Irregular Warfare Expert

micro1; United States; Remote; USD 69,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

micro1 is seeking experienced Special Operations and Irregular Warfare professionals to support AI training and evaluation projects. You will apply operational expertise to assess complex military scenarios and contribute to realistic assessments within a remote, contractor role.

You will help AI systems understand special operations, unconventional warfare, mission planning, and operational decision-making while collaborating with a distributed team on time-bound projects.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in special operations forces, irregular warfare, or planning within military or defense contexts.
• Strong understanding of unconventional warfare and special operations missions.
• Experience applying tactical or operational judgment in military environments.
• Excellent analytical, critical-thinking, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop realistic, unclassified scenarios involving special operations and irregular warfare.
• Review and assess military-related content for accuracy, relevance, and realism.
• Evaluate tactical and operational decisions, identifying gaps and unsupported assumptions.
• Provide structured feedback and clear explanations to support project deliverables.

Skills

special operations doctrine

operational planning

tactical and operational judgment

analytical skills

written communication

scenario development

unconventional warfare

operational risk assessment

military report writing

critical thinking

Job description

Pay: $50 - $100/hour

Required Skills

• special operations doctrine
• operational planning
• tactical and operational judgment
• analytical skills
• written communication
• scenario development
• unconventional warfare
• operational risk assessment
• military report writing
• critical thinking

About micro1

micro1 is a data lab that helps AI labs & Enterprises train foundational models and agents. We provide frontier evaluations and reinforcement learning environments to improve LLM capabilities, as well as contextual evaluations to monitor and improve AI agents in enterprise settings.

Our AI recruiting agent sources and vets domain experts for our data platform that enables rapid production of high-quality training data. Our research spans high-value, specialized domains (legal, medical, finance, coding, etc.), where expert-level data is the hardest to produce and most valuable for advanced model performance. Our pipeline performance system ensures both quality and velocity.

Role type: Contractor

Location: Remote

Commitment: Flexible, project or task-based

Compensation: Typically $50–$100 USD/hour, negotiable based on experience

Project duration: Dependent on customer requirements

About the opportunity

micro1 is looking for experienced Special Operations and Irregular Warfare professionals with backgrounds in the US military, Special Operations Forces (SOF), or allied defense organizations to support customer projects focused on AI training and evaluation.

In this role, you'll apply your operational expertise to assess complex military scenarios, evaluate tactical and strategic reasoning, and contribute to the development of realistic military assessments.

Your expertise will help improve how AI systems understand special operations, unconventional warfare, mission planning, and operational decision-making.

What you'll do

• Develop realistic, unclassified scenarios involving special operations, irregular warfare, and military planning.
• Review and assess military-related content for operational accuracy, relevance, and realism.
• Evaluate tactical and operational decisions, identifying gaps, inconsistencies, and unsupported assumptions.
• Apply professional knowledge of special operations doctrine, mission planning, and operational risk assessment.
• Provide structured feedback and clear explanations to support project deliverables.

Required qualifications

• Professional experience in Special Operations Forces, irregular warfare, or special operations planning within military or defense organizations.
• Strong understanding of unconventional warfare, special operations missions, and operational planning.
• Experience applying tactical or operational judgment in military environments.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and written communication skills.

Preferred qualifications

• Previous experience with USSOCOM, US Army Special Forces, Naval Special Warfare, Marine Raiders, Air Force Special Operations, or comparable allied units.
• Experience in unconventional warfare, counterterrorism, foreign internal defense, or special reconnaissance.
• Background in joint operations, mission planning, intelligence support, or operational risk assessment.
• Experience developing operational assessments, military reports, training materials, or doctrine.
• Experience in deployed operational environments or multinational military operations.

Application process

Candidates will complete an
AI interview
as part of the application process.
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