Deterrence Analyst; Senior

• Employee Type Salary
• Required Degree Masters

Spiral Solutions & Technologies, Inc. (SS&T) is seeking a Senior Wargaming Subject Matter Expert to support United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)/J57 under the Strategic Wargaming and Research of Deterrence Support (SWARDS) requirement. This position provides advisory and assistance services (A&AS) to sustain and enhance USSTRATCOM's wargaming and experimentation efforts.
This is a contingent-on-award role
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The position leads the design, development, execution, and adjudication of strategic and educational wargames, provides scenario‑based deterrence analysis and assessments in support of USSTRATCOM operational and contingency plans, and contributes senior‑level expertise in deterrence‑focused wargaming, U.S. Government decision‑making processes, and allied burden‑sharing dynamics.

This is a contingent-on-award position. Employment is subject to contract award by the Government. Candidates selected will be notified of their contingent status and kept informed of award progress.

This position requires access to classified systems and material supporting national‑security programs. All contractor personnel must be U.S. citizens and maintain a Top Secret (TS) security clearance, with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Nuclear Command and Control (NC2), and Special Access Programs (SAP) accesses. Eligibility for required accesses must be held at time of task order award or prior to commencement of work/replacement approval.

Personnel must comply with the task order DD Form 254, Department of Defense Security Classification Specification, applicable USSTRATCOM security instructions, cybersecurity and physical‑security requirements, and all applicable requirements for handling classified and restricted‑distribution information.

• Assist in war game development and execution, including scenario development, analysis support to wargaming, and identification and tracking of lessons learned.
• Author professional war game reports documenting analysis, findings, and outcomes.
• Provide scenario‑based deterrence analysis to war gaming activities designed to test USSTRATCOM Operational Plan (OPLAN) and Contingency Plan (CONPLAN) deterrence actions.
• Provide scenario‑based deterrence assessments to war gaming activities evaluating USSTRATCOM OPLAN/CONPLAN integration with other OPLAN/CONPLAN actions.
• Conduct hypothesis‑based Deterrence Impact Analysis to test deterrence assumptions in experimentation.
• Develop or guide the creation of tools to display visualizations of scenarios, including modeling and simulation outputs, for senior leader audiences.
• Provide wargame expertise relating to the operation of the U.S. Government, including perspectives emulating the decision‑making of apolitical U.S. elected officials and the U.S. relationship with allies and adversaries.
• Apply SME‑level knowledge of wargame design, development, execution, adjudication, and post‑game analysis at the strategic and operational levels.
• Apply SME‑level knowledge of scenario development, including multi‑domain, joint, and interagency scenarios supporting deterrence, OPLAN/CONPLAN assessment, and strategic decision‑making.
• Apply SME‑level knowledge of U.S. Government decision‑making processes, including interagency coordination, national‑level decision structures, and the roles of elected officials in crisis and deterrence contexts.
• Apply SME‑level knowledge of the transactional nature of U.S. alliances, the imperative of allied burden‑sharing, and competitive dynamics influencing strategic decision‑making.
• Identify, capture, and synthesize lessons learned from wargames and experiments,…