SimIS

IT solutions for government and defense

Exercise Coordination Analyst

Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNorfolk, VA, USA$80k - $120k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in international relations, defense or strategic studies, political science, emergency management, or a related field is required; a master's degree is desirable.
Ten years of experience in military exercise planning, collective training, or defense transformation initiatives.
Familiarity with NATO planning documents, including the NATO Warfighting Capstone Concept, Warfare Development Agenda, and Bi-SC Collective Training & Exercises Directive; the resume must cite specific instances of coordinating, managing, directing, or aligning activities integrated with or supporting NATO or multinational exercise environments.
Ability to draft exercise-related planning documents, reports, and campaign plans; proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and collaborative platforms.
Experience coordinating with multinational or interagency partners.

Responsibilities

Support ECAB with integrating Warfare Development priorities, Multi-Domain Operations objectives, and future warfighting requirements into the exercise enterprise through a coordinated multi-year programme of work.
Assist ECAB in providing governance, synchronization, and strategic alignment across the exercise enterprise.
Participate in planning conferences, workshops, and coordination events to integrate warfare development themes and priorities.
Support the development, refinement, and documentation of exercise-related campaign plans, concepts, and supporting products.
Assist ECAB in using exercises to identify capability gaps, refine concepts, assess emerging capabilities, and support future force development through Warfare Development in Exercises and Warfare Development Exploitation Teams, including identifying, refining, and documenting themes and candidate activities.
Assist ECAB in integrating Audacious Training lines of effort, AI-enabled capabilities, experimentation, innovation initiatives, and JATEC participation in exercises.
Assess exercise outcomes and convert observations into actionable recommendations.
Support after-action review and lessons-learned processes by drafting formal reports and recommendations.
Contribute to rolling programmes of work for Warfare Development in Exercises and related initiatives.
Coordinate with outside entities, including SHAPE, JWC, JFTC, JATEC, and JALLC, as well as partners and external stakeholders, as required.
Track, consolidate, and report on branch contributions to NATO-level guidance, including SACEUR’s Guidance on Education, Training, Exercises, and Evaluation.

Desired Qualifications

A master's degree.

Position is 100% Onsite

Who We Are: Founded in 2007, SimIS Inc. is an innovative information technology solution Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) that models future environments, requirements, and capabilities, and then secures the enterprise from internal and external threats compliant with Federal, State, and industry standard governance to ensure client mission success. Our performance standard is “excellence,” with an outcomes-based, quality focus in our services and products, guided by our core values of honesty (in word and deed), relationships (confidence and trust with clients and partners), teamwork (shared goals, mission, and purpose), loyalty (allegiance to our client and team), and importance of others (work and win as a team).

SimIS is currently recruiting for the listed position and is contingent upon award. The position is anticipated to be “on site.”

Job Description:
SimIS, Inc. is seeking contract support for the governance, harmonization, and long-term planning of NATO’s military exercise enterprise and to ensure that training schedule directly aligns with the future warfighting strategies and transformation priorities. To support our customer, SimIS, Inc. seeks an Exercise Coordination Analyst to support NATO’s Exercise Coordination and Alignment Branch (ECAB) integrate future warfighting requirements, Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) objectives, and specific warfare development priorities into NATO’s multi-year exercise program.

Experience Required:

Bachelor’s degree in international relations, defense/strategic studies, political science, emergency management, or related field. Master’s degree is desirable.
Ten (10) years of experience in military exercise planning, collective training, or defense transformation initiatives.
Candidate’s resume must demonstrate familiarity with NATO planning documents (e.g., NATO Warfighting Capstone Concept, Warfare Development Agenda, Bi-SC Collective Training & Exercises Directive). Must cite specific instances where the candidate coordinated, managed, directed, or aligned activities that integrated with or supported NATO/Multinational exercise environments.
Proven ability to draft exercise-related planning documents, reports, and campaign plans; proficiency with MS Office Suite and collaborative platforms.
Experience coordinating with multinational or interagency partners.

Responsibilities:

Support Warfare Development Integration by assisting ECAB with integration of Warfare Development priorities, Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) objectives, and future warfighting requirements into exercise enterprise through a coordinated multi-year programme of work.
Support integration and governance by assisting ECAB with providing governance, synchronization, and strategic alignment across the exercise enterprise.
Participate in planning conferences, workshops, and coordination events, ensuring integration of warfare development themes and priorities.
Support the development, refinement, and documentation of exercise-related campaign plans, concepts, and supporting products.
Support Warfare Development Exploitation by assisting ECAB in using exercises to identify capability gaps, refine concepts, assess emerging capabilities, and support future force development through Warfare Development in Exercises (WDiE) and Warfare Development Exploitation Teams (WDETs), including identification, refinement, and documentation of themes and candidate activities.
Support Audacious Training (AT) and Innovation Integration by assisting ECAB in integrating AT Lines of Effort (LoE) (enhancing realism, leveraging new technology/innovation, and acting on lessons learned), AI-enabled capabilities, experimentation, innovation initiatives, and JATEC participation in exercises.
Assess Exercise Outcomes and Convert Observations to Actionable Recommendations
Support after-action review (AAR) and lessons learned processes, drafting formal reports and recommendations.
Contribute to the development of rolling programmes of work for WDiE and related initiatives.
Stakeholder Engagement
Coordinate with outside entities (e.g., SHAPE, JWC, JFTC, JATEC, JALLC), partners, and external stakeholders as required.
Track, consolidate, and report on branch contributions to NATO-level guidance (e.g., SACEUR’s Guidance on Education, Training, Exercises, and Evaluation (ETEE).

Benefits:

Medical, Dental, and Vision
Short-Term Disability (at no cost to you) & Long-Term Disability
Life Insurance
401(k) Savings Plan
Flex Spending Accounts
Tuition Assistance Program
Professional Development
Paid Time Off (PTO)
11 Federal Holidays each year

SimIS, Inc. is an EOE / M / F / Disability / VET / Drug Free Employer

About the Company

SimIS

IT solutions for government and defense

SimIS provides information technology solutions for government and defense across modeling and simulation, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and autonomous systems. Its offerings include executable models built with cognitive systems engineering for simulations, DoD/DHS T&E to verify system readiness, and cybersecurity services such as CMMC compliance, plus autonomous platforms developed in-house like the SAMS maritime system and RiverScout. The company differentiates itself by delivering end-to-end, integrated capabilities from concept to deployment, supported by a veteran-owned background and a dedicated robotics lab that advances unmanned systems. Its goal is to help government customers model, test, secure, and deploy advanced systems through a cohesive suite of engineering, analytics, and IT services.

Company size: 11-50
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Not listed
Founded: 2007

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