Amentum has a great opportunity for an Exercise Planner to support Special Operations Command’s (SOCPAC) requirement to participate in Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and Service exercises in alignment with USINDOPACOM Theater Campaign Plan (TCP), Theater Contingency Operations (TCO), and USSOCOM Commander’s Training and Education Guidance requirements. The individual will plan, coordinate, and execute exercises, ensuring effective training for Special Operations Forces (SOF) in response to a broad range of operational threats.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, and execute SOCPAC and component participation in USINDOPACOM JCS and Service exercises.
• Collaborate with USINDOPACOM and component planners to manage exercise development and execution.
• Develop training objectives that align with SOCPAC’s Joint Mission Essential Task List (JMETL) requirements.
• Ensure exercises contribute to the Defense Readiness Reporting System and incorporate the Joint Lessons Learned system.
• Enhance the command’s capability to train for a diverse range of threats from real and simulated adversaries.
• Develop and coordinate exercise scenarios that incorporate best practices from DoD and external agencies.
• Assist in coordination with DoD and non-DoD exercise participants and supporters.
• Facilitate communication between exercise participants and SOCPAC staff stakeholders to ensure alignment with training objectives.
• Develop realistic threat scenarios to test and refine the command’s training objectives.
• Consolidate feedback and draft After Action Reports (AARs) addressing training outcomes, corrections, and Course of Action (COA) development.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree.  In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree 4 years of relevant exercise planning experience as a Department of Defense (DoD) exercise planner, with extensive understanding of USINDOPACOM AOR.
• 4 years experience in multi-disciplined special operations at the operational and tactical levels, supporting SOF.
• Extensive experience with the Joint Exercise Lifecycle (JELC) planning process.
• Be prepared for up to 2 weeks of CONUS and OCONUS travel per month.
• Must have an active Top-Secret security clearance and be SCI, SAP/STO eligible. Note:  US Citizenship is required to obtain a Top-Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree and 10 years’ experience in the INDOPACOM Area of Responsibility (AOR).
• Familiarity with SOCPAC operations and objectives.
• Experience with testing and evaluating emergent technologies or concepts in military exercises.
• Experience using training software and other IT systems associated with exercise planning.

The salary range for this position is $135K to $170K. (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site: www.amentumcareers.com.

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