Biosurveillance Operations Lead, PACOM Planning

Amentum; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 170,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amentum seeks a driven Biosurveillance Operations Senior Planner to join the PACOM Command Surgeon’s DST at Camp Smith, Honolulu. You will synchronize biosurveillance initiatives across J3, J5, J7, and J07, producing daily decision products and operational plans for the Command Surgeon.

The role requires senior planning experience and the ability to translate complex data into actionable guidance for senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to complete a polygraph if required.
• 8+ years in military operations, Joint planning, Force Health Protection, CBRNE biosurveillance, or public-health emergency management.
• Working knowledge of the Joint Planning Process/Joint Operation Planning Process and experience contributing to plans, concepts, or orders.
• Ability to independently integrate complex information into actionable recommendations for senior decision-makers.
• Experience working with military planners in a headquarters or matrixed staff environment.

Responsibilities

• Integrate inputs into a biosurveillance operational picture, identifying threats, anomalies, mission impacts, decision points, and actions.
• Prepare assessments, response options, executive briefings, and recommendations for J07/J85 presentations; brief when requested.
• Incorporate health protection, medical intelligence, environmental health, epidemiology, and CBRNE considerations into plans, concepts, and orders.
• Lead or participate in Operational Planning Teams, Joint Planning Groups, and cross-functional planning forums.
• Coordinate with PACOM directorates, commands, public health organizations, the intelligence community, and interagency partners.
• Plan and assess biosurveillance exercises, including objectives, scenarios, response processes, after-action findings, and recommendations.
• Support planning for medical countermeasures, environmental sampling, rapid diagnostics, and biosurveillance capabilities.
• Test the Biosurveillance Information Platform; consolidate feedback for Military Utility Assessments and recommendations.
• Translate operational needs into requirements for technical teams developing feeds, dashboards, alerts, tools, and workflows; coding not required.
• Develop decision pathways, procedures, reporting formats, knowledge products, assessments, and event documentation.

Skills

Active TS/SCI clearance

Senior operational planning

Joint planning process

Information synthesis

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Amentum seeks a driven Biosurveillance Operations Senior Planner to join the PACOM Command Surgeon’s DST at Camp Smith, Honolulu. You will synchronize biosurveillance initiatives across J3, J5, J7, and J07, producing daily decision products and operational plans for the Command Surgeon.

The role requires senior planning experience and the ability to translate complex data into actionable guidance for senior leaders.