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Job Opportunity at HII Mission Technologies

HII Mission Technologies is seeking a qualified candidate to join our esteemed ADO team in Colorado Springs, CO, and support our valued NORAD/NORTHCOM customer. The ideal candidate should possess extensive experience in various modeling and simulation tools utilized across the Department of Defense (DoD). The integrator should possess a comprehensive understanding of the capabilities of multiple tools, with a general understanding of their operation. This posting is contingent on funding - funding expected FY27.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Ability to articulate NORAD/NORTHCOM fielding requirements for new M&S systems and upgrades to current systems.
• Attends meetings, workshops, and conferences to gather information for Global multi-Combatant Command Exercises and make M&S system recommendations necessary to match specific system capabilities to wargame and exercise requirements by coordinating or creating the associated scenario databases and ensuring NORAD/NORTHCOM data and requirements are integrated into the appropriate systems.
• 10%, or less, of the time this role may focus on building the scripts for individual actions that are taking place during Global multi-Combatant Command exercises and operating the models, ensuring the entities in each model are behaving properly throughout the games.
• Works in conjunction with another M&S Integrator to support preparation of memoranda, technical plans, and reports to develop the synthetic environment for N&NC wargames and exercises, ensuring the M&S environment provides the capabilities to meet mission requirements for the conduct of wargame and exercise events.
• Assesses representation in the virtual environment and provides recommendations for improvement and additional realism. Applies analytical techniques in the evaluation of models and simulations.
• Support/planning for 1-2 large wargames and 2 Tier-1 exercises
• Self-starter with the ability to independently review strategic documents, incorporate strategic guidance into M&S system recommendations, and communicate guidance and recommendations to stakeholders with a variety of backgrounds
• May require travel

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must have a minimum of five (5) years of joint M&S planning experience in a Combat Support Agency, Combatant Command, or Joint Staff level.
• Must have practical experience in the application of M&S tools for the planning and execution of joint wargames and/or exercises.
• Individual(s) should be able to understand and apply joint doctrine.
• Intermediate knowledge of M&S architectures and design methodology for experiments using live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) environments.
• Comprehensive knowledge of a broad range of modeling, simulation, and analysis techniques.
• Familiarity with the operation of a broad range of M&S tools during exercise and wargame execution, and the ability to assess the M&S requirements of a Joint Staff and recommend M&S tools based on those requirements.
• Operational expertise or related experience supporting air, land, and/or maritime operations.
• TS/SCI security clearance required
• This posting is contingent on funding - funding expected FY27

Preferred Requirements:

• Battle Control System - Fixed (BCS-F) experience
• Real Time Analytical Platform (RTAP) experience
• Joint Integrated Missile Defense and Warning Training System (JIMDTS) experience
• Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) experience
• Air Warfare Simulation (AWSIM) experience
• Familiarity with Object-Oriented Programming, Python, C++ - for Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling (AFSIM) software
• IT background (Net+, Sec+, A+, ITIL) to facilitate technical aspects of the Joint Live Virtual Constructive (JLVC) environment
• 2+ years Instructor/Evaluator Experience

Physical Requirements: May require working in an office, industrial, shipboard, or laboratory environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances.