Senior Exercise Intelligence Planner for Mission Assurance

Huntington Ingalls Industries; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 132,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

Wellness resources

Savings Plan (401(k))

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

HII Mission Technologies in Colorado Springs, CO seeks an Exercise Intelligence Planner (Mission Assurance 5). You will serve as the central point for synchronizing all COCOM-level exercise planning efforts, ensuring coordination of objectives, timelines, and resources across NORAD/NORTHCOM and partner agencies.

You will develop and maintain the Master Scenario Events List, deconflict schedules, inject narratives, apply JOPP and HSEEP, conduct risk assessments, and produce after-action reports

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience with a degree, or 19 years with HS diploma and equivalent experience.
• 9+ years in exercise planning, integration, or military operations at high level.
• 10+ years in military intelligence operations with C2 systems and asset allocation.
• Experience developing exercise intelligence scenarios aligned to campaign or OPLANs.
• Proven capability coordinating intelligence support for large-scale exercises, including IPB and ISR synchronization.
• Expertise in JOPP, HSEEP, and MSEL development.
• Proven ability deconflicting schedules, resources, and storylines across multi-domain exercises.
• Deep knowledge of homeland defense and contingency operation planning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to brief senior leadership.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of exercise planning across NORAD/NORTHCOM J7, J2, J3, J4, J5 and external agency partners.
• Develop and maintain the Master Scenario Events List (MSEL), injecting operational narratives.
• Deconflict training schedules, simulation injects, and resource allocations.
• Facilitate collaboration among leads, units, and interagency representatives.
• Apply JOPP, HSEEP to scenario development, force planning, and after-action reviews.
• Conduct mission analysis and risk assessments for scenario design.
• Prepare exercise support plans, synchronization matrices, and logistics docs.
• Monitor live exercise execution and provide real-time guidance to controllers.
• Produce assessment reports and lessons-learned briefs for senior leadership.
• Integrate emerging doctrine and advanced warfighting tech into training scenarios.

Skills

Exercise planning

Intelligence operations

JOPP/HSEEP/MSEL

IPB/ISR synchronization

Cross-agency coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

HII Mission Technologies in Colorado Springs, CO seeks an Exercise Intelligence Planner (Mission Assurance 5). You will serve as the central point for synchronizing all COCOM-level exercise planning efforts, ensuring coordination of objectives, timelines, and resources across NORAD/NORTHCOM and partner agencies.

You will develop and maintain the Master Scenario Events List, deconflict schedules, inject narratives, apply JOPP and HSEEP, conduct risk assessments, and produce after-action reports