Exercise Planner with Security Clearance

Infinity Systems Engineering; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Vacation time

Sick leave

Professional development

Profit sharing

Job summary

Infinity Systems Engineering in Virginia is seeking a highly qualified professional to join a high-energy team supporting concept of operations and system architecture for space and ground training exercises.

The successful candidate will work with government and contractor professionals on live, virtual, and constructive training, JELC/JPP frameworks, and deliver AARs, briefs, and evaluations; top-secret clearance and ability to coordinate across multiple directorates are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 10 years relevant experience.
• Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with CI Poly.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for leadership.
• Experience with exercise planning and the joint event lifecycle (JELC).
• Experience developing tactical, operational and higher HQ level exercises and wargames.
• Knowledge of exercise planning tools such as JTIMS, JMSEL, JLLIS, DCS, PDAS, JOPES, TPFDD.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate experience with JELC, JPP or similar frameworks.
• Design and coordinate SDA-related scenarios per NRO priorities.
• Integrate NRO mission threads into exercises.
• Develop injects and storylines simulating counterspace threats.
• Serve as SDA/NRO representative during planning conferences.
• Coordinate with Combatant Commands and interagency partners.
• Align exercises with internal training and certification events.
• Lead exercise control and pacing during execution.
• Provide briefs, updates, and assessments to leaders.
• Develop measures of performance and effectiveness for SDA objectives.
• Produce AARs and document lessons learned in JLLIS or NRO repositories.
• Recommend refinements to SDA doctrine, CONOPS, and TTPs.

Skills

Joint Operations familiarity

Excellent communication

Exercise planning

JELC/JPP experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduate degree

10 years experience alternative

Tools

JTIMS

JMSEL

JLLIS

DCS

PDAS

JOPES

TPFDD

Job description

Summary

Infinity's niche in the aerospace and defense industry is specialized solutions that help bridge the gap between space and ground. This is no small task, and we owe our success to our team who help us fulfill our mission; to match people with their legacies for betterment of the world. There is always a place at Infinity for a motivated, capable individual seeking a career to better the world. We prioritize supporting our team through exceptional benefits, work-life balance, and structured career development. At Infinity, WE ARE MORE - now, come be more with us! Job Summary:

Job Summary

Infinity's niche in the aerospace and defense industry is specialized solutions that help bridge the gap between space and ground. This is no small task, and we owe our success to our team who help us fulfill our mission; to match people with their legacies for betterment of the world. There is always a place at Infinity for a motivated, capable individual seeking a career to better the world. We prioritize supporting our team through exceptional benefits, work-life balance, and structured career development. At Infinity, WE ARE MORE - now, come be more with us! Job Summary:

A successful candidate will support a high performing team of Government and Contractor professionals to develop a concept of operations and notional system architecture to conduct future live, virtual and constructive training, exercise, and experiments for command and control of USSPACECOM assigned tactical units. The successful candidate will have experience with space operations, COA and TTP execution, and the Space Warfighting mission. The successful candidate will also have demonstrated the ability to operate in a dynamic and high energy environment with constantly changing tasking and priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrated experience with Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC), Joint Planning Process (JPP), or similar frameworks.
• Design and coordinate SDA-related scenarios in accordance with NRO priorities, Combatant Command directives, and JELC processes.
• Integrate NRO mission threads (e.g., protection of highly sensitive satellites, RPO detection, custody management, launch characterization, anomaly resolution, and commercial SDA data integration).
• Develop injects and storylines that simulate adversary counterspace threats and space operating environment complexities.
• Serve as the SDA/NRO representative during exercise planning conferences and working groups.
• Coordinate with Combatant Commands, and interagency partners to ensure NRO equities are incorporated.
• Align exercises with NRo internal training, certificaion events, and operational rehearsals.
• White Cell Lead or Control Cell lead for Exercises.
• Manage real-time injects, scenario pacing, and exercise adjudication during exercise execution.
• Support senior leader engagement by developing tailored briefs, updates, and assessments during events.
• Develop measures of performance and effectiveness for NRO-specific injects and objectives.
• Produce After Action Reports (AARs) and document lessons learned in JLLIS or NRO repositories.
• Provide recommendations to refine SDA doctrine, CONOPS, and TTPs based on exercise outcomes.

Qualifications

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degreeand minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related expereince.

Clearance Requirement: Top Secret/SCI w/CI PolyMinimum Skills Required:Familiarity with Joint Operations and Joint Planning Process.Excellent verbal and written communication skills for reporting and briefing senior leadership. Experience with exercise planning and the joint event lifecycle (JELC) of exercise planning.Experienced in developing tactical, operational and higher headquarters level exercises, wargames and experiments.Able to derive senior leadership guidance and recommendations for dynamic training environments and help shape future training needs. Possess working knowledge of tools used for exercise planning such as Joint Training Information Management System (JTIMS), Joint Master Scenario Events List (JMSEL), Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS), Defense Collaboration Services (DCS), Primary Decision Aid System (PDAS), Joint Operational Planning and Execution System (JOPES), Time Phased Force Deployment Data (TPFDD).Experience working across multiple organizations, directorates and functions such as space operations, plans, intelligence, cyber operations, logistics and senior leadership to develop comprehensive scenarios and learning objectives.

Additional Skillset(s): Space operations/Satellite OperationsDoD/NRO spacecraft Work environment: May require shift work or on-call availability to support mission operations.Ability to work in secure environments with restricted access to sensitive information.Work Will primarily be performed at the customer site, with potential travel with the United States and overseas in support of program execution.

Work Schedule

This is a full-time position, typically working 40 hours per week. Overtime may be required depending on operational needs.

Infinity Benefits

• Great Company Culture.
• Infinity firmly believes that our success is due to the happiness and personal satisfaction of our employees.
• Health Benefits.100% Company Paid monthlyMedical and Dental premiums for you AND your family.
• Prepare for the Future.401(k) company contribution, with free professional financial planning advisors
• Rest and Relaxation. Three weeks' Vacation-andwe offer an annual company reward trip after one year of employment.
• Health and Wellness.We offer 48 hours of sick leave, in addition to your Vacation, as well as Flex-Spending options (Medical and Dependent Care)
• Work that Stays at Work.Genuine work/life balance and flexibility. We know our employees have lives outside of work and we support you in living them!
• Education and Professional Training Reimbursement.We support our employees career aspirations and growth through our Education Reimbursement Program!
• Profit Sharing Plan.Infinity's success is due to our employees which is why all eligible employees receive an annual payout based on our Profit-Sharing Plan.

U.S. Citizenship is required.

EOE including disability/vet

To learn more about our company and benefits, please visit:Infinity Careers