Joint Operations Center Analyst; JCOA - SME

Joint Operations Center Analyst (JCOA) - SME

Status: Position contingent on contract award
Location: Fort Liberty, NC (Fayetteville)
Clearance: Active TS/SCI required

Telum is seeking Joint Operations Center Analysts to identify and fuse global indications and operational (I&O) warnings from all operational disciplines to draw conclusions, make inferences, and develop deep understanding, spanning tactical to strategic relevance within their assigned portfolio. JOCA SMEs use conclusions, inferences, and deep understanding to produce operational support products, drive battle rhythm events, collaborate with counterparts higher, adjacent, and subordinate organizations, inform current and future operations, and advise decision‑makers.

JOCA SMEs serve as the lead interface between higher, adjacent, and subordinate organizations and technical experts with primary analytical responsibility over their assigned portfolios and may mentor/guide more junior operators. JOCA SMEs demonstrate subject‑matter expertise in proven analytical techniques and current analytical tools, and demonstrate expert proficiency in producing high‑quality comprehensive technical and non‑technical operational products (assessments, papers, presentations) and can prepare and present formal or informal briefings.

JOCA SMEs will possess the technical expertise to control and manipulate multi‑media display systems and video teleconference systems to enable key leader meetings as required. All JOCA SMEs shall participate in critical and sensitive operational analysis and production in direct support of the planning and execution of current and future global special operations or other operations in support of higher headquarters priorities and the National Defense Strategy.

In coordination with the Contracting Office Representative, JOCA SMEs shall conduct planning, research, review, evaluation, and organization of operational analysis to support current or future operations. This includes capturing operational insights, setting up and providing input in appropriate knowledge and data management tools, as well as the management of Requests for Information. Production of commander’s critical operational information reports, briefings, and assessments based on their analysis shall be required to inform the command and drive decision making.

This includes critical information and products for internal use and for dissemination to a community of interest and/or higher, adjacent, subordinate operational organizations and other Government organizations (in compliance with applicable operational standards).

The JOCA SMEs shall perform identification of operational gaps, coordinate codification of those gaps into operational and/or collection requirements to meet operational needs, evaluate and submit operational responses to requirements, and monitor ongoing operations to ensure synchronization of Operations Center and war fighting efforts and take appropriate actions expeditiously to meet enterprise‑directed suspense. JOCA SMEs receive and process messages from the National Military Command Center and manage the Emergency Management Notification System (EMNS) for the enterprise, creating, editing, and modifying Emergency Messages to ensure the safety and well‑being of 3,000+ command members in response to emergent situations (e.g., inclement weather, active shooter, bomb threat, etc.).

JOCA SMEs utilize expert knowledge from the Department of Defense operational plans and Special Operations Forces organization to support missions and communications planning and techniques, and adhere to directives and practices governing the security management of a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility and handling of classified material.

• At a minimum, no less than eight (8) years of operational/Command and Control experience.
• At least five (5) years of experience working for or with Special Operations units, such as USSOCOM, USASOC, AFSOC, JSOC or other agencies. JOCA SMEs shall have at least five (5) years of experience in JOC and Command Center Operations (e.g., able to perform all JOC operational support…