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Colorado Springs, Colorado · USA job

Special Operations Planner - J4

QinetiQ

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Job description

Overview

In this role you will embed with USSPACECOM to lead and produce decision-ready logistics planning products for senior leaders. You will integrate sustainment concepts into operational plans and coordinate across commands to ensure feasible logistics across all phases. You'll support real-world operations and wargames, assessing space-domain logistics and managing secure information. This position offers impact by shaping joint logistics in a high-stakes, time-sensitive environment.

Responsibilities
  • Lead logistics planning efforts within the Joint Planning Process (JPP) and develop logistics annexes, COS, and support plans
  • Integrate J4 capabilities and sustainment requirements into operational and campaign plans (CONPLANs)
  • Coordinate logistics planning with DLA, Service Components, interagency partners, and other Combatant Commands
  • Develop decision-ready logistics products (briefings, staff packages, risk analyses) for senior/flag-level leadership
  • Support exercises, wargames, and real-world operations by embedding logistics scenarios and timelines
  • Assess space-domain logistics supportability, including ground-based systems, satellite comms, and spares pipelines
  • Maintain OPSEC and handle TS/SCI classifications while ensuring compliance with laws and policies
  • Identify gaps/risks in sustainment across the enterprise and propose mitigations
  • Utilize SIPRNet/JWICS and other classified tools to manage and disseminate materials
Key requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
  • 10+ years of logistics planning in a joint or Combatant Command environment
  • Experience with JPP, JLEnt, or joint sustainment planning in contingency/deliverable planning
  • Experience developing annexes and sustainment plans integrated into campaigns at the Combatant Command level
  • Strong written and oral communication with ability to produce high-quality briefs under pressure
  • Proficiency with classified systems (SIPRNet, JWICS)
  • Active Top Secret/SCI clearance
  • strong written and oral communication
  • ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines
  • cross-organizational collaboration
  • Joint Planning Process (JPP)
  • Joint Logistics Enterprise (JLEnt) frameworks
  • sustainment planning

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