Joint SOF SME — Planning & Mission Command

Mks2, Llc; Fort Bragg (NC); On-site; USD 134,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

MKS2 Technologies, LLC seeks a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Joint Special Operations at Fort Bragg, NC. The role provides operational planning expertise to TSOCs, JSOTFs, and Mission Command Exercises, aligning training objectives with joint operations and national security priorities.

The SME will lead design, planning, execution, and assessment of TSOC/JSOTF Mission Command Exercises, advise government leadership, and produce planning products, orders, and lessons learned for senior

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 2 years of SOF HQ joint operations staff experience.
• Minimum 1 year supporting TSOC or JSOTF Mission Command Exercise planning and execution.
• Active Secret Security Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise on joint SOF operations, strategic planning, and mission command processes.
• Support planning, design, development, execution, and assessment of TSOC and JSOTF-focused Mission Command Exercises (MCEs).
• Advise government leadership on operational planning, campaign design, intelligence integration, and irregular warfare operations.
• Develop exercise scenarios, planning products, operational orders, and training objectives supporting joint SOF missions.
• Integrate strategic guidance, joint doctrine, and SOF operational concepts into exercise development efforts.
• Assist in the development of campaign plans, theater strategies, operational approaches, and course-of-action analyses.
• Facilitate planning sessions, workshops, rehearsals, and after-action reviews with senior military leaders and staff.
• Support intelligence-informed planning activities and operational environment assessments.
• Provide expertise in unconventional warfare, MISO, civil affairs, and SOF planning.

Skills

Operational planning

Briefing & facilitation

Analytical skills

Independent worker

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

MKS2 Technologies, LLC seeks a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Joint Special Operations at Fort Bragg, NC. The role provides operational planning expertise to TSOCs, JSOTFs, and Mission Command Exercises, aligning training objectives with joint operations and national security priorities.

The SME will lead design, planning, execution, and assessment of TSOC/JSOTF Mission Command Exercises, advise government leadership, and produce planning products, orders, and lessons learned for senior