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

gTANGIBLE Corporation•Sumter, SC

9d•Onsite

About The Position

gTANGIBLE Corporation is seeking a full-time Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Planning and Interoperability Support professional for work at Shaw AFB, South Carolina. The position supports 9AF AFCENT’s management of the IAMD program and requires a Top Secret/SCI security clearance. The requisition is contingent and open. The role provides operational planning, interoperability, strategic planning, and command-and-control integration expertise for joint and combined air-and-missile defense. The employee supports planning and execution with Service components, higher headquarters, coalition partners, and other commands, including participation in regional exercises, conferences, planning events, and operational engagements. The position also develops and assesses plans, budgets, proposals, reports, and standard joint operational planning products, and handles administrative coordination for events and travel.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Provide consulting and advisory services to the team supporting 9AF AFCENT’s management of the IAMD program.
Provide expertise on 9AF AFCENT operational requirements for IAMD operations and develop and maintain joint surface-to-air and fixed-wing weapons integration and employment within a theater-wide system, with potential expansion to coalition forces.
Apply the Joint Operation Planning Process, including initiation, mission analysis, course-of-action development, analysis, comparison, approval, and plan development.
Develop and generate 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 all phases of regional IAMD exercises, primarily as planners, control group members, or role players.
Provide strategic planning and command-and-control integration expertise at conferences and exercise planning events addressing air defense issues.
Build operational planning and country engagement budgets in support of ACC and USCENTCOM.
Build fiscal-year operational engagement proposals to support 9AF AFCENT and USCENTCOM.
Develop assessment plans for evaluating IAMD objectives during exercises and report assessment results against AOR-wide IAMD objectives to the IAMD division chief.
Develop assessment plans for evaluating IAMD interoperability and integration among Partner Nations and the U.S. within USCENTCOM’s AOR, and report assessment 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 VTCs.
Perform administrative coordination for operational engagements and interoperability planning, briefings, and travel, including scheduling events and reserving space.
Coordinate APACS, TDY funding requests, flights, travel arrangements, and other requirements for team members as needed.
Create, coordinate, and complete staff actions using 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, on theater operations or issues.
Input and analyze data from the Global Theater Security Cooperation Management Information System (G-TSCMIS).