Colorado Springs, CO, USA | Salary | 95000-107000 per year | Full Time Joint Exercise Planner DEFTEC delivers mission-critical solutions through skillfully delivered services and innovative products. We are inspired by the critical missions of our clients, and we are driven to provide the most effective solutions to execute their missions, operational challenges, and requirements. Our dedicated, experienced, and talented employees work closely with our clients to ensure the delivery of exceptional services and products. POSITION OVERVIEW Provide A&AS to support the USASMDC G37 Training, Readiness and Exercise Division (G37 TREX) mission. This position will support the Exercise Branch, responsible for planning, synchronizing, executing, and assessing space operations support to USSPACECOM, USNORTHCOM, USSTRATCOM and other COCOM major exercises, experiments, and war games. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: + The Joint Exercise Team will coordinate directly with GCCs, ASCCs, Corps, Division, 1st Space Brigade and the 100th Ground-Based Mission Defense (GMD) to provide required space exercise support. + Provide expertise in planning Joint Staff Tier I exercises, Army Theater exercise, the 1st Space Brigade and 100th GMD major training events, and additional Joint exercises using the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) process. + Execute the exercises outlined above. This includes controlling the planned storylines and injecting the developed MSEL. The contractor shall use the JMSEL tool to inject the planned events. + Use the Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS) tool to collect Lessons Learned/After Action Review (AAR) comments from events that occurred during the exercise. Required Qualifications: + Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of relevant operational and planning experience in missile defense, space operations, or joint strategic assessments. + Experience coordinating with Combatant Commands, USASMDC, and other joint stakeholders. + Must possess strong analytical, technology, and organizational skills + Accuracy, timeliness, and attention to detail are required + Ability to work independently and meet communicated schedules and deadlines + Excellent verbal and written communication skills + Active Top Secret clearance (SCI eligible). Preferred Qualifications: + Exercise planning in the space and missile defense domains preferred. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Please contact HR@deftec.com if you require reasonable accommodations. DEFTEC is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies. DEFTEC Corp is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, religious creed, disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics ), genetic information, age, marital status, civil union status, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, denial of family and medical care leave, arrest record and/or any other characteristic(s) protected by federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, and general treatment during employment. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.