Senior Exercise Planner & Operations Lead (Pacific)

Peraton; Honolulu (HI); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Business and Financial Operations Specialist (Exercise Planner) to support USARPAC at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. You will provide all-domain exercise planning, coordination, and analysis across the Pacific theater, shaping joint Army-to-Army exercises and information exchanges.

The role requires leading concept-to-implementation planning, developing detailed schedules and resource plans, and delivering assessments of exercise results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, program management, IT, CS or related field.
• Minimum 12 years with BS/BA, 10 years with MS/MA; 8+ years at brigade level or above.
• 5+ years planning/executing a Component or Joint Exercise Program.
• Graduate of CGSC or equivalent; familiarity with the Joint Exercise Life Cycle.
• Experience with MDMP, ADM, and JPP.
• Ability to travel up to 20% and (US) citizenship with active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely, accurate exercise planning and direction for joint Army exercises in the Pacific theater.
• Enhance capacity-building exercises and information exchanges.
• Provide protection technical support and data analysis to USARPAC planning.
• Develop detailed plans, schedules, estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Coordinate and align goals with future operations and exercise planning.
• Manage the technical direction of exercise planning from concept through implementation.
• Provide assessment and analyses of exercise results and gaps.

Skills

MDMP

ADM

JPP

Joint exercise design

Budget management

Travel readiness

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Program Management, Information Technology, Computer Science or related discipline

Master's degree in Business Management, Program Management, Information Technology, Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

JTIMS

ARTIMS

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a Senior Business and Financial Operations Specialist (Exercise Planner) to support the United States Army Pacific Command (USARPAC) under the Theater Army Campaign Support (TACS) taskorder. The position is located at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

In this role, you will:

• Be responsible for providing timely, accurate, relevant, complete, and actionable all-domain/all-discipline exercise planning and direction in support of joint Army-to-Army exercises across the Pacific theater.
• Enhance capacity-building exercises and interchanges of information.
• Provide protection technical support and data analysis to USARPAC planning efforts.
• Provide planning and operational services to support security cooperation programs and initiatives.
• Coordinate and align organizational goals and operation support objectives with future operations.
• Provide planning and operational services for USARPAC G3X exercises.
• Integrate Army space operations into exercise planning.
• Build exercise planning documentation and related materials.
• Support the creation of documentation telling the command story of exercises.
• Collaborate with individuals and team member in support of exercise planning.
• Support the planning and execution of filed training exercise West of the Internation Date Line.
• Direct and supervise all support resources for the performance of exercise planning assignments andactivities.
• Manage the technical direction of exercise planning through the design, implementation, and testing inaccordance with identified objectives.
• Provide assessment and analyses of exercise results (design, execution, gaps, etc.)

In addition, you will also:

• Take exercise planning from original concept through final implementation.
• Define exercise scope and objectives.
• Develop detailed plans, schedules, estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Conduct meetings / responsible for exercise tracking and analysis.
• Ensure adherence to standards.
• Provide additional support to team members as requested in support of the contract.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Program Management, Information Technology, Computer Science or related discipline.
• Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA, minimum of 10 years with MS/MA,
• Minimum of 8 years of experience at the brigade level or above.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience planning and executing a Component or Joint Exercise Program.
• Graduate of a Command and General Staff College or Component equivalent. Experience with the Five Stages of the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC).
• Experience with the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP), Army Design Methodology (ADM), and Joint Planning Process (JPP).
• Experience with JTIMS and ARTIMS.
• Knowledge of Joint and Multinational exercise design at the operational level.
• Ability to take an exercise from the concept phase, plan the exercise, and prepare and provide a senior-level concept of operation brief.
• Experience supporting and managing an exercise budget with multiple funding streams.
• Knowledge of the aspects of Multi-Domain Operations.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
• Active Secret Clearance. US citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Business Management, Program Management, Information Technology, Computer Science or related discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience planning and executing a Component or Joint Exercise Program.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience at the brigade level or above.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.