Joint SOF Trainer (Communications) III

Joint SOF Trainer (Communications) III

Athenix Special Missions is seeking a Joint SOF Trainer (Communications) III in Hurlburt Field, Florida!

Athenix Special Missions is a world leader in designing, building, and developing realistic training exercises for Special Operations, conventional forces, and partner nations. Our experience ranges from planning individual team training events to executing 2,000-person joint exercises.  

Our mission-tailored solutions include tactical and strategic training events and exercises and often integrate live forces with virtual and constructive training domains. By bringing together the right combination of subject-matter expertise, domain insight, and advanced technology, we help improve mission readiness, increase situational awareness, and enhance performance. 

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

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Location: Hurlburt Field, Florida

Clearance Requirement: Must have an Active DoD TS/SCI Clearance

Joint SOF Trainer (Communications) III

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

· Serve as program lead for the Joint Training Tool (JTT), coordinate integration of JTT with other DoD enterprise systems and C4I networks to ensure accurate, secure, and timely data exchange within an Agile Combat Employment environment

· Direct the end-to-end force sourcing process by gathering requirements from joint planners and processing them through the Joint Training Tool (JTT). 

· Manage user access, permissions, training, and adoption of JTT across Combatant Commands, Services, and interagency partners, providing technical guidance, and outreach.

· 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

· Support exercise design, JELC planning, scenario scripting, key staff role playing, training, and observations within the JTT environment

· Utilize the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate) model in executing the Joint Training System / JTT 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 Joint Exercise Control Groups (JECG) by using JTT to replicate higher HQ staff functions, track injects, maintain exercise control in real time, and generate reports, dashboards, and after-action reviews from JTT data to inform senior leaders and improve future training cycles

Requirements

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. 

· Possibly Preferred: 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

· Possibly Preferred: 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.

· Possibly Preferred: Working knowledge of SDN versions.

· Possibly Preferred: 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

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status