IT Exercise Planner

Soft Tech Consulting•Arlington, VA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Soft Tech Consulting is seeking a highly motivated, self-directed individual to fill the role of an IT Exercise Planner (with extensive experience in Exercise Planning) for one of our government clients. The selected individual will join a collaborative team environment where they will provide support and expertise toward the successful deliver of the project deliverables. Key to the success of this position is the effective communication to all levels of staff for reporting project status. The place of performance for this contract is in Arlington, VA.

Requirements

UNITED STATES CITIZEN
MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE
Experience as Military Exercise planner.
Experience working on OSD, Army, or Air Force staffs
Experience working with JCIDS process
Experience working with DoD Architecture Framework
Subject matter expert on highly significant matters relating to policies, programs, capabilities, and exercise goals and objectives for the client.
Experience in designing, developing, planning, assisting in execution and assessing the client in cooperative exercises with the Joint Force Headquarters in accordance with DoD guidance.
Experience determining support requirements for cyber activities within each exercise, experiment, or demonstration.
Experience coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to develop scenarios, events, vignettes; establish execution events, timelines, and communication requirements.
Bachelor's degree or higher, preferred
Minimum of 5 years of overall experience
3-5 years’ experience in project management
Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
Self-motivated, detail-oriented and organized
Proficient in Outlook, Excel, Visio and other Windows-based programs
Excellent oral and written communication
Outstanding client relationship skills
Ability to work independently, with little to no oversight.

Nice To Haves

MBA a plus
Project Management Certification Preferred
Experience briefing senior leadership at the General Officer, Flag Officer, or Senior Executive Service level
Experience with Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) (Preferred)
Experience with Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) (Preferred)
Experience with developing conceptual architecture products

Responsibilities

Lead, plan, execute, and act as the executive agent for the development and execution of exercises, in multi-service, joint, inter-agency, and allied exercises.
Champion service-level training objectives, develop scenarios and events in support of those training objectives, and participate as exercise controllers, trusted agents, and leaders during exercise planning and
Design, develop, plan, assist in execution and assess the client in Cooperative exercises with the 54 JFHQs. in accordance with DoD Guidance.
Setup and attend planning conferences; coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to develop scenarios, events, vignettes; establish execution events, timelines, and communication requirements; and determine support requirements for cyber activities within each exercise, experiment, or demonstration.
Review previous lessons learned and gather historical activity information to assist training audiences in drafting training objectives for each event.
Participate during exercise execution as part of the Exercise Control Group providing oversight, management, and control of events for the exercise.
Provide budget support to the customer, including, projecting current and future budgets for exercises; recommending budgeting guidance for exercises; coordinating with unit finance representatives for exercise support; if required, assist in developing projections for POM inputs for exercises. (Non- Disclosure Agreement (NDA) required)
Develop after action reports to capture Lessons Learned (LL).
Prepare event-related documents (i.e., trip reports, exercise planning/execution products, after-action reports, meeting minutes) within organizational and host-expected time requirements.