Operational Psychologist

Job Title:

Operational Psychologist Job Category:
Science Time Type:
Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph Employee Type:
Regular Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 25%
Type of Travel:
Local*
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* The Opportunity:

Join a team dedicated to advancing national security through innovative irregular warfare and operations expertise . CACI is looking for individuals to join a program that delivers mission-critical advisory, training, and operational support services that help mission partners stay ahead of rapidly evolving global threats. Working across geographic and functional combatant commands, these professionals play a vital role in developing, integrating, and sustaining mission-ready task forces that enhance joint force effectiveness and operational success.

This is an opportunity to contribute to high-impact missions, collaborate with experienced professionals, and support strategic operations that strengthen our nation's defense capabilities around the world. Candidates who thrive in dynamic environments, embrace complex challenges, and are committed to mission excellence will find meaningful opportunities for growth and impact within CACI and on this team.

Responsibilities:

Supports OIE (including Psychological Operations), IW, and Sensitive activities by applying behavioral science principles to develop, target, and influence individuals, groups, or organizations to accomplish tactical, operational, or strategic objectives

Advises on target audience analysis including development of themes and messages; identification of psychological vulnerabilities, strengths, susceptibilities; decision making style; and assessment criteria refinement

Develops measures of effectiveness (MOE) to systematically assess and report the impact of operations on targets, target audiences

Facilitates and supports development of intelligence requirements to identify and evaluate relevant enemy capabilities, personality/decision making characteristics, and intentions.

Performs behavioral assessment of relevant targets using empirically supported theoretical orientations, perspectives, or modalities ( e.g. trait/motivational, cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic) adapted for observable operational environments

Develops personalized influence tactics by synthesizing digital phenotyping, neuroscience, or cyberpsychology to create actor-specific behavioral models

Maintains and actively applies current psychological research as a practitioner to ensure scientific rigor is integrated into all operational psychology tactics, techniques, and procedures

Maintains current professional ethical standards

Integrates intelligence, assessment, and feedback to refine OIE approaches and adapt to changing information conditions.

Supports OIE exercises, experiments, and wargaming to test assumptions and validate psychological effects.

Produces decision-quality OIE planning products, assessments, and briefs incorporating operational psychology insights.

Qualifications:

Required:

Active TS/SCI clearance with CI PolyMA/MS in a relevant field ( e.g. behavioral sciences, neurosciences, psychology, social science)5 years’ experience supporting military operational planning and/or assessments (7 years with BA/BS) for OIE, IW, Sensitive Activities, or compartmented activities

Demonstrated experience briefing or delivering written concepts to executive/senior-level (GO/FO/SES) decision makers

Demonstrated expertise applying behavioral models, scientific theory, and data analysis to military operations and assessments for OIE, IW, and/or Sensitive Activities Demonstrated expertise of scientific research and its application to support psychological assessment, influence psychology, and behavior change models

Demonstrated…