Integration Lead Operations Analyst

PeopleTec is currently seeking an Integration Lead / Operations Analyst to support our Huntsvile AL location.

The Integration Lead / Operations Analyst serves as the vital operational catalyst and strategic advisor directly supporting the Integration Cell this high-impact role you are responsible for capturing institutionalizing and operationalizing Launched Effects (LE) and One-Way Attack (OWA) lessons learned from global conflict environments theater exercises and Combatant Commands (COCOMs).

We are seeking a forward-thinking operator with an unyielding intellectual curiosity an obsession with cutting-edge technology (AI machine learning autonomous swarming and edge compute) and the intellectual courage to challenge legacy bureaucracy defy dogmatic systems and break through conventional acquisition stovepipes. Your mission is to rapidly turn raw battlefield and exercise data into actionable engineering requirements modernized Tactics Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) and decisive warfighter overmatch.

The Launched Effects Integration Cell sits at the tip of the spear of Army modernization. We bridge the gap between operational edge units and systems acquisition. We value candor over conformity velocity over bureaucracy and ruthless truth-telling about what works on the modern battlefield. If you are driven to revolutionize how autonomous systems are fielded and fought join our team.

Duties:

• Operationalize & Institutionalize Lessons Learned: Directly support the Integration Cell Director in establishing rapid closed-loop feedback architectures. Systematically gather operational data after-action reports (AARs) and combat observations from modern conflicts (e.g. Ukraine INDOPACOM/EUCOM/CENTCOM operational environments) and translate them into immediate capability iterations doctrine modifications and programmatic pivots.
• Frontier Tech & AI Integration: Champion the integration of artificial intelligence collaborative autonomy dynamic mesh networking and automated target recognition (ATR) into LE concepts of employment. Relentlessly identify opportunities to replace slow human-in-the-loop dependencies with resilient autonomous systems.
• Disruptive Mindset & System Defiance: Actively challenge outdated institutional planning dogmas rigid requirement constructs and sluggish fielding processes. Serve as a change-maker who advocates for speed-to-fleet over administrative perfection leveraging agile methodologies and modular open systems architectures (MOSA).
• Strategic COCOM & Cross-Service Synchronization: Serve as the primary operational nexus between the LE Product Office Combatant Commands Army Service Component Commands (ASCCs) and Centers of Excellence (CoEs). Synchronize theater-specific operational demands and war-game findings directly into product office execution.
• Advanced CONOPS & TTP Codification: Drive the creation and refinement of cutting-edge Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) for uncrewed loitering munitions collaborative reconnaissance-strike swarms and attritable multi-domain launch platforms.
• Exercise & Experimentation Injection: Design and coordinate live operational injects Table-Top Exercises (TTXs) and major theater demonstrations to stress-test LE systems in denied/degraded electronic warfare environments validating real-world operational utility.
• Senior Executive & Flag-Level Briefings: Distill complex operational insights and controversial lessons-learned analyses into executive decision packages white papers and risk-trade briefings for General Officers / Flag Officers (GO/FO) and Senior Executive Service (SES) leaders.
• Intellectual Curiosity: A relentless appetite to understand emerging threats counter-UAS dynamics and commercial/defense dual-use autonomy advances.
• Institutional Disruptor: Willingness to challenge traditional requirements systems (e.g. rigid JCIDS timelines) to ensure capability fielding outpaces adversary adaptation.
• Operational Empathy: Deep appreciation of tactical warfighter realities combined with the strategic fluency required to influence enterprise-level roadmaps.

Required Skills/Experience:

• 5-8 years of relevant operational analytical or acquisition experience.
• Technology Passion & Ethos: Proven interest and technical literacy in AI autonomy uncrewed systems and edge algorithms matched with the courage to challenge established processes in pursuit of operational velocity.
• Lessons Learned & Operational Translation: Demonstrated success in capturing operational feedback tactical data or wargaming findings and converting them into actionable technical programmatic or organizational changes.
• Strategic Military Operations Acumen: In-depth understanding of U.S. Army operations Joint Staff planning structures COCOM theater campaigns and multi-domain operations (MDO).
• Executive Communication: Proven track record of authoring persuasive strategic documents and delivering high-stakes briefings to senior military/civilian leadership (O-6/GO/SES level).
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• An active Top Secret / SCI eligbility security clearance

Education Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Operations Research Strategic Studies Systems Engineering Defense Analysis or a related discipline

Prefered Qualifications:

• Military Experience: Prior service as a Field Grade Officer Senior NCO or civilian operational analyst with staff experience at the Division Corps ASCC or Joint Staff/COCOM level (G-3 G-5 J-3 or J-5).
• Domain Mastery: Direct operational or technical background with Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (Group 13 UAS) Loitering Munitions / One-Way Attack (OWA) platforms or air-launched payloads.
• Rapid Capability Transition: Experience working with rapid defense innovation hubs (e.g. DIU RCCTO DARPA AFSWERX or industry skunkworks).

People First. Technology Always.

PeopleTec Inc. is an employee-owned small business founded in Huntsville AL that provides exceptional customer support by employing and retaining a highly skilled workforce.

Culture: The name PeopleTec was deliberately chosen to remind us of our core value system - our people. Our companys foundation was built on placing our employees and customers first. With an award-winning atmosphere we have matured into a company that boasts the best and brightest across multiple technical fields.

Career: At PeopleTec we value your long-term goals. Whether its through our continuing-education opportunities our robust training programs or our People First benefits package PeopleTec truly believes that our best investments are our people.

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EEO Statement

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