Senior Training & Exercise Operations Lead

Akima; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

RiverTech, an Akima company, is seeking a highly experienced Senior Training, Exercise & Operations Analyst to lead operational training initiatives, design complex scenarios, and coordinate execution across military and government stakeholders. The role emphasizes translating mission requirements into executable training solutions and ensuring measurable outcomes.

The position requires extensive experience with aviation C2, mission planning, data links, and ATO processes, and offers on-site

Qualifications

• 10+ years of military, defense, government, training, exercise, operations, or simulation experience.

Responsibilities

• Define, analyze, and document operational training requirements in support of military training, testing, experimentation, and exercise objectives.
• Provide senior-operational, analytical, and planning expertise throughout the full exercise lifecycle.
• Lead and support the development of large-scale operational scenarios reflecting realistic mission objectives and employment of military forces.
• Provide in-house subject matter expertise for scenario design, construction, refinement, validation, and execution.
• Support definition and refinement of requirements for virtual/constructive simulations and mission-planning tools.
• Translate operational requirements into actionable simulation, system, data, and integration requirements.
• Support exercise design and development for constructive simulations, including inputs, objectives, injects, and data.
• Provide operational expertise in C2, Marine aviation, tactical data links, mission planning, ATO processes, and distributed environments.

Job description

RiverTech, an Akima company, is seeking a highly experienced Senior Training, Exercise & Operations Analyst to lead operational training initiatives, design complex scenarios, and coordinate execution across military and government stakeholders. The role emphasizes translating mission requirements into executable training solutions and ensuring measurable outcomes.

The position requires extensive experience with aviation C2, mission planning, data links, and ATO processes, and offers on-site