Senior Operations Support Specialist- TS /SCI eligibility- Arlington, VA
About The Position
GDIT is hiring a Senior Operations Support Specialist to support a national security program for a government client in Arlington, Virginia. The role contributes to mission success by ensuring operational programs and exercise goals are designed and met, taking operational constraints into account during deliberate and crisis action planning. The specialist synchronizes current operations with future operations and plans, maintains situational awareness as an operations-center watch stander, coordinates supporting actions with internal and external clients, and keeps the Senior Operations Support Specialist Lead informed. The position supports contingency and emergency-action planning, exercise development and evaluation, operational readiness, watch officer duties, event reporting, and operations-center communications and systems. It also supports training, testing, and exercises—including no-notice opportunities—and applies lessons learned to recommend improvements that meet integrated mission requirements. The role is onsite at the customer location in Arlington, Virginia, with less than 10% travel and a 40-hour scheduled workweek.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS).
- At least 5 years of related experience working on projects focused on strategic or operational plan development, with emphasis on intergovernmental/interagency deliberate planning, emergency management planning, rapid response planning, exercise planning, operations-center operations and maintenance, and lessons-learned development and archiving.
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
- U.S. citizenship required.
- Experience with Microsoft Office programs, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Exceptional organizational and time-management skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in an operations-center environment.
- Ability to carry weight in excess of 25 pounds may be required.
Responsibilities
- Support preparation and maintenance of contingency operation and emergency action plans.
- Develop draft exercise plans to test concepts and approaches, support mission readiness, and provide operational and leadership training.
- Assess and evaluate existing and new mission-essential processes and procedures.
- Perform watch officer tasks, including answering phones and radios and monitoring cameras, televisions, and other devices to provide timely information.
- Prepare draft reports about events, incidents, and other organizational activities.
- Facilitate communications and automated equipment technologies in an operations center.
- Prepare for training, testing, and exercises, both pre-planned and no-notice.
- Assess tests and exercises and provide recommendations and plans to develop capabilities for integrated mission requirements through a lessons-learned process.
- Demonstrate proficiency with operations-center systems and prepare plans, training, and materials that support mission execution.
- Coordinate supporting actions with internal and external clients and keep the Senior Operations Support Specialist Lead informed.
Benefits
- Flexible work schedule and full-flex workweeks where possible.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Medical plan options, including options with Health Savings Accounts.
- Dental plan options.
- Vision plan.
- Paid education and certifications.
- Professional growth opportunities and an internal mobility team.
- Paid vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, and other paid time off.
- Paid parental leave.
- Military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Life insurance and other accident and critical illness insurance offerings.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
