Senior Wargaming SME: Deterrence Strategy

Sabg-4; Bellevue Second IV Precinct (NE); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SABG is hiring a full-time Wargaming Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support USSTRATCOM/J57 wargaming, deterrence analysis, and decision-support activities at Offutt AFB, NE. The role includes scenario development, execution, adjudication, and publication-ready reporting for senior leaders.

The candidate will synthesize lessons learned, create visualizations, and ensure interagency perspectives are represented in analyses and briefings. Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in professional military wargaming, operational planning, strategic analysis, or related work.
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in STEM, history, political science, or a related field required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of wargame design, development, execution, adjudication, and analysis at the operational or strategic level.
• Experience supporting scenario development for wargames, including multi-domain and joint scenarios.
• Demonstrated knowledge of deterrence concepts, including scenario-based deterrence analysis and/or Deterrence Impact Analysis.
• Demonstrated knowledge of U.S. Government decision-making processes and ability to accurately represent interagency perspectives during wargame play.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the transactional nature of U.S. alliances and allied burden-sharing.
• Demonstrated knowledge of joint planning processes and integration of USSTRATCOM activities with Geographic Combatant Command plans.
• Experience collecting, organizing, and synthesizing observations and lessons learned from wargames or experiments and producing DoW-formatted reports.
• Experience developing visualizations and decision-support products for wargame execution and senior leader briefings (AI-enabled tools preferred).

Responsibilities

• Assist in war game development and execution, including scenario development, analysis support to wargaming, and tracking lessons learned.
• Author professional war game reports documenting analysis, findings, and outcomes.
• Provide scenario-based deterrence analysis to wargaming activities testing USSTRATCOM deterrence actions.
• Provide scenario-based deterrence assessments to wargaming activities evaluating OPLAN/CONPLAN integration.
• Conduct hypothesis-based Deterrence Impact Analysis to test deterrence assumptions.
• Develop tools to display visualizations of scenarios and outputs.
• Represent interagency perspectives during wargame play and ensure decision-making contexts are reflected.
• Support scenario development for wargames, including multi-domain and joint scenarios.
• Apply knowledge of deterrence concepts and Deterrence Impact Analysis.
• Synthesize observations and prepare publication-ready written and analytic reports.
• Develop visualizations and decision-support products for wargame execution and senior leader briefings.

Skills

Wargaming

Scenario development

Deterrence analysis

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM, history, political science, or related field

Minimum 7 years of relevant experience

Experience in wargaming/design/analysis

Job description

SABG is hiring a full-time Wargaming Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support USSTRATCOM/J57 wargaming, deterrence analysis, and decision-support activities at Offutt AFB, NE. The role includes scenario development, execution, adjudication, and publication-ready reporting for senior leaders.

The candidate will synthesize lessons learned, create visualizations, and ensure interagency perspectives are represented in analyses and briefings. Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required.