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Irregular Warfare Analyst
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Minimum Qualifications Summary
Certification & Education
This position will support United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Concept Development and Integration Division requires Futures Planning and Synchronization (FPS) support services at MacDill Air Force Base (AFB) in Tampa, FL. This is a contracted position under a four-year contract that will provide the Special Operation Forces (SOF) Enterprise with qualified contractor personnel to provide advice, analyses, and assistance in carrying out responsibilities required to support USSOCOM assigned missions. Specific responsibilities and qualifications follow.
Responsibilities
HQ USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, FL
About Lukos
Lukos has been delivering professional services to the Federal Government for 15 years. We help a variety of federal agencies in areas such as national security, homeland security, international development, training, analytics, healthcare, and other professional services. Since our founding, we have grown to support all military services and multiple federal civilian agencies.
About Our Name: Lukos is ancient Greek for “wolf”. The characteristics of the wolf match our approach to national security. The wolf is known for cunning, aggression, patience, and teamwork. An individual wolf is smart, strong, and resilient, but the true strength of wolves is their ability to work together as a wolfpack. Kipling said it best in The Law of the Jungle.
"For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack."
At Lukos we take care of our pack by offering full time employees competitive benefits to include: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off and Federal holidays.
Lukos is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or national origin.
Minimum Qualifications Summary
Certification & Education
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited academic institution
- Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in performing or supporting Special Operations IW-related activities. IW-related activities include unconventional warfare (UW), stabilization, foreign internal defense (FID), counterterrorism (CT), counterinsurgency (COIN), military information support to operations (MISO) or psychological operations, cyberspace operations, countering threat networks, counter-threat finance, civil-military operations, and security cooperation.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience assigned to a Combatant Command (USSOCOM preferred).
- Demonstrated ability in the use of SharePoint.
- 3 years of experience developing and presenting verbal and written products at the general/flag- level command staff.
- 2 years' experience using Microsoft Office products (e.g., SharePoint, Word, and PowerPoint, Access, Excel etc.).
- Prior military experience as a senior officer (04/5) or senior enlisted (E7+).
This position will support United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Concept Development and Integration Division requires Futures Planning and Synchronization (FPS) support services at MacDill Air Force Base (AFB) in Tampa, FL. This is a contracted position under a four-year contract that will provide the Special Operation Forces (SOF) Enterprise with qualified contractor personnel to provide advice, analyses, and assistance in carrying out responsibilities required to support USSOCOM assigned missions. Specific responsibilities and qualifications follow.
Responsibilities
- Maintain an in-depth understanding of IW-related activities as it pertains to special operations. IW-related activities include unconventional warfare (UW), stabilization, foreign internal defense (FID), counterterrorism (CT), counterinsurgency (COIN), military information support to operations (MISO) or psychological operations, cyberspace operations, countering threat networks, counter-threat finance, civil-military operations, and security cooperation.
- Oversee and perform the day-to-day management and administration of IW-related project tasks.
- Advisor for IW-related activities as it pertains to special operations.
- Support the conduct of capability-based assessments and the development of SOF and Joint requirement documents
- Support the development of strategic guidance
- Coordinate activities with HQ J-Directorates, Service Components, JSOC, and TSOCs, as required.
- Participate in IW-related forums, working groups, external assemblies (i.e. Conferences, technology shows, etc.).
- Coordinate USSOCOM participation in Joint Staff and OSD IW-related meetings and working groups.
- Orchestrate USSOCOM hosted IW-related meetings and working groups.
- Provide expert analysis to identify solutions and areas for further study to address IW- related capability gaps.
- Participate in wargames, experimentation, concept development, and implementation of DOTmLPF-P event analysis and change recommendation.
- Apply knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to projects and activities to meet task requirements.
- Prepare general / flag officer level reports and briefings
- Prepare briefs, information papers, and presentations as required utilizing Microsoft Office family of products (e.g., Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Access).
- Develop and maintain an electronic resource, to include key points of contact, to be used for mission continuity that may be accessed by all stakeholders.
- Implementation Analyst. Tasks include:
- Maintain a robust portfolio management program that tracks validated requirements, the associated offices of primary responsibility (OPR), offices of coordinating responsibility (OCR), timelines from completing the recommendation, and progress toward completing the recommendation.
- Execute implementation plans that have identified DOTmLPF-P gaps and shortfalls to be resolved.
- Track and maintain standardized reporting processes.
- Prepare general / flag office level reports and briefings.
- Develop and maintain an organizational OPR master list
- Understand dependencies within and across capability requirements, as well as any redundancy issues requiring reconciliation of differences.
- Communicate any administrative corrections or modifications to the SOFCIDS and JCIDS memorandums post signature for reissuance.
- Serve as the single communicator to senior decision authorities for reporting status of capability implementation throughout the lifecycle of the JCIDS or SOFCIDS effort.
- Support execution of capabilities-based assessments
- Conduct introductory briefings to familiarize OPRs on the processes, expectations, best practices, and reporting requirements.
- Provide instructional guidance to OPRs for successful POA&M development, task status reporting, and closure/extension justifications.
- Establish a reporting schedule for leading IPRs to guide the implementation plan, develop actionable solutions and timelines with OPRs on a periodic basis (preferred monthly), with follow-up meetings to the SOCREB or designated Joint Staff FCB.
- Maintains continuous communication with OPRs and the Joint Staff FCB analysts on task progress, compliance with reporting formats, validity and non-compliance issues, closure nominations, extension requests, and delinquency concerns.
- Nominate tasks for timeline extension or closure.
- Crosswalk capabilities, milestones and solution strategies to other SOF and Joint forums.
- Socializes impact indicators developed to measure implementation success.
- Prepare briefs, information papers, and presentations as required utilizing Microsoft Office family of products (e.g., Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Access).
- Develop and maintain an electronic resource, to include key points of contact, to be used for mission continuity that may be accessed by all stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited academic institution
- Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance
HQ USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, FL
About Lukos
Lukos has been delivering professional services to the Federal Government for 15 years. We help a variety of federal agencies in areas such as national security, homeland security, international development, training, analytics, healthcare, and other professional services. Since our founding, we have grown to support all military services and multiple federal civilian agencies.
About Our Name: Lukos is ancient Greek for “wolf”. The characteristics of the wolf match our approach to national security. The wolf is known for cunning, aggression, patience, and teamwork. An individual wolf is smart, strong, and resilient, but the true strength of wolves is their ability to work together as a wolfpack. Kipling said it best in The Law of the Jungle.
"For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack."
At Lukos we take care of our pack by offering full time employees competitive benefits to include: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off and Federal holidays.
Lukos is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or national origin.