Special Technical Operations Planner

CLIN: Strategy, Plans, Exercises, and Policy Support Services / Special Technical Operations (STO)

Background: This contract supports U.S. Central Command's theater-level planning mission by providing experienced professionals who develop strategies, campaign plans, operational orders, assessments, and coordination products that integrate military, interagency, allied, and partner-nation activities throughout the USCENTCOM area of responsibility.

Position Summary: Plans, integrates, coordinates, and assesses Special Technical Operations, Special Access Programs, ACCM programs, and sensitive activities across USCENTCOM planning efforts.

Primary Responsibilities

• Advise on Sensitive Activities, SAP, ACCM, and STO and support relationships among Operations, Sensitive Activities, STO, and J5 planning organizations.
• Integrate SAP, STO, and ACCM capabilities into USCENTCOM planning with components, Combatant Commands, Joint Staff, OSD, interagency, coalition, and regional partners.
• Manage the Review and Approval Process for STO, SAP, and Sensitive Activities CONOPs and plans.
• Provide technical recommendations on JOPP, execution systems, campaign design, mission analysis, and critical factors analysis.
• Develop, evaluate, coordinate, and implement integrated joint STO plans with other sensitive-activity plans and concepts.
• Perform staff action officer coordination and de-confliction across DoD, interagency, Intelligence Community, service staffs, and supporting commands.
• Comply with IJSTO handling, storage, access, equipment, and communications requirements.
• Support OPTs through mission analysis, COA development, wargaming, comparison, decision, plans and order development, and transition.
• Coordinate FOIA requests and MDRs for designated CCJ5 files.
• Safeguard classified and unclassified Government information, property, controlled forms, facilities, equipment, and materials.
• Maintain Government records separately from company records and comply with applicable federal records, FOIA, Privacy Act, DoD, and USCENTCOM requirements.
• Perform work to the PWS quality standards and correct identified product deficiencies within applicable performance thresholds.
• Support required contract deliverables and provide products to the designated government task lead, COR, or alternate COR through approved USCENTCOM channels.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience planning, synchronizing, and assessing STO requirements within full-spectrum information operations.
• Experience developing and integrating STO requirements within campaign strategy, plans, and orders.
• Completion of the STO Planner’s Course and Planning and Decision Aid System Users Course.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 2 years of direct STO experience at a Joint or Geographic Combatant Command headquarters.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English fluently.
• Skills, knowledge, training, current certifications, and licenses necessary to perform the assigned PWS services.
• Common Access Card eligibility and completion of required Information Assurance training and the USCENTCOM Staff Officer Orientation Course before network access.

Security, Work Location, Schedule, and Travel

• Minimum TS/SCI clearance must be possessed and maintained unless the applicable CLIN description expressly provides an exception. Applicable positions may be subject to a counterintelligence polygraph.
• Primary place of performance is generally USCENTCOM Headquarters, Tampa, Florida, unless supporting an authorized contingency or continuity requirement. Approved remote work may include classified or unclassified work under current USCENTCOM policy.
• Normal operations mirror USCENTCOM military and civilian schedules. The basic workday is eight hours between 0730 and 1630, with core hours from 0900 to 1500, Monday through Friday except federal holidays or facility closures.
• Must be prepared and eligible for CONUS and OCONUS travel and able to obtain an official passport when required.

Employment Status: W2 | Full Time | Salary | Exempt

Compensation for this position is competitive and will be based on the selected candidate's qualifications, relevant experience, and contractual considerations.

This is a benefits-eligible position with access to a comprehensive employee benefits package.