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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented SOF Tactics SME to join our team! In this role you will get to support exercise planning for DoD training/exercise events IAW the Joint Training Manual for the Armed Forces of the US.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Supports the planning for Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) events.
• Provide comprehensive pre-exercise support throughout the entire JELC including exercise and scenario design and scripting and on-site support at the forward location.
• Must be in near continuous communication with DoD personnel and adapt workload to accomplish multiple deadlines, exercise direction and judgement, and evaluate employee, subcontractor, and consultant performance.
• Provide support for planning, coordinating, executing, and supporting DoD training events and exercises.
• Ensures established regulations, policies, and standards are met and enforced and meets country specific requirements required for entrance into countries where exercises or training events are taking place.
• Builds training objectives in coordination with Combatant Command and Theater Special Operations Commands Lead Exercise Planners, Training Officers, and other participating units.
• Coordinates with Combatant Command and Theater Special Operations Commands Lead Exercise Planners for establishment of training objectives and requirements throughout the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC).
• Supports the exercise and training event planning meetings with scenario development, scripting, and observer control.
• Provides observations to the exercise planes as required; maintains a list of exercise or training event lessons learned and collaborates with lead planners on input into the After-Action Review.
• Responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, and supporting assessments of DoD training events and exercises.
• Assists with ensuring established regulations, policies, and standards are met and enforced.
• Assists with ensuring all contractor personnel are trained and qualified to support the DoD mission.
• Assists with ensuring all contractor personnel supporting exercises or training events meet the country specific requirements required for entrance into countries where exercises or training events are taking place.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelors and 10+ years experience
• Must have a current Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance in the future.
• Knowledge of special operations missions, plans, tactics, techniques, and procedures and experience as it applies to DoD strategic level joint exercise planning and execution of  assigned agency support to CCMD Exercise and Training Transformation (CE2T2) Program Execution Plans (PEP) supported exercises and activities is highly desired.
• Familiar with the US Armed Forces Joint Training Program, the DoD Joint Training System (JTS) and supporting programs to include the Joint Training Tool (JTT), the Joint Training and Information Management System (JTIMS) and associated Joint Mission Scenario Development Tools used by DoD across the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) is highly desired.
• Familiar with relationships with other military programs and key administrative support functions to plan, develop, execute, and assess all aspects of the DoD Joint Training System.
• Familiar with DoD CWMD and Improvised Threat Networks (ITN) mission support relationships across the combatant commands, services, interagency, and multinational partners.
• Knowledge of the capabilities and vulnerabilities associated with a multi-threat terrorist environment.
• Skill and expertise in analyzing threat data and information for emerging trends, plans, intentions of hostile nations, organizations, and other relevant entities.
• Ability to interpret varied, complex, and conflicting data and then draw sound conclusions and make recommendations.
• Ability to plan, organize, and support the execution of exercise tabletop studies or evaluations to support National Level Directives, DoD missions, and/or support to CCMD campaign or contingency plans.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Secret

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

Our Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our diverse, intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

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