Training SME

Full-time

Onsite - Springfield, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise and support on applicable tactical and operational-level joint, coalition and service doctrine with respect to synthetic war-game scenario generation.
• Review applicable CCDR and theater-specific contingency plans and theater-specific operational plans (OPLANs).
• Function as an academic instructor in assigned warfare area(s).
• Assist the JECG in the development of the scenario, road to crisis, operational environment and specific storylines that ensure the commander's training objectives are accomplished.
• Utilize the MSEL tool to track synthetic war-game storylines and specific events on a daily basis.
• Understand the role of response cells and the replication of subordinate units.
• Develop collection plans in support of Observer/Trainers (O/Ts) to aid in the preparation of AARs and daily summary reports.
• Participate in the development of the AAR based on observations of the training audience during exercise execution.
• Assist in the development and execution of warfare training curriculum utilizing synthetic war-gaming software (JSAF, MTWS, etc.) for synthetic events/exercises (FST-GC/J/S, BMDEX, SLAMEX/TLAMEX, NUWTAC, BOLD ALLIGATOR TFCC Trainers, academic courses, etc.) and support of live events as required.
• Provide significant expertise in all principal combat mission areas of (IAMD, SUW, ASW, strike, IO, intelligence, etc.) IAMD, SUW, ASW, Intelligence, IO/Information Warfare (IW), Strike, Expeditionary Warfare, or C2 (Mod 03, Oct 2020), with the operational and technical acumen for training, mentoring and assessing training audiences to include CSG, ESG, ARG staffs, and IDs.
• Oversee the development of exercise documents to include manning documents, messages and orders to include, but not limited to, OPORDs, exercise directives and exercise game books.
• Provide expert oversight for white cell elements of synthetic training events/exercises and support of live events as required.
• Assist in the development of synthetic exercise injects to enable accomplishment of training objectives for synthetic training events and support of live events as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of experience
• Active Secret Clearance
• Five (5) years experience as a senior trainer/evaluator.
• Experienced subject matter expert for respective task requirements (e.g. Academics, Warfare Area(s), Program or Policy support).
• Experience conducting fleet training analysis to identify gaps, training needs and solutions.
• Experience developing and modifying training event/exercise scenarios.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits
• Paid leave
• Retirement plans
• Insurance programs
• Education and training assistance