General Summary:

Perform Special Technical Operations (STO) planning duties to include daily touchpoints with forward personnel and HW staff while interfacing with both program management and the government. Responsible for all physical, information, personnel security, risk management, and security education and awareness for SPACECENT HQ. Working in concert with management, provide a range of options within the SAP/STO portfolio to be integrated into CCMD planning. Coordinates directly with forward deployed personnel for integration of SAP/STO capabilities and translates the need into effects to enable CCMD priorities.

• Provide expert advice and analytical support for STO operations, planning, and organizational assessment efforts.

• Provide strategic and operational level planning support pertaining to CCMD contingency operations and strategic operations

• Provide expert advice to DoD leadership of STO policy, doctrine, decisions, trends concepts, and studies.

• Provide senior staff advice and guidance regarding the establishment, management, and execution-level analysis for risk management relating to STO planning and operations.

• Support day-to-day office activities such as organizing and facilitating meetings, and managing systems/taskers.

• Analyze strategies, policies, doctrine, plans, capability gaps, and emerging trends to support decision-making related to the current and potential future threat environment.

• Attend HQ USCENTCOM video teleconference (VTC) upon request, coordinate STO meetings/discussions based on integrated need

• Collect metric data from forward personnel to further Service level capability development

• Coordinate and integrate CCMD plans with supporting/supported interagency partners.

• Provide advice on prioritization of strategy related programs.

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*Position contingent upon funding being awarded to COLSA for this position.

Required SkillsRequired Experience

Required Qualfications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; Master's degree preferred

• Minimum of 10 years' staff experience (CCMD, Service Headquarters, Joint Staff etc) with 5 years working at Strategic or Operational level within SAP or STO

• Extensive knowledge working on PDAS and within the SAP community

• Joint Operational Planning Execution System (JOPES) qualified

• Working knowledge of desktop applications including word processing, spreadsheet, and database software packages

• Active TS/SCI clearance required; US Citizenship

Preferred Qualifications

• Space 100, 200, 300

• Joint Cyber Operational Planning Course (JCOPC)

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. COLSA Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.