Senior JOPES Specialist

Senior JOPES Specialist

SAIC is seeking a Senior JOPES Specialist to be responsible for the coordination and execution of deployment, redeployment, and rotation of forces using the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES). This role ensures accurate documentation of deployment plans and movement requirements, maintains technical expertise in JOPES and related systems, and serves as a subject matter expert in automated planning processes supporting Department of Defense (DoD) contingency and crisis action planning.

Key Responsibilities :

• Deployment Coordination : Oversee and execute deployment, redeployment, and rotation of forces, ensuring all movement requirements are accurately documented in JOPES.
• Technical Expertise : Maintain detailed working knowledge of the JOPES database, supporting systems, command roles and relationships, joint and component policy, operational procedures, directives, communications, and related ADP specifications.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) : Serve as SME and civilian staff authority for automated planning processes in JOPES and related planning and deployment execution systems.
• Process Improvement : Provide continuity in the analysis and implementation of improvements to command control procedures and methods.
• Global Force Management : Extract and analyze critical information from global force management systems; manage rotational and emergent requirements in JOPES.
• Joint Planning Support : Participate as a member of joint planning groups and operational planning teams supporting crisis operations; provide continuous review, analysis, and monitoring of programs, policies, guidance, and systems administration.
• Technical Advisory : Offer technical advice and assistance to functional elements outside the mobility division, including future planning elements involved in movement requirements development, planning, and reporting.
• Systems Development : Assess requirements for and participate in the development of computer programs to meet unique user needs, including data retrieval, manipulation, and input utilities.
• Technology Assessment : Evaluate the impact of changing technology on current and future planning system applications; serve as SME for next-generation global command and control systems (GCCS) and JOPES systems as they are developed, tested, and fielded.

Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Target salary range : $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.