Experimentation and Maritime Exercise Planning Subject Matter Expert

Valiant Integrated Services, LLC; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Integrated Services seeks an Experimentation and Maritime Exercise Planning Subject Matter Expert to support theater-level exercises in the USINDOPACOM AOR. You will help plan and execute experiments, integrate design-of-experiments, and coordinate across military and government partners to address critical capability gaps.

The role requires experience in planning maritime exercises with emphasis on experimentation, data collection, and publishing briefing materials for senior

Qualifications

• Experience developing test plans and integrating experimentation threads into test, demonstration, and exercise events.
• Experience using a formal "design-of-experiments" approach to development and integration.
• Experience in experimentation planning, design-of-experiment process, and identification of initiatives.
• Ability to quantitatively apply experimentation results to real-world capability gaps and inform solutions.
• Experience planning, coordinating, and executing maritime exercise events with training and experimentation.
• Knowledge of CJCSM 3500-series guidance and the DoD Experimentation Guidebook.
• Experience working with combatant commands, joint staff, or operational staff.
• Familiarity with USINDOPACOM boards, bureaus, centers, cells and working groups.
• Excellent oral and written communication for drafting complex documents.
• Experience planning initial, mid, and final planning events for major exercises.

Responsibilities

• Integrate material and non-material experimentation into test, demonstration, and exercise events using traditional experimentation or 'free play' as appropriate.
• Utilize a design-of-experiments approach to develop integration proposals and incorporate into demonstration, simulation, test, and exercise events.
• Plan and execute maritime exercise events that incorporate readiness-based training tasks and experimentation.
• Build and execute exhaustive data collection and analysis plans.
• Apply experimentation results to inform acquisition strategies or revisions to concepts of operations and TTPs.
• Coordinate planning and integration of experiments into major theater exercises with USINDOPACOM staff and other commands.
• Draft and staff documents implementing novel concepts and mature existing ones, including concepts of operation and TTPs.
• Conduct planning conferences, site surveys, and technical working groups.
• Develop and present briefings, trip reports, white papers, and other docs for senior decision-makers.
• Participate in ODTs, boards, and working groups, and respond to RFIs and AARs.
• Contribute to synchronization of objectives and investments in a matrix organization.

Skills

Test planning

DOE / DOE-like methodologies

Maritime exercise planning

Data collection & analysis

Coordination with senior personnel

Technical writing

Briefings to leadership

Planning major exercises

Experimentation integration

Design-of-experiments

Education

Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree Preferred) Joint Forces Staff College or Service College Equivalent

12 Years' DoD Exercise Planning experience may substitute for education

Job description

Valiant is looking for an Experimentation and Maritime Exercise Planning Subject Matter Expert to join our team!

