Athenix Joint SOF Trainer (Communications) III

Athenix Special Missions (ASM) is hiring for a Joint SOF Trainer (Operations & Planning) IV - Air Operations Planner

Primary Location: Hurlburt Field, FL

ASM Quality Policy: To meet or exceed our customers' expectations for quality, delivery, and service through continual improvement, striving to meet our objectives, and committing to meeting all legal and statutory requirements.

Job Summary

Components of USSOCOM have the responsibility to execute large-scale training exercises designed to enhance readiness and prepare SOF units for deployment. At SOF Component Commands, the contractor provides SMEs to facilitate planning and execution of SOF core activities and SOF-CF I3, augment/replicate critical staff planning positions, and provide SOF exercise planning and execution products throughout the JELC IAW SOF, Joint, Service, GCC training objectives. This position is part of the AFSOC EMERALD WARRIOR exercise team.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain functional currency, relevancy, and awareness of SOF and Joint Enterprise training requirements through constant research of past and current operations, DoD Instructions, Manuals, Directives, Joint Exercise Instructions, Concept Plans (CONPLAN), Operation Plans (OPLAN), execute orders (EXORD), and Joint, doctrine

• Ability to identify, source, allocate C4I requirements within an Agile Combat Employment environment.

• Support exercise design, JELC planning, scenario scripting, key staff role playing, training, and observations

• Utilize the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate) model in executing the Joint Training System / Joint Training Tool to determine exercise and training requirements, design and develop appropriate training materials and scripting for in-person and online delivery

• Create or review event concepts, to include purpose, objectives, broad scenario characteristics, processes, and products to support the mission and objectives of the event's sponsor; use real-world events and operational planning concepts when applicable

• Create/Replicate international/national/strategic and operational level products and orders to support Theater SOF exercises for a multinational training audience, within Foreign Disclosure (FDO) and DOS export compliance guidelines

• Incorporate Joint Mission Essential Task List (JMETL) tasks and exercise training objectives into the observation plan to ensure all exercise milestones and objectives are observed

• When required, support the Joint Exercise Control Group (JECG) and augment and replicate key HQs staff positions for SOF Higher HQs

Experience and Education

• 8 years of communications experience, Prefer prior E7+, CW2+, O3+

• More than 7 years' (5 years recent) experience in exercise design, scenario development, and management of Joint Life Cycle (JELC) events

• Minimum of 4 years of experience coordinating with the training audience and developing a realistic scenario to facilitate their training objectives.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in communications connectivity with communication platforms: KU/X/KA Band Satellite systems, UHF/VHF radio, data systems, mobile ad-hoc networking, mesh networking systems, tactical SATCOM, LMR systems, phone systems and COP applications

• Demonstrated expertise in oral and written communications to explain communication network and requirements

• Specific technical areas must include working knowledge of DISA DISN network services, architecture, configuration, certification processes and procedures, CISCO, LAN/WAN, fiber, POTs and NSA approved encryption devices (Taclan, KIV, KG, Cylink) equipment suite programming, deployment, and integration.

• Working knowledge of SDN versions.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in HBSS and ACAS.

• Preferred 2 years' experience as a platform instructor in a Professional Military Education/training environment

Athenix Solutions Group, LLC and its companies Athenix Cyber and SIGINT, and Athenix Special Missions is an EEO/Affirmative action employer and is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.