Primary Location: Quantico, VA

Must be a U.S Citizen

Security Clearance: Top Secret / SCI Eligible

Obsidian Solutions Group (OSG) is seeking a Senior Maritime Maneuver Operations Analyst – Exercise Planner to provide expertise to the External Elements (EXELMS) section of MSTP to support USMC MEF/MEB integration with the Navy /Maritime Component to support MEF/MEB-level exercise design, planning, and execution. Tasks include scenario development, travel to exercise lifecycle events, planning practical application mentoring, warfighting seminar product preparation and delivery, operational orders development, higher headquarters replication, and after-action analysis with written product preparation.

The mission of the MSTP is to: Train and Educate Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and Marine Expeditionary Brigades (MEB) Command Elements to conduct operations across the range of military operations, within the context of a Joint, Combined, or Coalition environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Research operational concepts and plans, conducts analysis of Maritime Maneuver processes and determine information exchange requirements and requirements for joint subject matter expertise to support training.
• Support all phases of the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) and contribute to the force generation process and operational force readiness by building supporting scenario products, role-play Higher and Adjacent Headquarters (H&AHQ) naval/maritime operations staff personnel, and leverage Navy relationships during a critical time of Commandant-directed transition to naval integrated MEF exercises.
• Support a comprehensive effort to enhance the planning and integration of maritime operational planning capabilities in planning practical application and other MSTP exercises.
• Produce exercise planning products, to include COCOM/JTF/Fleet-level operation orders. Directly engage MEF/MEB level training audiences to capture training objectives and ensure their incorporation into the exercise scenario.
• Lead the development of scripted, scenario-based, Force/Joint level maritime maneuver events as part of the Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) to generate training audience activity.
• Lead a Maneuver Working Group as part of an exercise design team at exercise planning conferences to design the scope and method of training; translate training objectives into observable and measurable Maritime Maneuver training activities.
• Advise active-duty and reserve officers at a simulated H&AHQ staff on the execution of planned exercise events to ensure all training objectives are met.
• Adjust work hours as necessary to support extended work hours in support of 12 to 24-hour continuous operations during events.
• Perform role of an event Observer, Trainer, Collector (OTC) to support the other MSTP Branches when required.
• Conduct tactical and operational planning at the conceptual, functional, and detailed levels for service and functional component organizations and joint headquarters organizations.
• Research of existing and emerging operational concepts and plans; conduct analysis of data.
• Plan and prepare lesson plans and seminars, provide instruction and event analysis on Naval and joint/combined operations and doctrine to Field Grade and General Officers.
• Participate in and conducts reviews and structured walk-throughs of events, operation orders and plans, and information collection requirements.
• Review orders, briefs, and documents to support event exercise design, scenario development and higher and adjacent headquarters functions.
• Review and provide comments on Marine Corps and joint doctrine documents, best practices, and tactics, techniques and procedures not covered by doctrine (i.e., Marine Corps Interim Publication, MSTP Pamphlet).

• 10+ years of operational experience in deployment and employment of U.S Navy forces at the Operational Level as a Surface Warfare Officer.
• 8+ years of demonstrated knowledge of military doctrine, tactics, and command relationships at the operational command level in operational force employment experience.
• Possess detailed and functional knowledge of the Marine Corps and joint/combined Planning Process and U.S. Navy and joint doctrine related to Maritime Maneuver.
• Senior staff planning experience in Joint Operations Planning Process and/or the U.S. Navy Planning Process in support to a Fleet or Joint Force Maritime Component Commander.
• Experience writing orders IAW CJCSM 3130.03A, Planning and Execution Formats and Guidance and NATO Order format.
• Experience conducting tactical and operational level planning at the conceptual, functional, and detailed levels for service and functional component organizations, and joint headquarters.
• Understanding of emergent thinking in strike and information warfare activities.
• Completion of Intermediate and Senior Service School.
• Knowledge of command-and-control processes related to Maritime Maneuver.

Desired Skills/Qualifications

• Direct participation in real world operations.
• Recent Active-Duty experience (within 5 years) as Surface Warfare Officer at Numbered Fleet/JFMCC level or higher.
• Senior-Level – Advanced Degree or equivalent w/ 15+ Years Direct Relevant Experience.
• Familiar with developing events to support a Master Scenario Events List (MSEL).
• Proficiency using MS Word, Excel, Adobe, and Outlook skills.
• Strong verbal, written, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Normal Office Environment.

Travel

• 30-40%, primarily to Camp Lejeune, NC; Camp Pendleton, CA; and Okinawa

Company Description

Obsidian Solutions Group LLC (OSG) is a fast-growing professional services firm based in Fredericksburg, VA. We create value for our customers by delivering technology-enabled & mission-oriented technical solutions that solve complex problems, protecting people, information, and assets. Our core capabilities are in providing Enterprise IT, Intelligence Analysis, Production & Development and Knowledge-Based Professional Services Solutions that enable the customer’s mission. Obsidian Solutions Group LLC is a veteran-owned small business.

A career at Obsidian Solutions Group means you are able to put your expertise, credentials, and talents to great use working with customers in the DOD and Intelligence Community, while enjoying the excitement of working in a fast-growing organization committed to making a difference for our customers and in our community. Contribute independently and collaboratively alongside our amazing team of doers and thinkers. Obsidian Solutions Group is small enough to offer a family atmosphere yet large enough to deliver a highly competitive compensation package. We hire and retain the best in the industry, offering exceptional benefits that protect the well-being of our employees, their spouses and domestic partners, and their families.

Our corporate philosophy is centered on hiring and retaining employees with the requisite skills, professional experience, personal commitment, and ethical standards necessary to foster a culture of operational excellence necessary to surpass our customer’s expectations.

Disclaimer

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Obsidian Solutions Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, protected veteran status, and any other non-merit factor, or any other characteristic protected by law.