SOCCENT J41 Battle watch Supervisor Directorate Task Lead

SOCCENT J41 Battle watch Supervisor Directorate Task Lead

Vistra Communications LLC

SOCCENT J41 Battle watch Supervisor Directorate Task Lead

Tampa, FL

Description

SOCCENT J4 seeks a highly skilled proactive J4 Maintenance and Readiness Logistics (MRD) – Directorate Task Lead. Here you will serve as a senior logistics lead planner and subject matter expert. Advises senior leadership on equipment lifecycle management, modernization initiatives, and resource allocation. Facilitate and support working groups, Community of Interest engagements, and plans synchronization across Combatant Commands, Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOCs), US Government partners, other Governmental Agencies, and key partner nations. This includes developing briefing products, point papers and other support products.

Key Responsibilities

• Senior technical advisor to command on all maintenance and sustainment operations for Special Operations Forces (SOF) equipment and platforms
• Oversees and manages maintenance programs for ground, and maritime SOF assets, ensuring maximum operational readiness
• Develops and implements maintenance policies, procedures, and best practices tailored to SOF mission requirements
• Coordinates with joint, interagency, and multinational partners to synchronize maintenance support and logistics integration
• Utilizes advanced logistics and maintenance management systems (e.g., GCSS-A, SSAVIE, Palantir, Power BI) to track readiness, analyze trends, and inform decision-making
• Conducts readiness assessments and provides recommendations to mitigate risks and address maintenance shortfalls
• Ensures compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards in all maintenance operations
• Supports rapid deployment and sustainment of SOF units in austere and dynamic environments 
• Assist Operational Planning Teams to organize, focus and synchronize enterprise partners and enablers to meet defined organizational end states.
• Facilitate and support the Strategic Planning Process (SPP), employing a Systemic Operational Design and Military Decision-Making Process approach to conduct operating environment analysis, end states development, and to update and inform the planning process.
• Review and provide thorough analysis of operational war plans, orders, and standard operating procedures.
• Develop and present General Officer/Flag Officer level briefing products and presentations.
• Identify, analyze, and evaluate complex and highly sensitive systems, policies, and processes related to current and emergent foreign threats.
• Determine procedures for solving complex design, integration, and analytical problems
• Report changes, trends, and implications regarding the design and integration of evolving systems and instrumentation.
• Coordinate with Geographic Combatant Command staff, military Service Components, and forward operating units to develop a comprehensive Concept of Logistics Support.
• Execute staff coordination support to reach the programmatic end-state and facilitate logistics sustainment continuity utilizing Knowledge Management (KM) fundamentals and Logistics Common Operational Picture (LOGCOP) technology.
• Remain fully qualified in and current with all specified and required training
• Prepare briefs, information papers, and presentations as required utilizing Microsoft Office family of products (i.e. Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Access)
• Develop and maintain an electronic resource, to include key points of contact, to be used for mission continuity that may be accessed by all stakeholders.
• May perform task or site lead functions including: 1) provided daily coordination with the COR/Technical Representative(s) 2) operate the task management system; 3) assist in development of training efforts to meet client objectives 4) oversee Operational Planning Team planners; and 4) travel (TDY status, attend conferences, planning efforts, OPT’s with appropriate clearance levels, and exercises).
• Understand, manage, and implement the Life Cycle Replacement (LCR) process within the CENTCOM AOR for Special Operations-peculiar (SO-p) platforms, but also service common equipment. This includes knowledge and understanding of Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel and Facilities (DOTMLPF) Change Requests (DCR), Basis of Issue Plans (BOIP), unit equipment authorizations, and other associated processes. 
• Solicit, input, and maintain unit Readiness data and information within the Defense Readiness Reporting System – Secret (DRRS-S). 

Requirements

• Active Top Secret with SCI.
• MA/MS in one of these Disciplines: Social Sciences, Public Policy, Applied Statistics, Operations Research, or Systems Analysis
• Joint Professional Military Education Level II or Service Equivalent; Advanced Military Education Levels (i.e. School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), Joint Advanced Warfighting School (JAWS); Service War Colleges).
• At least 10 years strategic and operational planning and analysis
• At least 5 years’ experience in any of the following: CENTCOM AOR; Military Information Support Operations (MISO); Military Deception (MILDEC); Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD); Operations Research and Systems Analysis (ORSA); CYBER; Antiterrorism and Force Protection (AT/FP); Social Network Analysis (SNA); Special Programs; Interagency Experience, Intelligence Experience
•  Equivalent combinations of at least 15 years of SOF operational experience and education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previously served at SOCCENT HQ and familiar with SOCCENT Staff functions

About Vistra:  Vistra Communications, doing business as Vistra and Vistra Federal Solutions, is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) headquartered in Tampa, FL with an office in Alexandria, VA providing professional support serviced to Defense, Federal, and Civilian Agencies.  Approximately 25% of our “team member” employees work in the National Capital Region, providing communications, outreach, and organizational transformation services to our public sector customers.  Vistra provides medical, dental, and vision benefits, life and disability insurance, employer matching 401(k) retirement plan, Paid Time Off, Parental and Bereavement Leave, and Professional Development, among other benefits. 

US Citizenship Required: Due to the requirements of the federal contract that this position supports, U.S. citizenship is required. Citizenship will be confirmed via I-9/E-Verify at the start of employment.

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