Senior Special Operations Strategic Analyst (SOSA), USSOCOM J8-S

Summary:

Yorktown Systems Group is seeking a qualified Senior Special Operations Strategic Analyst to support the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Force Structure Requirements Resources and Strategic Assessments Directorate (J8) Strategic Planning and Analysis Division (J8-S). Their mission is to provide senior leadership independent analysis and studies involving current and future Special Operations Force (SOF) requirements inform J8 decisions in development of the USSOCOM Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and collaborate with Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to develop analytic products and guidance. The division provides reliable analytic tools and products enabling senior leaders to make informed and defendable resourcing decisions. The Joint Mission Analysis (JMA) remains an important effort providing senior SOF leaders with a force structure mix of capabilities and capacities required to execute DoDs strategy and inform building the USSOCOM POM.

Specific duties may include but are not limited to:

• Provide updates reconciliation and management recommendations for the special operations portions of Director Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (DCAPE) data products and repositories. This task involves the analysis of raw data to identify modifications required before the data is input into pre-processor tools models and simulations. The contractor shall confirm that the data is accurate and available in time to support OSDs JSs and USSOCOMs analytical goals and requirements.
• Provide special operations data and subject matter expertise for USSOCOMs development of near-term to long-term scenarios strategic and operational CONOPS and ensure associated force lists of special operations specific and joint enabling capabilities are correctly represented.
• Support USSOCOMs database development and modeling of base cases and excursions in the support of the Defense Planning Scenarios and requirements process.
• Participate in meetings/conferences with OSD and Joint Staff personnel and others as required (i.e. TSOCs Components SOCOM Staff) during war-games Tabletop Exercises (TTXs) and USSOCOMs CONOP development for Defense Planning Scenarios (DPS). Support workgroups and conferences through travel and/or via Secure Video Tele-Conferencing (SVTC) to the DoD sponsored site.
• Coordinate meetings SVTCs and provide read-ahead material as required.
• Report actions at work groups and conferences.
• Review provide track and adjust comments during product staffing to facilitate integrations of JS USD (P) Service and Combatant Command (CCMD) inputs.
• Conduct CONOP analysis representing component equity and write component-specific CONOP narratives.
• Develop tools to visualize data with respect to SO Force Structure.

Required Qualifications:

• 10 years of uniformed military experience with demonstrated expertise in Special Operations (Navy Special Warfare Army Special Forces OR Air Force Special Operations).
• 3 years of experience (can be concurrent with the 10 years above) in deliberate planning or demonstrated expertise in joint planning.
• Military education in Operational Planning.
• Desired knowledge of National Missions forces
• Top Secret Clearance desired but must possess a current DoD Secret clearance and be upgradable to Top Secret within 4 months and eligible for SCI access and ACCM read-on.

Clearance: Requires an Active Secret Clearance; Top Secret desired and eligibility for SCI access and ACCM read-on

Location: MacDill AFB

Travel: Some travel may be required