Operations Manager - Active Secret Clearance (P)

Akima, LLC; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

RiverTech, an Akima company, seeks a Senior Training, Exercise & Operations Analyst to provide operational leadership, analysis, and subject matter expertise in planning, design, and execution of complex military training, testing, and simulation events.

The ideal candidate brings extensive Aviation Command and Control experience, warfare planning, scenario development, and mission planning, serving as a senior advisor translating requirements into executable training solutions and coordinating

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive military, defense, or simulation experience.
• Significant experience in military operations, operational planning, or C2.
• Proven experience directing or supporting large-scale exercises and training events.
• Ability to translate operational requirements into training, simulation, system, and data requirements.
• SECRET security clearance (required).

Responsibilities

• Define, analyze, and document operational training requirements in support of military objectives.
• Provide senior-level expertise through the full exercise lifecycle from planning to lessons learned.
• Lead and support development of large-scale operational scenarios reflecting realistic mission objectives.
• Provide in-house SME for scenario design, construction, refinement, and execution.
• Support refinement of requirements for simulations, mission-planning systems, data-link capabilities, and collaboration tools.
• Translate operational requirements into actionable simulation, system, data, and integration requirements.
• Support exercise design for constructive simulations, including injects and supporting data.
• Provide operational expertise in C2, Marine Aviation, data links, and ATO processes.

Skills

Operational leadership

C2 knowledge

Warfare planning

Scenario development

Briefing skills

Security clearance

Job description

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Training, Exercise & Operations Analyst to work as operations manager providing operational leadership, analytical expertise, and subject matter expertise in the planning, design, integration, and execution of complex military training, testing, experimentation, and simulation events.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive operational experience inany service Aviation Command and Control (C2), warfare planning, exercise direction, scenario development, tactical training, mission planning, and operational systems integration. This position will serve as a senior operational advisor responsible for translating mission requirements into executable training and exercise solutions, developing realistic operational scenarios, supporting simulation requirements, and coordinating exercise integration and execution.

The successful candidate will work closely with military operators, exercise planners, engineers, simulation personnel, government stakeholders, and technical teams to ensure training and experimentation activities accurately represent operational requirements and deliver measurable mission outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define, analyze, and document operational training requirements in support of military training, testing, experimentation, and exercise objectives.
• Provide senior-leveloperational, analytical, and planning expertisethroughout the full exercise lifecycle, from initial requirements development and planning through integration, execution, assessment, and lessons learned.
• Lead and support the development of large-scale operational scenarios, ensuring scenario design reflects realistic mission objectives, operational processes, command relationships, and employment of military forces.
• Provide in-house subject matter expertise for scenario design, construction, refinement, validation, and execution.
• Support the definition and refinement of requirements for virtual and constructive simulations, scenario-generation tools, mission-planning systems, operational support systems, data-link capabilities, data-support tools, and collaboration environments.
• Translate operational user requirements into actionablesimulation, system, data, and integration requirements.
• Support exercise design and development for constructive simulations, including development of operational concepts, scenario inputs, exercise objectives, injects, and supporting data.
• Provide operational expertise in Command and Control (C2), Marine Aviation, tactical data links, mission planning, Air Tasking Order (ATO) processes, and distributed operational environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive military, defense, government, training, exercise, operations, or simulation experience, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Significant experience in military operations, operational planning, training, exercise design, or Command and Control (C2).
• Demonstrated experience directing or supporting large-scale military exercises and training events.
• Proven experience developing and executing operational scenarios for complex military environments.
• Experience serving as an exercise director, warfare planner, operations manager, senior operational advisor, or military subject matter expert.
• Demonstrated ability to translate operational requirements into training, simulation, system, and data requirements.
• Experience working across operational and technical organizations to integrate systems, simulations, data, and personnel into executable training events.
• Strong understanding of military C2 processes, mission planning, operational systems, and tactical operations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in high-pressure, time-sensitive operational environments.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, communication, briefing, and technical-writing skills.
• Ability to engage effectively with senior military, government, industry, and technical stakeholders.
• SECRET Security Clearance.

Job ID

2026-25531

Work Type

On-Site

Company Description

Work Where it Matters

RiverTech, an Akima company, is not just another federal professional solutions contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At RiverTech, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders, RiverTech provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers, RiverTech provides innovative solutions to complex engineering and operational challenges and delivers wide-ranging services for mission support, systems engineering, and IT.

As a RiverTech employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.