Air-Space Domain Exercise & Integration Lead Job Listing at SPA in Chantilly, VA (Job ID 2025-19529)

Description

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS Security Clearance with SCI and SAP Eligibility
• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in operational platforms, weapons school graduate, or instructor experience
• 5+ years program management or operational experience with the DoD or the Intelligence Community with at least 2 years in leadership roles
• Excellent interpersonal and communication (oral and writing) skills:
  • Demonstrated experience using critical thinking to prepare written reports and presentations for decision makers
  • Demonstrated experience compiling and articulating complex technical knowledge into digestible talking points for senior leaders
• Demonstrated initiative and ability to plan, work, and deliver both independently and as part of a diverse team focused on delivering novel capabilities
• Demonstrated ability to work with and manage developers/engineers across disciplines to implement customer and system requirements

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience within DoD operational communities
• Demonstrated experience with Non-Kinetic Effects (NKE) operations in large force exercises and readying operators for real-world operations

Primary Duty Responsibilities

• Assist program office with the development and documentation of CONOPS through support, creation, and execution of meaningful test events and exercise scenarios.
• Oversee (lead) and coordinate exercises with EUCOM, INDOPACOM, ACC, AFGSC, AFSPC, USSPACECOM, USAFWS, USAFWC and other operator stakeholders.
• Oversee (lead) integration of TPSE mission planning tools into exercise activities. 
• Support execution of all test planning and demonstration activities to support CONOPS development.
• Participate in regular meetings of Test Planning Working Group (TPWG). 
• Translate exercise outcomes / lessons learned into actionable program information for acquisition and future test activities. 
• Assist Lead SETA with execution of day-to-day tasks on the program as required. 
• Prepare and deliver executive-level briefings, reports, and summary papers; explain complex concepts in relatively simple language, summarize key decisions, and provide recommendations supported by analysis or exercise events. 
• Often act independently to resolve issues associated with the development and implementation of operational programs. 
• Provide objective information, analysis, and recommendations to support decision making on current and future investments for the program. 
• Special projects as directed.