The ideal candidate is experienced experimentation and maritime exercise planning subject matter expert to support planning and execution of experiments in theater-level exercises in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. Candidate will work with a team of Valiant Integrated Services experts and military and government personnel to develop, test, and demonstrate advanced concepts and technologies in a range of military exercises.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Integrate material and non-material experimentation into test, demonstration, and exercise events using traditional experimentation or "free play" approach as appropriate.
• Utilize a "design-of-experiments" approach to develop integration proposals and incorporate them into demonstration, simulation, test, and exercise events, establishing and assessing validity, reliability, precision, and credibility standards.
• Plan and execute maritime exercise events that incorporate both readiness-based training tasks and cutting-edge experimentation.
• Build and execute exhaustive data collection and analysis plans.
• Apply experimentation results to real-world critical military capability gaps to inform potential solutions in the form of acquisition strategies or revisions to concepts of operations and tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Work with senior personnel on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command staff, other combatant commands, Joint Staff, and component staffs to coordinate planning and integration of experiments into major theater exercises including PACIFIC SENTRY, VALIANT SHIELD, KEEN EDGE, NORTHERN EDGE, and TALISMAN SABRE.
• Work with technical experts in a range of disciplines to ensure planning contributes to successful execution of USINDOPACOM-sponsored experimentation objectives.
• Draft and staff documents designed to implement novel concepts and mature existing ones, including concepts of operation, and tactics techniques and procedures.
• Conduct preliminary planning, site surveys, and concept development through exercise execution, including participation in planning conferences and technical working groups.
• Develop and present professional briefings, trip reports, white papers, and other informational documents designed to inform senior decision-makers and, when appropriate, recommend courses of action.
• Participate in or facilitate operational planning teams (OPTs), bureaus, boards, cells, conferences, and working group events, information paper development, operational and strategic assessments, and response to or creation of Requests for Information (RFIs), and after-action review (AAR).
• Contribute to synchronization of objectives, activities, and investments (OAI) in a matrix organization with multiple functional areas and provide written reports and briefs to senior military audiences.
• Integrate material and non-material experimentation into test, demonstration, and exercise events using traditional experimentation or "free play" approach as appropriate.
• Utilize a "design-of-experiments" approach to develop integration proposals and incorporate them into demonstration, simulation, test, and exercise events, establishing and assessing validity, reliability, precision, and credibility standards.
• Plan and execute maritime exercise events that incorporate both readiness-based training tasks and cutting-edge experimentation.
• Build and execute exhaustive data collection and analysis plans.
• Apply experimentation results to real-world critical military capability gaps to inform potential solutions in the form of acquisition strategies or revisions to concepts of operations and tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Work with senior personnel on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command staff, other combatant commands, Joint Staff, and component staffs to coordinate planning and integration of experiments into major theater exercises including PACIFIC SENTRY, VALIANT SHIELD, KEEN EDGE, NORTHERN EDGE, and TALISMAN SABRE.
• Work with technical experts in a range of disciplines to ensure planning contributes to successful execution of USINDOPACOM-sponsored experimentation objectives.
• Draft and staff documents designed to implement novel concepts and mature existing ones, including concepts of operation, and tactics techniques and procedures.
• Conduct preliminary planning, site surveys, and concept development through exercise execution, including participation in planning conferences and technical working groups.
• Develop and present professional briefings, trip reports, white papers, and other informational documents designed to inform senior decision-makers and, when appropriate, recommend courses of action.
• Participate in or facilitate operational planning teams (OPTs), bureaus, boards, cells, conferences, and working group events, information paper development, operational and strategic assessments, and response to or creation of Requests for Information (RFIs), and after-action review (AAR).
• Contribute to synchronization of objectives, activities, and investments (OAI) in a matrix organization with multiple functional areas and provide written reports and briefs to senior military audiences.
• Other duties and assigned.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT:

Active TS/SCI

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:

• Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree Preferred) Joint Forces Staff College or Service College Equivalent
• 12 Years' Experience in DoD Exercise Planning at the Operational Level may be Substituted for the Education Requirement Minimum:
  • 8 Years' Experience in U.S. Navy Operational Forces, 4 Years' Experience Interfacing with Senior Staff (O6 / GOFO) in a Component, Combatant Command, Service, or Interagency Organization.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience developing test plans and integrating material and non-material experimentation threads into test, demonstration, and exercise events.
• Experience using a formal "design-of-experiments" approach to developing integration proposals and incorporating them into demonstration, test, and exercise events.
• Experience in experimentation planning, design-of-experiment process, and identification of promising experimental initiatives.
• Ability to quantitatively apply experimentation results to real-world critical military capability gaps and use those results to inform potential solutions in the form of acquisition strategy or revisions to concepts of operations, tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Experience in planning and executing maritime exercise events that incorporate both readiness-based training tasks and cutting-edge experimentation.
• Expert understanding of operational and exercise planning and execution including knowledge of CJCSM 3500-series guidance and the DoD Experimentation Guidebook.
• Experience working with combatant commands, joint staff, or operational staff in a position that demands interaction with technical experts, government service, and military personnel.
• Familiarity with USINDOPACOM boards, bureaus, centers, cells and working groups associated with exercise planning and integration.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to draft and coordinate review of complex operational and strategic documents.
• Experience planning, coordinating, and participating in initial, mid, and final planning events in support of major combatant command exercises.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Physically Able to Travel up to 20% of Workdays (Including International Destinations).
• Physical requirements may include, but are not limited to, lifting, ascending, and descending stairs, climbing, extended sitting or standing, to various degrees.

Valiant Integrated Services is an employer who hires in accordance with applicable state and federal law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment in compliance with those laws.