Operations in the Information Environment (OIE) Analyst Trainer with Security Clearance

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Job description

Valiant Integrated Services is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Valiant Integrated Services has an immediate opening for an Operations in the Information Environment (OIE) / Fires and Effects Analyst Trainer to join our established team of diverse professionals in Suffolk, Virginia. This position requires eligibility for a TOP SECRET/SCI clearance and extensive travel as a member of various Deployable Training Teams (DTTs). This position supports the Joint Staff J7, Joint Training, Deployable Training Division (DTD) in providing a continuum of individual, staff, and collective joint training to enhance the operational effectiveness of the current and future joint force. The selected candidate will provide observation, training, and feedback, focused at the operational and strategic levels, to Joint Force Commanders and their staffs during joint and multi-national training, exercises, and staff assist visits (SAVs). Observation, training, and feedback will focus on involve planning of OIE (formerly termed "Information Operations"), how information is synchronized across war fighting functions and domains, and how information is integrated into lethal and non-lethal fires and the targeting cycle. The position requires knowledge and/or experience in planning OIE at the theater operational and/or national strategic level. This positions compensation rates vary between and are comparable to the government General Scale (GS 11) and (GS 13) pay bands. Requirements: The successful candidate: • Acts as an OIE subject matter expert and trainer in joint, multinational, interagency, and globally integrated exercises and operations. • Integrates into, contributes to, and provides functional continuity in the DTD's Fires and Effects Section, which consists of military Observer Trainers (OTs) and contractor Analyst Trainers (ATs) providing training and observation in Fires and Targeting, Cyberspace Operations, Space Operations, Public Affairs, Integrated Air and Missile Defense, and OIE. • Mentors, trains, and supports new OTs. • Participates as a member of Deployable Training Teams (DTTs) comprised of OTs and ATs observing, training, and providing feedback to commanders and their staffs during Chairman's Exercise Program (CEP) exercises and other joint and multinational exercises, as well as for Mission Rehearsal Exercises and Staff Assistance Visits for named operations. • Ascertains key command challenges at the operational and strategic levels of war and conducts cross-functional analysis of information gathered from joint exercises and training events for the development of lessons learned, insights, and best practices. • Understands strategic thought and direction as it guides and is influenced by campaign, deliberate, and crisis planning at the operational level. • Researches national strategic documents, historical exercise documents, real world operations, the operating environment, command mission, organization, plans, and orders, as well as interagency and coalition policies, strategies, and plans. • Conducts trend analysis, understands and improves battle rhythms, provides observation and training, ties phased operational planning to strategic thought, and develops feedback. • Assists in the development of the Commander's Facilitated After-Action Review (FAAR), Executive Summary Report (ESR), Combined Functional Report (CFR), and Internal After Action Review (IAAR), Post-event debriefs and summaries, and input into the Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS) • Updates and maintains documents, articles, and periodicals such as "Joint Operations Insights and Best Practices" and joint functional area focus papers • Develops and facilitates seminars for the National Defense University's Senior Leader Education Program Joint Operations Modules (PINNACLE, CAPSTONE, and KEYSTONE) Basic Qualifications: • One of the following: • Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or • Master's degree with a minimum of 8 years of experience. • Joint Forces Staff College or Service equivalent. • Thorough understanding of OIE and experience in fires and effects at the operational level. • Ability to write concisely at an executive level. • Must be willing to travel worldwide, to include areas considered hazardous duty (up to 30% of the time). • S. Citizen with an active U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret security clearance once aboard. • Must be able to attain a Company Travel Card • Must be able to work on-site in Suffolk, Virginia. Preferred Qualifications: • Combatant Command, Joint Task Force, Division, Afloat staff, or Wing staff experience. • Understanding of the requirements for staffs to support the commander's decision cycle. • Understanding of the Joint Planning Process (JPP). • Experience with the preparation and conduct of seminars or study groups for flag officers. • Ability to write and prepare operational orders and plans. • Experience in the compilation and presentation in both written and oral formats of lessons learned and after-action review material. • Experience with operational planning efforts at the operational and strategic levels. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled

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