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Senior Operations Subject Matter Expert (SME) (Msn Cmd Exercises) - Secret clearance required

General Dynamics Information Technology
Fort Bragg, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 May 2026
💰 $88,050/yr($76,565/yr$88,050/yr)

About the role

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Intelligence Operations and Analysis

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Communication, Military Operations, Military Strategy

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Senior Operations SME/Operations Analyst Principal

Ensure the safety and security of our nation as a Senior Operations SME/ Operations Analyst Principal at GDIT. You’ll apply the latest technology and provide operational support to deliver actionable intelligence for the Intelligence Community and for the Operational Force. Here, your work will have meaning and impact as you deliver your best every day.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Senior Operations SME/Operations Analyst Principal you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an Senior Operations SME/Operations Analyst Principal joining our team to assist in the development and facilitation of a new ARSOF Captains Career Course (CCC) culmination event. He or she will develop, refine, and update realistic exercise products and vignettes, and will role-play operational and tactical level Special Operations Force units during exercises. In addition to the CCC, many of our exercises will be Commander's Assessments designed to assist a unit Commander to train and assess his/her staff, and other exercises will be External Evaluations (EXEVALs) conducted as part of unit pre-deployment activities. 

Position specific tasks include but are not limited to:

  • Develop and maintain tactical vignettes and injects for exercises to replicate SOF activities conducted by tactical elements at the Company level and below.

  • Integrate and synchronize Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) and Operations, Activities, and Investments (OAIs) into exercise scenarios

  • Mentor trainees on SOF tactical capabilities, processes, and employment

  • Role play the execution of tactical level activities during the CCC events and in Mission Readiness Exercises (MRXs)

  • Brief leadership and exercise players on SOF tactical capabilities, exercise execution, and lessons learned

HOW A SENIOR OPERATIONS SME/OPERATIONS ANALYST PRINCIPAL WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

  • Provides military subject matter expertise to the SOMTC program

  • Participates with other members of the Mission Command Exercise Branch team in exercise vignette development to address relevant staff Mission Essential Tasks (METs)

  • Reviews "Lessons Learned" from previous exercises to identify and resolve training shortfalls in order to assist newly formed Special Operations Task Force (SOTF), Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF), and Special Operations Joint Task Force (SOJTF) staffs to efficiently execute all staff Battle Drills

  • Works with fellow contractor employees who are former Special Forces, Civil Affairs, PSYOP, USAF CCT/TACP personnel and sister service veterans to identify and develop cross-functional team injects and vignettes

  • A Senior Operations SME/Operations Analyst Principal will ensure that exercise scenarios encompass the following activities: Cyber-Space-SOF planning and activities, Multi-Domain Operations (MDO), Special Forces Operations, Intelligence, Psychological Operations, Civil Affairs, Logistics, Fires, Insurgency Forces, Future Operations, and include interaction with other Government agencies and non-government agencies.

  • Senior Operations SMEs/Operations Analyst Principals ensure successful completion of these activities in a training environment to assure Commanders that units are prepared to fully execute their assigned missions upon deployment.

  • A Senior Operations SME/Operations Analyst Principal will maintain familiarity with and will adhere to current Army and Joint doctrine and training strategies throughout the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC).

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

  • Education: Bachelor's Degree. The candidate can still be completing his or her Bachelor's Degree if he or she has already completed an Associate's Degree and has the requisite job experience.

  • Experience: Minimum of 8 years of combined related military service, as well contractor experience as an MCIS Instructor, Training Supervisor or Training Manager.

  • Required Exp

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