Senior Strategic Special Operations Analyst

K2 Solutions, Inc.; Tampa (FL); Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

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.

Qualifikationen

• 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

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Data analysis

Modeling

Scenario planning

Operational concept development

Stakeholder coordination

Ausbildung

Military education in operational planning

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Special Operations Strategic Analyst (SOSA)

I am seeking a Senior Special Operations Strategic Analyst (SOSA) to provide strategic analysis, subject matter expertise, and planning support for special operations and joint-force initiatives. The successful candidate will support data development, modeling, scenario planning, operational concept development, and coordination with senior Department of Defense stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze raw data and provide updates, reconciliation, and management recommendations for the special operations components of Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (DCAPE) data products and repositories.
• Identify and recommend data modifications required before information is entered into preprocessing tools, models, and simulations.
• Validate data accuracy and availability to support the analytical goals and requirements of the Office of the Secretary of War (OSW), Joint Staff (JS), and U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
• Provide special operations data and subject matter expertise to support the development of near-term and long-term scenarios, strategic and operational concepts of operations (CONOPs), and associated force lists.
• Ensure that special operations-specific forces and joint-enabling capabilities are accurately represented in scenarios and operational concepts.
• Support USSOCOM database development and the modeling of baseline cases and excursions in support of the Defense Planning Scenarios and requirements processes.
• Participate in meetings and conferences with OSD, Joint Staff, Theater Special Operations Commands, service components, USSOCOM staff, and other stakeholders.
• Support war games, tabletop exercises, and USSOCOM CONOP development for Defense Planning Scenarios through in-person participation, travel, and secure video teleconferencing.
• Coordinate meetings and secure video teleconferences, and prepare read-ahead materials as required.
• Document and report actions resulting from working groups, conferences, and other collaborative forums.
• Review, provide, track, and update comments during product-staffing processes to support the integration of Joint Staff, Under Secretary of War for Policy, military service, and Combatant Command inputs.
• Conduct CONOP analyses that represent component equities and prepare component-specific CONOP narratives.

Position Requirements

• At least 10 years of uniformed military experience, including demonstrated expertise in Special Operations, such as Navy Special Warfare, Army Special Forces, or Air Force Special Operations.
• At least 3 years of experience in deliberate planning or demonstrated expertise in joint planning; this experience may be concurrent with the 10 years of military experience.
• Military education in operational planning.
• Knowledge of National Missions forces is preferred.
• A current Department of War Top Secret clearance and eligibility for an upgrade to Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), with ACCM read-on, within four months of hire.