Norfolk, VA, USA | Full Time WARGAME SCENARIO COORDINATOR DEFTEC delivers mission-critical solutions through skillfully delivered services and innovative products. We are inspired by our clients' critical missions and 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 The Scenario Coordinator is responsible for creating realistic, NATO-relevant scenarios that support wargame objectives and reflect current and future threats across all DIME elements. This includes integrating expert input, developing detailed narrative and visual materials, and ensuring alignment with wargame design and analytical goals. The role supports adversary play during execution, contributes to analytical products and final reports, and collaborates with design and facilitation teams to refine scenario delivery for optimal learning outcomes. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: + Develop or coordinate the creation of realistic scenarios that support wargame aims and objectives, grounded in NATO's areas of responsibility and interest (AOR/AOI), including current and future threats across all DIME elements. + Gather and integrate inputs from NATO red team SMEs and external subject matter experts to develop credible adversary actions, motivations, and orders of battle. + Produce scenario products such as narratives, order of battle graphics, topographic references, and road-to-crisis briefings that effectively communicate the situation to players. + Ensure scenario content is fully aligned with the wargame design, research questions, and DCAP requirements. + During execution, serve as an advisor to the red cell or directly facilitate adversary play as required, ensuring a realistic and consistent portrayal of opposition actions. + Support the integration of scenario outcomes into final analytical products and wargame reports. + Participate in rehearsals, providing feedback to the design and facilitation teams to refine scenario delivery and ensure it enables intended learning and analytical outcomes. + Support the development of final wargame reports by providing scenario-related inputs and narratives, ensuring a coherent link between scenario design, execution, and analytical outcomes. + Perform additional scenario, design, or facilitation tasks as required by the COTR to support evolving wargame needs. Required Qualifications: + Nationality of one of the NATO member countries. + 4-Year University baccalaureate degree. + Demonstrated professional experience in developing realistic operational or strategic scenarios in the past five (5) years, integrating diplomatic, informational, military, and economic (DIME) aspects. + Demonstrated ability to coordinate and integrate inputs from red teams or subject matter experts to create credible adversary actions and orders of battle. + Demonstrated familiarity with NATO's areas of responsibility and interest (AOR/AOI), including current and future threats and adversary doctrines. + Demonstrated experience working in multinational teams. + Demonstrated experience producing scenario products such as narratives, graphical order of battle depictions, and road-to-crisis timelines. + NATO Secret Security Clearance or national equivalent. + Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (SLP 4444) or equivalent. + . Demonstrated proficiency in the use of the Microsoft Office Tool suite and collaborative platforms. + Experience coordinating scenario development for NATO wargames at the operational or strategic level, including red cell inputs. 12. Experience contributing scenario observations or summaries to after-action reviews and final wargame reports. DEFTEC offers a comprehensive whole-life benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, holiday, paid time off, 401K with a match, life insurance, short/long-term disability, and educational reimbursement. The DEFTEC team comprises professionals who make a difference daily in crucial national security missions. Our leadership knows that this happens by employing a diverse team that is well cared for. Our top priority is our employees, making DEFTEC an ideal workplace. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Please get in touch with 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 are met as outlined in our policies. 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