MAGTF Operations Expert

MANTECH; Stafford (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH seeks a MAGTF Operations Expert to join our Stafford, VA team on-site, delivering data-driven assessments for government and USMC customers.

You will bridge operational doctrine with technical analysis, ensuring practical and actionable insights aligned with MAGTF capabilities, and support senior leaders with briefs and decision materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a field related to military studies, national security studies, operations research, or systems engineering.
• Expert level MAGTF operations knowledge and understanding of Marine Corps doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for briefs, reports, and decision-support materials.
• Experience reviewing analytical products and presenting data-driven insights to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as MAGTF operations SME in support of assessment activities and review analytical products.
• Assess operational validity of data-driven findings against Marine Corps doctrine and interoperability requirements.
• Evaluate future capabilities and force design initiatives for operational utility.
• Translate problems into structured analytical inputs aligned with decision-maker needs.
• Prepare and deliver briefs and assessment products for senior leaders.

Skills

MAGTF operations

Marine Corps doctrine

data analysis

briefing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in military studies

Job description

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer oriented MAGTF OPERATIONS EXPERT to join our team in STAFFORD, VA.

This is an on-site position supporting government and USMC customers by bridging operational doctrine and technical analysis to ensure data-driven insights are practical, operationally sound, and aligned with current and future Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) capabilities.

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Serve as a MAGTF operations subject matter expert in support of G-3 assessment activities, reviewing complex analytical products, data science methodologies, and model outputs through a tactical, operational, and strategic military lens.
• Assess the operational validity and applicability of data-driven findings, concepts, and recommendations against Marine Corps doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures, MAGTF capabilities, and interoperability requirements.
• Evaluate future capabilities, force design initiatives, and science and technology efforts to determine their operational utility and relevance to MAGTF employment and decision-making.
• Translate operational problems, assessment questions, and command priorities into structured analytical inputs that align technical analysis with operational needs and decision-maker requirements.
• Formulate analytically supported recommendations that inform assessments, force development, experimentation, planning, and senior leader decision-making.
• Prepare and deliver briefs, reports, and other assessment products while collaborating with analysts, planners, warfighters, engineers, and subject matter experts to interpret findings and identify operational implications.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as military studies, national security studies, operations research, systems engineering, engineering, political science, history, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience supporting military operations, operational planning, operational assessment, force development, experimentation, or related mission-focused activities. A total of 15 years experience without a degree.
• Expert level in MAGTF operations and demonstrated understanding of Marine Corps doctrine, tactics, techniques, procedures, organization, capabilities, expeditionary warfare principles, and interoperability requirements.
• Experience at the MEF, MARFOR, or combatant command planning level, or in a comparable integrated MAGTF operational planning or assessment role.
• Experience reviewing or interpreting technical, analytical, modeling, simulation, or data science products in support of military planning, assessment, force design, future capabilities development, or science and technology initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing briefs, reports, and decision-support products for senior military and civilian leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a Marine Corps Planner with MOS 0505 or 0507.
• Experience supporting Marine Corps, Navy, or joint assessments, concept development, experimentation, force design, or requirements development.
• Experience coordinating with or supporting science and technology organizations, warfighting labs, or advanced concept development efforts.
• Experience serving in an operational assessment, exercise support, warfighting analysis, or planning support role with a headquarters, service, or joint organization.

Clearance Requirements

• Must have a current/active TS/SCI security clearance.

Physical Requirements

• Office work environment with occasional travel to outdoor test and evaluation sites.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, meeting spaces, and collaborative work areas.