C3PO - Information Operation Planner

SMX is seeking an Information Operations (IO) Planner to support a federal contract in development, synchronization, and exploitation of operational and tactical level IO plans.  You will assist in the development of campaign plans, deliberate planning, crisis management, and time-sensitive planning in accordance with the Joint Operations Planning and Execution System (JOPES).

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Employ intelligence and operations expertise and knowledge to assist in the integration of Defense and National Intelligence support capabilities, including collection, analytic, and targeting activities, into overarching operational planning functions and efforts across the DoD
• Provide the command with estimates of the information environment and audiences in certain regions as assigned
• Develop plans for Government implementation to shape the environment to achieve multi-star commander objectives and support affiliated component units, governmental organizations, and partner nation forces missions
• Assist in development of asymmetric options in the form of Plans, CONOPs, and OAA that synchronize IRC including MILDEC, MISO, STO, CYBER, JEMSO, OPSEC, and PA into SOF OAA in target countries
• Conduct non-lethal targeting of POIs and TAs in the physical, informational, and cognitive domains
• Assist in planning operations that synchronize SOF, Interagency Partners, and Partner Nations support of contingency plans
• Develop a full range of SOF options focused on steady-state operations and the Crisis Management Framework in select countries and their periphery
• Develop plans for Government implementation that enable the command to posture to provide operational support to strategic-level contingency planning in key niche areas that are currently not addressed
• Provide inputs into internal and external command working groups, JPGs, and exercises
• Monitor and analyze the Information Environment in designated countries to inform planning and detect measures of effectiveness

Required Skills & Experience

• DoD Top Secret clearance and eligible for SCI access
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, Sociology, Political Science, Psychology, or Asia-Pacific-related field of study
• 5 years of experience integrating MILDEC, MISO, CYBER, STO, JEMSO, OPSEC, and/or PA into operational and tactical level functions
• 2 years of experience planning, coordinating, and synchronizing asymmetric options in support of SOF operations
• 6 years of operational level staff experience
• 2 years or more experience working with US Government in the USINDOPACOM AOR

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