Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Planning and Interoperability Support

gTANGIBLE Corporation•Sumter, SC

11d•Onsite

About The Position

gTANGIBLE Corporation is identifying candidates to provide planning, interoperability, and advisory support for 9AF AFCENT’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) program. The position is based at Shaw AFB, South Carolina, and requires a Top Secret/SCI clearance. The role supports theater-wide joint surface-to-air and fixed-wing weapons integration and employment, with potential expansion to coalition forces. The successful candidate applies operational planning and command-and-control expertise, helps develop plans and operational products, coordinates with U.S. and coalition partners, and supports regional exercises and engagements. The position also includes administrative, travel, budgeting, assessment, reporting, and staff-action responsibilities. Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree in any subject, have at least one year of AOC (or equivalent) officer experience in an IAMD-related role, possess a U.S. passport, and meet visa requirements for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The BMDS Staff Officer Course must be completed within one year of employment if not previously completed; 9AF AFCENT covers the cost.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in any subject.
At least one year of AOC (or equivalent) officer experience in an IAMD-related role.
Possess a U.S. passport and meet visa requirements for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Complete the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Staff Officer Course within one year of employment if not already completed in military or contractor status; course cost is covered by 9AF AFCENT.
At least one year of experience using Microsoft Office applications and email systems, or equivalent.
Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

Provide consulting and advisory services to the team supporting 9AF AFCENT’s management of the IAMD program.
Apply expertise in 9AF AFCENT IAMD operational requirements to develop and maintain joint surface-to-air and fixed-wing weapons integration and employment within a theater-wide system, with potential coalition expansion.
Support Joint Operation Planning Process activities, including initiation, mission analysis, course-of-action development, analysis, comparison and approval, and plan development.
Develop standard joint operational planning products, including Operational Guides, CONPLANs and appendices, and Campaign Plans.
Assist in developing concepts of operations and rules of engagement for joint and combined air-and-missile defense operations.
Coordinate with Service components, higher headquarters, and coalition partners to implement an integrated defense plan.
Participate in regional IAMD exercises as a planner, control-group member, or role player.
Provide strategic planning and command-and-control integration expertise at conferences and exercise-planning events related to air defense.
Develop operational planning and country-engagement budgets in support of ACC and USCENTCOM.
Develop fiscal-year operational engagement proposals supporting 9AF AFCENT and USCENTCOM.
Develop plans to assess IAMD objectives during exercises and report engagement and operational-planning results relative to area-of-responsibility-wide IAMD objectives to the IAMD division chief.
Develop plans to assess IAMD interoperability and integration among partner nations and the United States in USCENTCOM’s area of responsibility, and report results to the IAMD division chief.
Organize and conduct meetings, conferences, briefings, and site surveys supporting operational planning and IAMD operations.
Work with higher headquarters, joint and coalition partners, and other commands to develop and execute operational exercises and assess theater interoperability.
Deploy as appropriate to assist exercise or interoperability project leads with operational engagements and planning conferences.
Develop and publish engagement situation reports, including assessments of interoperability and partnership capacity as appropriate.
Develop and publish exercise and conference after-action reports.
Attend and participate in USCENTCOM and ACC exercises, planning conferences, and video teleconferences.
Complete administrative arrangements for operational engagements and interoperability planning, briefings, and travel, including scheduling events and reserving space.
Coordinate APACS, temporary-duty funding requests, flight and travel arrangements, and other requirements for team members as needed.
Create, coordinate, and complete staff actions through 9AF AFCENT’s Task Management Tool (TMT).
Review current operations, operational plans, Air Force instructions, and joint publications; collate information and prepare or present briefings to 9AF AFCENT leadership, including general officers.
Input and analyze data from the Global Theater Security Cooperation Management Information System (G-TSCMIS).