Military Operations Analyst - Senior Operational SME

Security Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI required

Education: Bachelor's degree required; master's degree desired

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Serve as a senior operational subject matter expert supporting the analysis, development, integration, assessment, and delivery of Joint Fires Network capabilities. Help ensure technical solutions, mission applications, experimentation activities, and program initiatives align with operational requirements and deliver meaningful capability to warfighters.

Work across operational, technical, engineering, development, test, and program management organizations to analyze complex military problems, identify requirements and capability gaps, establish priorities, and translate operational needs into executable capability objectives.

The role may serve as operational lead or capability owner for assigned initiatives, guiding cross-functional teams from initial problem identification through requirements definition, solution development, integration, assessment, fielding, and continued improvement.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Advise program leadership, technical teams, and Department of Defense stakeholders on military operations, operational requirements, capability employment, and advanced warfighting technologies.

• Lead assigned capability initiatives from identification of operational needs through requirements development, solution definition, integration, assessment, fielding, and continued improvement.

• Lead cross-functional and cross-department teams, establishing objectives, priorities, responsibilities, milestones, and expected operational outcomes.

• Engage the Operational Manager, operational users, and other DoD stakeholders to identify, capture, refine, prioritize, and communicate operational requirements and capability needs.

• Evaluate potential technical solutions and how available or emerging technologies can address operational requirements.

• Identify capability gaps, dependencies, risks, and barriers, and develop or recommend mitigation approaches. Provide operational direction and subject matter expertise to mission application development and integration efforts, maintaining alignment with operational missions, workflows, priorities, and intended users.

• Analyze U.S., allied, and adversary capabilities, Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), operational workflows, and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs).

• Plan and support multi-domain constructive, virtual, and live experimentation, demonstrations, integration events, and operationally focused testing.

• Develop operational scenarios, assessment objectives, measures, data requirements, and evaluation criteria to assess capability performance and operational utility.

• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of experiment, test, and operational data, and present findings and recommendations to program leadership and senior decision makers.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Minimum of 15 years of relevant military operations experience within one or more warfighting areas or domains.

• Demonstrated experience conducting operational and technical analysis of military capabilities, CONOPS, operational workflows, and TTPs.

• Experience translating operational missions, problems, and user needs into requirements, capability objectives, and executable technical efforts.

• Experience supporting development, integration, experimentation, testing, assessment, or fielding of military systems and capabilities.

• Experience working across operational, engineering, software development, test, and program management organizations.

• Ability to organize complex efforts, establish priorities, manage dependencies, resolve barriers, and drive activities toward defined operational outcomes.

• Strong analytical, organizational, written communication, briefing, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work independently, manage concurrent efforts, and identify issues requiring management or leadership attention.

• Experience operating within multi-level security environments.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

BENEFITS:

The hiring employer's benefits package includes HMO/PPO medical plan options, an employer-sponsored Health Reimbursement Arrangement, 401(k), dental and vision plans, company-paid life insurance, voluntary life and AD&D coverage, pet insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, paid time off, sick leave, and paid holidays.