Senior Information Warfare Integrator / Lead (SME III)

Helios Defense Solutions, LLC; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision

401(k) retirement benefits

Paid time off and holidays

Professional development

Family-focused work environment

Job summary

HELIOS Defense Solutions, LLC is seeking a Senior Information Warfare Integration Lead to support a mission-critical defense program. This role requires leading multi-disciplinary IW efforts, translating operational experience into concepts, doctrine, and training products, and coordinating with senior government stakeholders.

The candidate will establish goals and execution plans, oversee staffing and financials, and ensure alignment with joint and naval strategies.

Qualifications

• Twenty (20) years of experience in one or more Fleet or Navy Information Warfare mission areas.
• At least ten (10) years of required experience within the preceding twelve years.
• Expert-level technical and operational knowledge in Information Warfare.
• Experience leading major tasks, programs, or operational assignments.
• Experience establishing goals, plans, milestones, and execution priorities.
• Experience managing cost, schedule, staffing, financial, performance, and quality requirements.
• Experience developing concepts of operations, doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures.
• Experience supporting advanced operational training, readiness assessments, exercises, wargames, or experimentation.
• Ability to independently participate in and lead working groups, conferences, planning sessions, and senior-level engagements.
• Ability to prepare professional white papers, briefings, reports, and executive-level presentations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and management leadership for major tasks and projects.
• Establish goals, plans, methods, milestones, and execution priorities.
• Direct and integrate activities across Information Warfare disciplines.
• Maintain familiarity with related disciplines such as IOC, DODIN, and meteorology/oceanography.
• Support development and revision of concepts of operations, doctrine, and procedures.
• Ensure IW concepts align with joint and naval strategies.
• Conduct analyses supporting training and operational requirements.
• Evaluate training effectiveness and readiness gaps.
• Develop training requirements, performance measures, and readiness metrics.
• Support planning, development, and delivery of advanced training at various levels.
• Support live, virtual, constructive training and wargaming activities.
• Prepare and maintain project objectives, schedules, and milestones.
• Develop briefings, white papers, and senior-level presentations.
• Coordinate with military organizations and government stakeholders.
• Comply with security, OPSec, privacy, and information-protection requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Information Warfare

Communication

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in National Security or related discipline

Master’s degree in relevant discipline

Job description

Description

JOB DETAILS

Employment Type: Full-Time

Salaried Work Arrangement: On-Site at a secure Government facility; this is not a remote position

Location: Specific duty location will be discussed during the recruiting process

Travel: Periodic domestic travel may be required Anticipated Base Position Status: Contingent upon contract award

BENEFITS

HELIOS offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including: Health, dental, and vision to include - 401(k) retirement benefits - Paid time off and paid holidays - Professional development and growth opportunities - A family-focused, mission-oriented work environment

JOB DESCRIPTION

HELIOS is seeking a highly experienced Senior Information Warfare Integration Lead to support a mission critical defense program. This individual will serve in a key leadership capacity and provide holistic technical, analytical, instructional, and management expertise across multiple Fleet and Navy Information Warfare mission areas. The successful candidate will establish project goals and execution plans, lead major technical activities, support staffing and financial execution, advise senior stakeholders, and translate extensive operational experience into concepts, doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures, advanced training, readiness assessments, and decision-quality products. This position requires an individual who can work independently, lead multidisciplinary efforts, communicate effectively with senior military and civilian stakeholders, and participate in conferences, working groups, planning sessions, exercises, wargames, and other operational forums. Position is contingent upon contract award and funding.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide technical and management leadership for major tasks, projects, and technology assignments.
• Establish goals, plans, methods, milestones, and execution priorities that support project objectives.
• Direct and integrate activities across Information Warfare disciplines, including Cryptology, Electromagnetic Warfare, Command and Control, Intelligence, and Space Operations.
• Maintain working familiarity with related disciplines such as Information Operations, information-related capabilities, Defensive Cyber Operations, DODIN Operations, and Meteorology and Oceanography.
• Support the development, validation, standardization, and revision of concepts of operations, doctrine, and tactics, techniques and procedures.
• Ensure Information Warfare concepts and products remain aligned with applicable joint and naval strategies, concepts, and doctrine.
• Conduct environmental, capability, mission, and readiness analyses supporting advanced training and operational requirements.
• Evaluate training effectiveness, operational readiness, capability gaps, capacity gaps, and opportunities for systems, training, and process improvement.
• Develop or refine unit and staff-level training requirements, performance measures, and readiness-assessment metrics.
• Support the planning, development, delivery, and assessment of advanced training at individual, unit, group, integrated, and joint levels.
• Support live, virtual, constructive, exercise, experimentation, and wargaming activities as required.
• Prepare and maintain project objectives, milestones, schedules, and Plans of Action and Milestones.
• Develop professional briefings, white papers, meeting notes, reports, analytical products, and senior-leader presentations.
• Support project financial management, staffing, technical methods, schedule performance, quality, and delivery requirements.
• Coordinate effectively with military organizations, Government stakeholders, technical teams, and senior management.
• Comply with all applicable security, Operations Security, privacy, information-protection, and Government facility requirements.

