Senior Special Operations Strategy & Scenario Lead

K2 Solutions, Inc.; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Special Operations Strategic Analyst (SOSA) position seeks a seasoned professional to deliver strategic analysis, data development, and planning support for special operations and joint-force initiatives.

You will engage with senior DoD stakeholders, contribute to modeling, CONOP development, and scenario planning, and help ensure accurate representation of SOF capabilities in force lists and operations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of uniformed military experience in special operations
• 3+ years in deliberate planning or joint planning
• Military education in operational planning
• Knowledge of National Missions forces preferred
• Top Secret clearance with SCI upgrade eligibility within four months

Responsibilities

• Analyze raw data and provide updates, reconciliation, and management recommendations for DCAPE data products.
• Identify data modifications required before preprocessing, models, and simulations.
• Validate data accuracy and availability to support analytical goals for OSW, JS, and USSOCOM.
• Provide special operations data and SME support for near-term and long-term CONOPs and force lists.
• Ensure SOF forces and joint-enabling capabilities are represented in scenarios and CONOPs.
• Support USSOCOM database development and modeling of baseline cases and excursions.
• Participate in meetings with OSD, Joint Staff, Theater SOCs, service components, USSOCOM staff.
• Support war games, tabletop exercises, and CONOP development for Defense Planning Scenarios.
• Coordinate meetings and secure video teleconferences; prepare read-ahead materials.
• Document and report actions from working groups and conferences.
• Review and update comments during product staffing for inputs.
• Conduct CONOP analyses that reflect component equities and narratives.

Skills

Data analysis

Modeling

Scenario planning

Operational concept development

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Military education in operational planning

Job description

The Senior Special Operations Strategic Analyst (SOSA) position seeks a seasoned professional to deliver strategic analysis, data development, and planning support for special operations and joint-force initiatives.

You will engage with senior DoD stakeholders, contribute to modeling, CONOP development, and scenario planning, and help ensure accurate representation of SOF capabilities in force lists and operations.