Lead Information Warfare Subject Matter Expert

Lead Information Warfare Subject Matter Expert

Category:
Staff

Department:
Peace and War Center

Locations:
Northfield, VT

Type:
Full-time

.: A00057

Salary Type:
Annually

Salary Range: $75,000.00 - $80,000.00

Position

Founded in 1819, Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the country and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Today we are a diversified academic institution that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and professional certificates to adult learners online and to Corps and civilian lifestyle students on campus. Norwich faculty and staff challenge all of our students to push themselves academically, socially, and as leaders.

Our graduates build upon their Norwich educations to launch or grow careers and make outsized contributions to their communities, the nation, and the world.

Norwich University is located in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont, only 20 minutes from the state capital, Montpelier, and three hours from Boston or Montreal. It is a private institution nestled in a rural setting with a campus size of 1,200 acres.

The John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center fulfills the mission of Norwich University (NU) by providing an academic center of excellence for students, scholars, and practitioners seeking to advance interdisciplinary knowledge on the relationship between peace and warfare at local, national, and global levels. The Lead Information Warfare (IWAR) Subject Matter Expert (SME) enables the Center to advance our knowledge in this domain by creating and directing IWAR training, establishing networks, and managing IWAR resources.

This position also enables NU to be a leader in the IWAR field and offer SME to other institutions and partners.

Essential Functions:

• Provides Information Warfare training to university faculty and students to develop understanding of doctrinal concepts, planning, emerging real-world trends and equipment.
• Advises/assists the IWAR Lead Research Analyst in the development and teaching of academic IWAR curriculum for NU envisioned courses/minor in IWAR - currently the IWAR
  320 Social Media Based Influence and IWAR
  320 IWAR & Threat Analysis courses.
• Assists/Advises on projects as directed [Information Warfare Exercise (IWAR), Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Academy, Day of Cyber, etc.].
• Builds and maintains the NU Peace and War Center (PaWC) IWAR Microsoft Teams workspace/knowledge center.
• Conducts research and updates the IWAR knowledge center with case studies, doctrine, and other pertinent materials to maintain a relevant and accessible library for NU / Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI) research needs.
• Collaborates with the IWAR Lead Research Analyst to effectively manage and mentor assigned interns, guiding them in the development and timely delivery of faculty-assigned research materials and projects.
• Builds/Expands NU network and affiliations within Department of Defense (DoD)/United States Government (USG) IWAR mission owners/career fields.
• Cultivates existing relationships with key DoD/USG stakeholders and mission owners to develop a pipeline of valuable internship opportunities and connect qualified IWAR students with them.
• Collaborates on synchronization of IWAR critical development areas with NU/NUARI Cyber program owners. (Quantum, AI, Deepfake, Cognitive Security Cyber Defense, etc.)
• Creates and maintains Cyber/Social Media cloud-based range for cyber/social media exercises that can replicate desired information environments in at least four different geographical areas (US, Eastern Europe, Taiwan, Arab Peninsula).
• Advises/Assists on NU marketing/brand development as an IWAR Center of Excellence (CoE).
• Frequently serves as a primary point of contact for visiting professionals, offering critical expertise during official meetings, campus visits, and external conferences. This role is essential in representing NU's capabilities and providing expert insight into complex IWAR topics to a wide range of audiences.
• Supports Norwich University's GEOINT (Geospatial Intelligence) program following USGIF accreditation by integrating GEOINT principles, tools, and methodologies into IWAR instruction, research projects, and student training.
• Designs and delivers GEOINT- and OSINT-enabled modules, labs, and scenario-based learning activities that enhance student capabilities in mapping, geospatial analysis, open-source collection, and multi-INT fusion.
• Advises/Assists faculty researchers on incorporating GEOINT and OSINT tradecraft into ongoing research, student capstones, and applied analytic products.

Other Functions:

• Provides consistent, data-driven feedback and performance assessments to the Director of the PaWC, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and maximizing the department's overall effectiveness.
• Maintains confidentiality of sensitive or private information.
• Communicates with employees, students, and others in a respectful and clear manner.
• Serves on…