Principal Military Trainer - IAMD / BMD Senior Operations Exercise Planner - Suffolk, VA 1

About the role

This high-impact position places you at the center of Joint Force readiness, where you will help design, plan, execute, and assess strategic-level training events that prepare Combatant Commands, Joint Task Forces, and senior military leaders to address evolving global threats.

Responsibilities

• Integrate IAMD and BMD considerations throughout all phases of the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) to support Combatant Command training objectives and operational outcomes.
• Develop and assess missile defense scenarios, threat presentations, operational injects, and training objectives for Joint and combined exercises.
• Provide subject matter expertise on Integrated Air and Missile Defense architectures, Ballistic Missile Defense operations, command and control systems, sensor integration, interceptor employment, and multi-domain operations.
• Analyze adversary missile threats, integrated air defense systems, and advanced strike capabilities to enhance operational realism and training effectiveness.
• Support development of operational concepts related to homeland defense, theater missile defense, cruise missile defense, hypersonic threat response, integrated deterrence, and Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2).
• Evaluate the integration of Joint, allied, and coalition missile defense capabilities across land, maritime, air, space, cyber, and information domains.
• Cook up with Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, Service Components, Missile Defense Agency stakeholders, Intelligence Community organizations, coalition partners, and functional planners to synchronize IAMD/BMD activities.
• Review, assess, and provide recommendations to senior military and government leaders regarding Joint Force integration, collaboration, operational effectiveness, and emerging missile defense capabilities.
• Translate strategic guidance into operational and tactical training objectives and assist planners, exercise control personnel, and senior leaders in understanding the relationship between national-level policy, campaign planning, and operational execution.
• Participate in planning conferences, In-Progress Reviews (IPRs), operational working groups, and senior leader engagements.
• Assess command-and-control processes, sensor-to-shooter timelines, information-sharing architectures, and operational decision-making frameworks.
• Develop operational assessments, lessons learned, capability analyses, and recommendations to improve Joint Force missile defense readiness.

Requirements

An active U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Top Secret (TS) security clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access is required.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting Joint, Combatant Command, Service Headquarters, Missile Defense Agency, Intelligence Community, or equivalent organizations.
• Demonstrated expertise in Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), air defense operations, command and control, sensor integration, and missile defense planning.
• Strong understanding of National Security Strategy (NSS), National Defense Strategy (NDS), National Military Strategy (NMS), Joint Planning Processes, Joint doctrine, and Multi-Domain Operations.
• Pioneering ability to connect and integrate activities across the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of warfare, translating national objectives into operational plans and tactical actions while assessing operational outcomes against strategic goals.
• Strong analytical, writing, briefing, and communication skills.
• Strong foundation in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams, with additional experience leveraging SharePoint, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled tools, Onebrief, Virtual Joint Operations Center (VJOC), and other collaborative planning and decision-support systems.

Skills

• Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase II or Senior Service College graduate.
• Former Air Defense Artillery, Air Battle Management, Missile Defense, Integrated Air and Missile Defense, Space Operations, or Joint Fires professional.
• Experience supporting Combatant Command exercises, operational planning, wargaming, experimentation, operational assessments, or capability development efforts.
• Familiarity with Joint Training Tool (JTT), Master Scenario Event List (MSEL) development, and Joint exercise planning processes.
• Knowledge of Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), hypersonic defense, space-based sensing architectures, integrated deterrence, and emerging missile defense capabilities.

Benefits

To Be Successful In This Role, You Will Have An active U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Top Secret (TS) security clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access is required.

Additional Desired Experience And Skills:

• Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase II or Senior Service College graduate.
• Former Air Defense Artillery, Air Battle Management, Missile Defense, Integrated Air and Missile Defense, Space Operations, or Joint Fires professional.
• Experience supporting Combatant Command exercises, operational planning, wargaming, experimentation, operational assessments, or capability development efforts.
• Familiarity with Joint Training Tool (JTT), Master Scenario Event List (MSEL) development, and Joint exercise planning processes.
• Knowledge of Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), hypersonic defense, space-based sensing architectures, integrated deterrence, and emerging missile defense capabilities.