Amentum is seeking a dynamic Targeting Planner to identify, analyze, and articulate requirements and artifacts in the planning and operational execution in support of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Operations Directorate at part of the Joint Fires Division at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. This position will focus on the integration of:
- Integration requirements across the Services, Allies, and Partner Nations within the Indo-Pacific Joint Coalition Fires enterprise to achieve maximum effects against selected targets
- Manned and Unmanned Aerial Platform Operations
- Kinetic and Non-Kinetic Effects (NKE)
- Specialized Military Information Support Operations (MISO)
- Mitigation of Risk to Mission and Risk to Force
Essential Responsibilities:
- Prioritize, assess, evaluate, and report information obtained from passive and active collection, network evaluation and analysis, combined with related collateral sources to provide synthesized planning product to customers.
- Review collateral and TS/SCI reporting to conduct research enhancing reporting from multiple sources to assist in the development of target products.
- Provide support to the planning and operations staff to identify capabilities and limitations of enemy forces and identifying potential enemy vulnerabilities.
- Develop targeting products and support to component commands.
- Assist in the development of lethal and non-lethal operations into the targeting process.
- Provide input and develop targeting documents and related end products for development of all TTPs, CONOPs, policies and workflows.
- Develop, recommend, and implement Operational Security (OPSEC) and signature management.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree or at least 18 years of experience supporting the Department of Defense (DoD).
- 10 or more years of combined experience working in military operations on an operational staff or at the tactical maneuver unit level with a focus on kinetic and non-kinetic fires and/or targeting/Intel.
- At least three years of experience in INDOPACIFIC AOR.
- Knowledge of Joint Fires targeting, intel processes, principles, and methods.
- Demonstrate excellent written and oral communications, organizational knowledge management using technology-based systems, operational assessment, intelligence collaboration, and joint planning and oversight process.
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, and an ability to describe significance, provide context, and describe risk.
- Must have an active Top-Secret clearance and be SCI eligible. Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain a Top-Secret Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Graduate of Joint Targeting Course and/or Target Development Course.
- At least 15 years of experience supporting the Department of Defense (DoD), including at least 5 years of experience in military operations.
- At least 3 years of experience in a senior military staff office (Service HQ, Combatant Command, OSD, JS) and/or working in military plans.
Preferred Knowledge and Skills:
- Knowledge of the planning continuum to include the Joint Operational Planning Process (JOPP), Joint Operating Concepts (JOC), and Joint Capabilities Areas (JCA).
- Detailed knowledge of USINDOPACOM policy and strategy and a thorough understanding of USINDOPACOM TCP/TCO, GCPs, CT EXORD, OPLANs, CONPLANs, and Theater Security Cooperation Plans including linkages to parallel national interests.
- In-depth knowledge of U.S. national plans and policy (National Security Strategy (NSS), National Military Strategy (NMS), Unified Command Plan (UCP), Guidance for Employment of the Force (GEF), and Joint Strategic Campaign Plan (JSCP).
- Thorough understanding of the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP) to include mission analysis, course of action development, analysis, comparison, recommendation, and approval.
- Communicate effectively verbally and in writing to provide information, articles, written reports, and presentations to include delivering executive summaries to flag and general officers (FO/GO) and Senior Executive Service (SES) level officials.
The salary range for this position is $145K to $165K. (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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