M&S Maneuver Analyst (Part-Time)

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

M&S Maneuver Analyst

Must be a U.S Citizen

Security Clearance: Secret - Top Secret

[Part-Time On Call]

Obsidian Solutions Group (OSG) is seeking a Modeling and Simulation - Maneuver Analyst to collaborate with a team of analysts in the research, creation, modeling, and analysis of military systems to quantify the performance and impact of operational concepts and tactics. Utilizes knowledge of model-based system engineering (MBSE) to perform analysis to support requirements definition, mission effectiveness, system evaluation, and military utility assessment for a broad spectrum of missions including combat air, intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance, and air mobility.

The mission of the MSTP is to: Train and Educate Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and Marine Expeditionary Brigades (MEB) Command Elements to conduct operations across the range of military operations, within the context of a Joint, Combined, or Coalition environment.

Specific Requirements

• Create (new) and/or modify (existing), and install databases for the simulation systems, included in MSTP exercises.
• Ensure the simulation system or federation technically supports the planned training exercise, advising on ways to prevent or work around technical difficulties.
• Prepare written simulation control plans for all MSTP exercises.
• Maintain and design simulation system Response Cell diagrams.
• Provide functional area expertise as a Fires Instructor Controller (IC).
• Become familiar with the training audience's OPORD to facilitate response cell operations.
• Participate in structured orders development and rehearsals to ensure an accurate representation of the training audience's operations in simulation models.
• Establish simulation federations and databases to accurately represent all forces and interactions.
• Conduct operational testing and testing to evaluate simulation database and parametric data (weapons, equipment, personnel, and complex asset performance within the simulation), including the OPFOR, and ensure that models are accurate representations of forces for exercises/training events/wargames.
• Provide training to the Subordinate Unit Response Cells (SURCs) on modeling and simulation procedures and workarounds monitoring adherence to these procedures.
• Recommend simulation event adjudications and mitigation actions to resolve simulation or event discrepancies during MSTP exercises.
• Report all events requiring adjudication (whether a simulation anomaly or operator error) to the Senior Controller (SC) or Simulation Control Officer (SCO).
• Inject, document and report on Master Scenario Event List (MSEL) actions during an exercise.
• Submit Software Trouble Reports (STRs) and Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs).
• Submit comments on exercise issues and their recommended corrections for inclusion into the M&S after action report (AAR).

• Mid-Level – Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent w/ 3+ Years Direct Relevant Experience
• Experience with MAGTF Tactical Warfare Simulation (MTWS)
• Proficiency using MS Word, Excel, Adobe, and Outlook skills.
• Strong verbal, written, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Normal Office Environment

Travel

• 15-20%, mainly to Camp Pendleton, CA; Camp Lejeune, NC; Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan

Company Description

Obsidian Solutions Group LLC (OSG) is a fast-growing professional services firm based in Fredericksburg, VA. We create value for our customers by delivering technology-enabled & mission-oriented technical solutions that solve complex problems, protecting people, information, and assets. Our core capabilities are in providing Enterprise IT, Intelligence Analysis, Production & Development and Knowledge-Based Professional Services Solutions that enable the customer’s mission. Obsidian Solutions Group LLC is a certified 8(a), service-disabled, veteran-owned small business.

A career at Obsidian Solutions Group means you are able to put your expertise, credentials, and talents to great use working with customers in the DOD and Intelligence Community, while enjoying the excitement of working in a fast-growing organization committed to making a difference for our customers and in our community. Contribute independently and collaboratively alongside our amazing team of doers and thinkers. Obsidian Solutions Group is small enough to offer a family atmosphere yet large enough to deliver a highly competitive compensation package. We hire and retain the best in the industry, offering exceptional benefits that protect the well-being of our employees, their spouses and domestic partners, and their families.

Our corporate philosophy is centered on hiring and retaining employees with the requisite skills, professional experience, personal commitment, and ethical standards necessary to foster a culture of operational excellence necessary to surpass our customer’s expectations.

Disclaimer

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Obsidian Solutions Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, protected veteran status, and any other non-merit factor, or any other characteristic protected by law.