Senior Special Operations Strategic Analyst (SOSA)

Senior Special Operations Strategic Analyst (SOSA)

Please note: This position is contingent upon the award of a contract. We will provide updates on the status of the contract and next steps during the hiring process .

Minimum Qualifications Summary

Certification & Education

• High school education required
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 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.

Experience Required

• 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.

Job Objective

The purpose of this task is to provide the J8-S with high quality, defendable technical and analytical support.

Responsibilities

• 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 OSD's, JS's and USSOCOM's analytical goals and requirements.
• Provide special operations data and subject matter expertise for USSOCOM's 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 USSOCOM's 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 USSOCOM's 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.

Education & Certification

• High school education required
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 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.

Work Location

Tampa, Fl

About Lukos

Lukos has been delivering professional services to the Federal Government for 15 years. We help a variety of federal agencies in areas such as national security, homeland security, international development, training, analytics, healthcare, and other professional services. Since our founding, we have grown to support all military services and multiple federal civilian agencies.

About Our Name: Lukos is ancient Greek for "wolf". The characteristics of the wolf match our approach to national security. The wolf is known for cunning, aggression, patience, and teamwork. An individual wolf is smart, strong, and resilient, but the true strength of wolves is their ability to work together as a wolfpack. Kipling said it best in The Law of the Jungle.

"For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack."

At Lukos we take care of our pack by offering full time employee's competitive benefits to include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, paid time off and Federal holidays.

Lukos is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or national origin.