Education in Information Operations, Military Information Support Operations, marketing, public affairs, or journalism.
A bachelor's degree (BS/BA) and five years of military experience, or a high school education and ten years of military experience.
A required Secret clearance.
An active passport with at least one year remaining before expiration.
Responsibilities
Assist in designing and replicating a realistic contested information environment involving cyberspace, social media, media, and perception management.
Produce scenario timelines, injects, content calendars, and artifacts such as social posts, threat website pages, and multimedia products for scripted and competitive exercises.
Participate in adjudications for information environment effects and support Rules & Workaround processes involving Information Operations, Civil Affairs, Military Information Support Operations, and Public Affairs.
Ensure information environment effects targeting BLUE and OPFOR comply with Rules & Workaround guidance, legal constraints, and exercise control guidance.
Monitor and validate that planned information environment actions are conducted as approved and do not create uncontrolled outcomes.
Coordinate continuously with BLUE and OPFOR senior control elements to schedule and confirm information environment effects during requested or approved windows.
Provide status updates and modify effects as required by adjudication results or emerging exercise needs.
Use the Information Operations Network and other approved tools or platforms to replicate the information environment, including social media presence, adversary-style messaging, influencer tactics, engagement patterns, threat websites, propaganda pages, and multimedia exploitation.
Implement immersive, interactive content and monitor participant interaction where appropriate.
Work with storyline authors, OPFOR, and intelligence subject matter experts to align information environment content with the exercise narrative, desired effects, and intelligence requirements.
Conduct classified and unclassified research on emerging adversary information tactics, techniques, and procedures and translate findings into safe, doctrinally representative exercise inputs.
Produce information environment planning products, adjudication logs, content libraries, timelines, and after-action inputs for after-action reviews and lessons learned.
Archive information environment artifacts and maintain version-controlled repositories according to exercise data management policies.
Desired Qualifications
Knowledge and experience planning online marketing campaigns, online journalism, public relations, or analyzing diverse perspectives among online audiences.
Deployed experience serving in an S39, G39, or J39 staff section.
Experience writing scenario content and tactical or operational-level information environment effects for training exercises or operational planning.
Hands-on experience using the Information Operations Network or similar information environment or simulation platforms to create, publish, and manage simulated social media or website content.
Experience with multimedia content production, graphic editing, and simple web development for threat-site replication.
Understanding of adversary communications techniques, social media manipulation, influence tactics, and information ecosystem dynamics.
Written and oral communication skills, including briefing senior leaders and coordinating with multiple control elements.
Direct experience supporting MCTP, Combat Training Centers, joint or coalition exercises, or large-scale Warfighter Exercises.
Qualifications or certifications such as FA30, 37A, 37F, PAO, or certifications in marketing, journalism, or public relations.
The Opportunity:
Federal Sherpa is uniquely positioned to support the United States Army’s Mission Command Training Program (MCTP) at Fort Leavenworth, KS by delivering strategic program and project management expertise tailored to MCTP. Leveraging a team of seasoned professionals—including U.S. Army veterans and former senior government executives—we provide mission-focused solutions that enhance War Fighter Exercises and SRM-aligned training. Our commitment to integrity, performance, and innovation ensures that operational forces are equipped to execute unified land operations and respond effectively to domestic crises, reinforcing the Army’s readiness and command capabilities.
Location: Onsite –MCTP – Fort Leavenworth, KS
The Information Environment Scenario Writer designs, scripts, and implements a realistic, contested information environment (IE) timelines, effects, and artifacts across all five domains (air, land, sea, space, cyberspace) and the human-information sphere to support MCTP Warfighter Exercises and Event Lifecycle (ELC) activities. The Writer ensures information environmentactivities are doctrinally correct, comply with Rules & Workarounds (R&W) and adjudication processes, and are synchronized with BLUE and OPFOR operations to achieve exercise objectives . Responsibilities:
Replicate Contested OE
Assist in designing and replicating a realistic contested information environment (cyberspace, social media, media, perception management).
Produce scenario timelines, injects, content calendars, and artifacts (e.g., social posts, threat website pages, multimedia products) suitable for both scripted and competitive exercises.
IE Adjudication & R&W Process
Participate in adjudications for IE effects and support the Rules & Workaround (R&W) processes involving IO, Civil Affairs (CA), Military Information Support Operations (MISO), and Public Affairs (PAO).
Compliance & Execution Oversight
Ensure IE effects targeting BLUE and OPFOR comply with R&W guidance, legal constraints, and exercise control guidance.
Monitor and validate that planned IE actions are conducted as approved and do not create uncontrolled outcomes.
Coordination with Senior Control
Maintain continuous coordination with BLUE and OPFOR senior control elements to schedule and confirm IE effects are executed during requested/approved windows.
Provide timely status updates and modify effects as required by adjudication results or emergent exercise needs.
ION & Information Environment Replication
Utilize the Information Operations Network (ION) and other approved tools/platforms to replicate the information environment, including:
Social media presence, adversary-style messaging, influencer tactics, and engagement patterns.
Threat websites, propaganda pages, multimedia exploitation, and other adversary communication techniques.
Implement immersive, interactive content and monitor participant interaction where appropriate.
Storyline Integration & Intelligence Support
Work closely with storyline authors, OPFOR, and intelligence SMEs to align IE content with overall exercise narrative, desired effects, and intelligence requirements.
Research & TTP Translation
Conduct classified and unclassified research on emerging adversary information tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and translate findings into replicable exercise inputs that are safe and doctrinally representative.
Reporting & After-Action
Produce IE planning products, adjudication logs, content libraries, timelines, and after-action inputs to support AARs and lessons learned.
Archive IE artifacts and maintain version-controlled repositories per exercise data management policies.
You Have:
Education in Information Operations, Military Information Support Operations, marketing, public affairs, or journalism.
Qualifications and/or certifications can include FA30, 37A or 37F, PAO, or certifications in marketing, journalism, or public relations.
BS/BA degree with 5 years of military experience, or High School and 10 years of military experience.
Secret clearance Required
Active Passport with at least one year prior to expiration.
Nice If You Have:
Knowledge and experience shall include planning on-line marketing campaigns, online journalism, public relations, or analyzing diverse perspectives among on-line audiences.
Deployed experience serving in an S39, G39, or J39 staff section.
Demonstrated experience writing scenario content and tactical/operational-level IE effects for training exercises or operational planning.
Hands-on experience using the Information Operations Network (ION) or similar IE/simulation platforms to create, publish, and manage simulated social media/website content.
Experience with content production (multimedia, graphic editing) and simple web development for threat-site replication.
Strong understanding of adversary communications techniques, social media manipulation, influence tactics, and information ecosystem dynamics.
Excellent written and oral communication skills; proven ability to brief senior leaders and coordinate with multiple control elements.
Direct experience supporting MCTP, Combat Training Centers, Joint/Coalition exercises, or large-scale WFX.