Requirements

REQUIRED CREDENTIALS

• Must be a U.S. citizen due to Federal security-clearance requirements.
• Must currently possess fully adjudicated Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information eligibility. TS/SCI eligibility must be current and capable of transferring in status by the first day of work.
• Interim TS/SCI clearances will not be accepted.
• Must be able and willing to work full-time on-site at a secure Government facility.
• Must be able to support customer-established Monday-through-Friday core hours.
• Must be willing to travel periodically in support of mission requirements.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of twenty (20) years of experience in one or more Fleet or Navy Information Warfare mission areas, including Cryptology, Electromagnetic Warfare, Command and Control, Intelligence, or Space Operations.
• At least ten (10) years of the required experience must have been performed within the preceding twelve years.
• Demonstrated expert-level technical and operational knowledge in one or more Information Warfare mission areas.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical and management leadership for major tasks, programs, projects, or operational assignments.
• Experience establishing goals, plans, milestones, methods, staffing strategies, and execution priorities.
• Experience managing or supporting cost, schedule, staffing, financial, performance, and quality requirements.
• Experience developing or revising concepts of operations, doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures, training products, or operational guidance.
• Experience supporting advanced operational training, readiness assessments, exercises, wargames, or experimentation.
• Demonstrated ability to independently participate in and lead working groups, conferences, planning sessions, and senior-level engagements.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare professional white papers, briefings, analytical products, Plans of Action and Milestones, reports, and executive-level presentations.
• Excellent written communication, verbal communication, analytical, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.

DESIRED EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

• Bachelor’s degree in National Security, Intelligence Studies, Information Warfare, Systems Engineering, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Operations Research, or a related discipline.
• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline. - Equivalent senior military education and directly relevant operational experience may be considered in place of a degree.
• Information Warfare, Warfare Tactics Instructor designation.
• Joint Professional Military Education or Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education.
• Navy Master Training Specialist, Navy instructor qualification, or equivalent training-development credential.
• Project Management Professional certification.
• Experience supporting live, virtual, constructive training, Maritime Operations Center activities, Fleet exercises, large-scale exercises, or operational-level wargaming.

WHO ARE WE:

HELIOS is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business that delivers focused support across Department of Defense and Federal mission environments. Our team combines operational experience, technical expertise, purposeful training, disciplined program execution, and a problem-solving mindset to address complex client challenges.

TOP REASONS TO JOIN THE HELIOS FAMILY

• Company culture: Our employees are valued as individuals and supported within a family-focused work environment.
• Competitive benefits: HELIOS provides a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees and their families.
• Open-door leadership: Employees have access to company leadership to raise questions, solve problems, and share ideas.
• Mission impact: Every employee contributes directly to important, real-world national security missions.
• Veteran advocates: HELIOS values military experience and supports the perspectives and professional strengths of Veteran employees.
• Merit-based organization: Advancement, recognition, and rewards are driven by performance, skills, and contributions.

APPLICATION INFORMATION

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

HELIOS Defense Solutions, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected Veteran status. Employment decisions are made without regard to any status protected by applicable Federal, state, or local law. Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities.