Senior C2ISR SME

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Riverside Research is seeking a full-time Senior C2

ISR SME to support the United States Space Force, Combat Forces Command, Colorado Springs, CO. This position is embedded within a premier, multi-disciplinary staff element and weapon system team tasked with integrating new, advanced C2

ISR capabilities into existing Joint and future war fighting architectures. This is a senior-level staff role. We are seeking a highly experienced military staff veteran (MAJCOM, Field Command, Service Staff, or Joint Staff level) who possesses expertise in theater-level Command and Control, ISR/sensor integration, Joint targeting and the "Organize, Train, and Equip" process.

• Headquarters-Level Staff Integration:
• Serve as a senior staff officer and advisor within a multi-disciplinary weapon system team, leading the integration of next-generation C2
  
  ISR capabilities into legacy and future theater architectures.
• Conduct deep-dive research into complex operational, technical, and policy issues; draft high-impact white papers, author strategic briefings, and present recommendations directly to general officers and senior executive decision-makers.
• Strategic Capability & Force Design:
• Advise senior leadership on the organization, training, and equipping of emerging units, providing strategic DOTMLPF-F expertise on basing actions, facility programming, manning requirements, and operational test planning.
• Draft and develop high-level Concepts of Operations (CONOP) and Concepts of Employment (CONEMP) to govern new C2
  
  ISR capabilities.
• Multi-Domain C2 Liaison:
• Provide expert operational-level coordination across the Department of Defense, Joint Staff, Service Staffs, and Combatant Commands.
• Coordinate the synchronization of theater ISR/sensor architectures, tactical data links, and command structures to support the Joint Force.

• Active TS clearance with SCI adjudication
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, physics, math, business administration, finance, history, or related fields plus 12 years of intelligence community experience
• Headquarters Staff
  
  Experience:
  
  Minimum of 3 years of experience serving on a staff at the Corps, Major Command (MAJCOM), Field Command (FIELDCOM), Numbered Air Force (NAF), Service Staff (e.g., Air Staff/Space Staff), Joint Staff, or Combatant Command (COCOM) level.
• Experience planning and implementing C2 and/or intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance & targeting activities (ISR-T) above Wing/Delta/Division levels
• Operational Planning Mastery:
  Mastery of the Joint Planning Process (JPP) or Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP), and the DOTMLPF framework as a structured framework for analyzing capability requirements.
• Multi-Domain C2
  
  ISR Expertise:
  Deep operational understanding of theater C2 architectures, intelligence collection management, and Joint Targeting.
• Communication:
  Exceptional executive-level written and verbal communication skills; highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
• Self-motivated, detail oriented, responsible team player able to work independently with minimal direction; can interact with technically and organizationally diverse personnel
• Open to occasional travel

• 5+ Years serving on a staff at the Corps, Major Command (MAJCOM), Field Command (FIELDCOM), Numbered Air Force (NAF), Service Staff (e.g., Air Staff/Space Staff), Joint Staff, or Combatant Command (COCOM) level.
• Experience with airborne C2
  
  ISR platforms such as E-2/E-3 AWACS, E-6/RQ-4 Block 40 GMTI and/or RC-135 RIVET JOINT; familiarity with Joint Interface Control Officer (JICO), data link planning operations and/or air space planning
• Qualification/Experience in an Air Operations Center; including ISRD, Combat Plans or Combat Operations Division.
• Familiarity with the United States Space Force (USSF), Combat Forces Command (CFC),National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and…