Job Description

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to work with the largest government agency in the nation. Make an impact by advancing the Department of Defense’s mission to keep our country safe and secure.

Job Description

Exercise Planner

Transform technology into opportunity as an Exercise Planner with GDIT.  A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an Exercise Planner you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on highly capable simulation administrator joining our team to performing system management and system administration functions supporting a distributed computing environment.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT:

• Work closely with dedicated military and civilian exercise planners assisting unit leadership in planning collective training that will meet their training objectives; identify any gaps (resource, training, equipment, etc.) and work with management and government teams to ensure they are filled prior to execution of training. 
• Interact with Army, Joint, and bilateral exercise planners throughout the exercise life cycle planning process.
• Resolve complex exercise, training, and/or administrative issues by collaboration and applying appropriate doctrine.
• Be immersed within small planning work groups with dynamic and diverse personalities.
• May represent Mission Training Complex (MTC) at high level exercise planning conferences.
• Leverage expertise and experience in staff training, best practices, industry requirements and information technology disciplines to develop technical and training solutions in support of Army mission command training.
• Act as an instructor and/or assistant instructor for various C4I and simulations systems
• Manage and track all scheduled exercise events and milestones, ensuring up-to-date documentation and clear communication across participating units.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of all exercise development phases, schedules, and after-action reviews to ensure institutional knowledge transfer and audit readiness
• Perform other duties as required.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: BS or BA degree, subject immaterial.
• Required Experience: Minimum five years of experience with planning and resourcing military training and training support operations at Battalion level or higher. Experience with planning and developing simulation supported exercises to assist unit commanders with achieving their training objectives. PREFERRED: Former FA 57A or MTC experience and MEL4. 
• Required Technical Skills:
  • Advanced understanding of Army LVC-G simulations and C2 Systems and their integration.
  • An intermediate understanding of exercise network, IT and communications principles.
  • Advanced understanding of Exercise Design concepts and principles.
• Certification:  DoD 8570 IAT-II certification within 6 months of hiring
• Security Clearance Level: SECRET clearance is required
• Required Skills and Abilities:
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Intermediate skills with Office 365 with emphasis on PowerPoint
  • The ability to develop high quality briefing products for battalion and above leadership
  • The ability to manage and synchronize the deliverables and timelines of multiple teams ensuring overall project cohesion.  
• Preferred Skills:
  • Operate Mission Command Systems, virtual and constructive simulations to accurately replicate operational scenarios and collect performance data.
• Location: On Customer Site / moderate travel required to other customer sites throughout AoR

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: 401K with company match
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career in program management at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for the mission and delivering results.

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Work Requirements

Years of Experience

5 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required

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