Senior Space Exercise Planner & War Games Lead

Infinity Systems Engineering Llc

Alexandria (VA)

On-site

USD 145,000 - 165,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Infinity Systems Engineering Llc in Alexandria, VA is seeking a senior space operations analyst to develop concepts of operations and system architectures for live, virtual, and constructive training and experiments for USSPACECOM units.

The role requires experience with space operations, JELC/JPP, and strong briefing skills; you will coordinate with NRO and Combatant Commands, drive SDA-related scenarios, and produce AARs and lessons learned.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience; Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience; In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related expereince.
Clearance Requirement: Top Secret/SCI w/CI Poly
Familiarity with Joint Operations and Joint Planning Process.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills for reporting and briefing senior leadership.
Experience with exercise planning and the joint event lifecycle (JELC) of exercise planning.
Experienced in developing tactical, operational and higher headquarters level exercises, wargames and experiments.
Able to derive senior leadership guidance and recommendations for dynamic training environments and help shape future training needs.
Possess working knowledge of tools used for exercise planning such as Joint Training Information Management System (JTIMS), Joint Master Scenario Events List (JMSEL), Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS), Defense Collaboration Services (DCS), Primary Decision Aid System (PDAS), Joint Operational Planning and Execution System (JOPES), Time Phased Force Deployment Data (TPFDD).
Experience working across multiple organizations, directorates and functions such as space operations, plans, intelligence, cyber operations, logistics and senior leadership to develop comprehensive scenarios and learning objectives.

Responsibilities

Demonstrated experience with Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC), Joint Planning Process (JPP), or similar frameworks.
Design and coordinate SDA-related scenarios in accordance with NRO priorities, Combatant Command directives, and JELC processes.
Integrate NRO mission threads (e.g., protection of highly sensitive satellites, RPO detection, custody management, launch characterization, anomaly resolution, and commercial SDA data integration).
Develop injects and storylines that simulate adversary counterspace threats and space operating environment complexities.
Serve as the SDA/NRO representative during exercise planning conferences and working groups.
Coordinate with Combatant Commands, and interagency partners to ensure NRO equities are incorporated.
Align exercises with NRo internal training, certificaion events, and operational rehearsals.
White Cell Lead or Control Cell lead for Exercises.
Manage real-time injects, scenario pacing, and exercise adjudication during exercise execution.
Support senior leader engagement by developing tailored briefs, updates, and assessments during events.
Develop measures of performance and effectiveness for NRO-specific injects and objectives.
Produce After Action Reports (AARs) and document lessons learned in JLLIS or NRO repositories.
Provide recommendations to refine SDA doctrine, CONOPS, and TTPs based on exercise outcomes.