Strategic Logistics Operations Desk Officer

Defense Logistics Agency; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) seeks a Logistics Management Specialist to act as a regional/functional Desk Officer within the Agency Synchronization Operations Center (ASOC). You will analyze global support, maintain situational awareness, and coordinate with MSCs, CCMD LNOs, and Service staffs to align warfighter priorities with logistics execution.

Responsibilities include developing common operational pictures, supporting exercise and contingency planning, and briefing leadership.

Qualifications

• Analytical experience with complex global supply chain disruptions and enterprise-wide solutions.
• Coordinating operational taskings across military service components, CCMDs, or joint commands.
• Managing crisis response workflows or operational dashboards within an operations center environment.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a regional/functional Desk Officer in DLA’s Agency Synchronization Operations Center (ASOC) with ensuring integrated logistics support to DLA customers.
• Conducts analysis of DLA worldwide customer support in peacetime and war environments, as well as the impact of Agency operations and policies on that support
• Provides situational awareness of world events, synthesizing information from sources worldwide, and coordinates with Major Subordinate Commands (MSC) and regional commanders to develop a Common Operational Picture for DLA Senior Leadership.
• Coordinates with the applicable Service National Account Managers and Combatant Command (CCMD) Liaison Officers (LNO) to ensure DLA activities meet warfighter priorities of the Service Staffs, Joint Staff, and Combatant Commands.
• Works in coordination with DLA ASOC Plans, Exercises and Readiness Branch to ensure the effective synchronization of the Current Operations in Federal, Joint Chief of Staff, CCMD and Service level exercises and appropriate linkage to OPLAN execution.
• Works with assigned CCMD LNO and regional counterparts, gathering current data from the MSCs, providing informational briefings to assigned LNOs, ensuring warfighter requirements are properly channeled and integrated into future contract initiatives.
• Coordinates with, and tasks the appropriate MSCs and Regional Commands through the ASOC Battle Captain as necessary to develop a Common Operational Picture and Operations Executive Summary (EXSUM) for senior members of DLA leadership.
• Upon request or given contingency, performs watch duties as assigned.
• Collects and evaluates exercise and/or contingency operations examples to use as a basis for improving and revising agency doctrine, directives, instructions, or Support Plans.

Job description

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) seeks a Logistics Management Specialist to act as a regional/functional Desk Officer within the Agency Synchronization Operations Center (ASOC). You will analyze global support, maintain situational awareness, and coordinate with MSCs, CCMD LNOs, and Service staffs to align warfighter priorities with logistics execution.

Responsibilities include developing common operational pictures, supporting exercise and contingency planning, and briefing leadership.