to continually and consistently gauge our performance. Yorktown Systems Group was founded on the idea that providing quality and ethical services with a laser focus on our customer's goals is an effective long-term business model. Our mission, therefore, is to help our customers meet their requirements and goals. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This provision shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of such employee's essential job functions discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless such disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or is consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. The Unconventional, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yorktown Systems Group, Inc.
Job Title
Senior Special Operations Strategic Analyst (SOSA), USSOCOM J8-S
Location
MacDill Air Force Base, FL - Tampa, FL 33621 US (Primary)
Tampa, FL - Tampa, FL 33602 US
Job Description

Summary:

Yorktown Systems Group is seeking a qualified Senior Special Operations Strategic Analyst to support the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Force Structure, Requirements, Resources and Strategic Assessments Directorate (J8) Strategic Planning and Analysis Division (J8-S). Their mission is to provide senior leadership independent analysis and studies involving current and future Special Operations Force (SOF) requirements, inform J8 decisions in development of the USSOCOM Program Objective Memorandum (POM), and collaborate with Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to develop analytic products and guidance. The division provides reliable analytic tools and products enabling senior leaders to make informed and defendable resourcing decisions. The Joint Mission Analysis (JMA) remains an important effort providing senior SOF leaders with a force structure mix of capabilities and capacities required to execute DoD’s strategy and inform building the USSOCOM POM.

 

Specific duties may include, but are not limited to:

  • Provide updates, reconciliation and management recommendations for the special operations portions of Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (DCAPE) data products and repositories. This task involves the analysis of raw data to identify modifications required before the data is input into pre-processor tools, models and simulations. The contractor shall confirm that the data is accurate and available in time to support OSD’s, JS’s and USSOCOM’s analytical goals and requirements.
  • Provide special operations data and subject matter expertise for USSOCOM’s development of near-term to long-term scenarios, strategic and operational CONOPS, and ensure associated force lists of special operations specific and joint enabling capabilities are correctly represented.
  • Support USSOCOM’s database development and modeling of base cases and excursions in the support of the Defense Planning Scenarios and requirements process.
  • Participate in meetings/conferences with OSD and Joint Staff personnel and others as required (i.e. TSOCs, Components, SOCOM Staff) during war-games, Tabletop Exercises (TTXs) and USSOCOM’s CONOP development for Defense Planning Scenarios (DPS). Support workgroups and conferences through travel and/or via Secure Video Tele-Conferencing (SVTC) to the DoD sponsored site.
  • Coordinate meetings, SVTCs and provide read-ahead material as required.
  • Report actions at work groups and conferences.
  • Review, provide, track, and adjust comments during product staffing to facilitate integrations of JS, USD (P), Service and Combatant Command (CCMD) inputs.
  • Conduct CONOP analysis representing component equity and write component-specific CONOP narratives.
  • Develop tools to visualize data with respect to SO Force Structure. 
Job Requirements

Required Qualifications:

  • 10 years of uniformed military experience with demonstrated expertise in Special Operations (Navy Special Warfare, Army Special Forces, OR Air Force Special Operations). 
  • 3 years of experience (can be concurrent with the 10 years above) in deliberate planning or demonstrated expertise in joint planning.
  • Military education in Operational Planning.
  • Desired knowledge of National Missions forces
  • Top Secret Clearance desired but must possess a current DoD Secret clearance and be upgradable to Top Secret within 4 months and eligible for SCI access and ACCM read-on.

 

Clearance: Requires an Active Secret Clearance; Top Secret desired and eligibility for SCI access and ACCM read-on

 

Location: MacDill AFB

 

Travel: Some travel may be required

Security Clearance
Travel
Some travel may be required
Job Type
Full-Time
Exemption Type
Exempt
Category
Contractors
EEO STATEMENT Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are an Equal Opportunity Employer. No employee or applicant for employment is denied equal opportunity because of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, any other non-merit-based factor, or other characteristics protected by law. As part of the company's equal employment opportunity policy, Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, will also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities. The Unconventional, LLC. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yorktown Systems Group, Inc.

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