Subject Matter Expert - Functional

At Phoenix Defense, our team members have opportunities to work on state-of-the-art modeling and simulation programs that prepare the nation’s armed forces to protect and serve our country and allies around the globe. We look for people with new ideas, courage, and an entrepreneurial spirit to help shape the future while working as part of a strong team. Our culture values curiosity, different perspectives, and a drive to solve hard problems.

With every position we fill, our focus is on providing best-in-class service to our customers while offering professional growth in a rewarding and innovative work environment. We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated professional to fill the position of Subject Matter Expert I.

The Functional Subject Matter Expert (SME) I supports the Integration and Test team on the Joint Land Component Constructive Training Capability (JLCCTC) program by providing operational and tactical domain knowledge for testing, troubleshooting, training, fielding, and exercise support. This role works with test engineers, software engineers, systems engineers, training personnel, and other stakeholders to verify system behavior, identify issues, support defect analysis, and help confirm that JLCCTC capabilities meet user and mission needs.

• Provide functional subject matter expertise for JLCCTC testing, integration, training, fielding, and exercise support.
• Support functional areas such as exercise control, combat operations, combat support, combat service support, fixed-wing operations, or related operational domains.
• Assist with test planning, test execution, test case review, and validation of expected system behavior.
• Help identify, document, and analyze issues found during integration events, point-to-point testing, regression testing, fielding, training, and exercises.
• Support PTR analysis by providing operational context, expected behavior, reproduction steps, and recommended priority or impact.
• Support troubleshooting of JLCCTC functional issues during lab, fielding, training, and exercise events.
• Assist with the development and review of training materials, SOPs, user guides, test documentation, and functional procedures.
• Train and mentor team members on JLCCTC functional workflows, operational use cases, and military unit structure.
• Communicate functional issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Participate in reviews, working groups, risk discussions, and planning meetings as needed.
• Support domestic and international travel to military installations for testing, fielding, training, or exercise support.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical discipline, or equivalent military/DoD operational experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience supporting DoD programs, military operations, modeling and simulation, training exercises, integration and test, systems engineering, or related work.
• Experience participating in military constructive or simulated training exercises as an operator, observer/controller/trainer, functional SME, or support team member.
• Knowledge of military unit hierarchy, organization, staff functions, and operational workflows.
• Experience working with technical teams to analyze issues, explain expected system behavior, and support validation or verification activities.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to brief findings, recommendations, risks, and issues to team leads, program leadership, customers, or stakeholders.
• Active DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain one;
  Top Secret preferred.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally to military installations in support of JLCCTC program activities.

• Prior experience with JLCCTC, WARSIM, or similar constructive modeling and simulation software.
• Prior experience with the U.S. Army Mission Command Training Program, Mission Command Training Complexes, Warfighter exercises, or constructive simulation environments.
• Experience supporting fielding, site training, integration events, point-to-point events, or military exercises.
• CompTIA Security+ or other DoD 8140/8570 certification, as applicable to assigned system access.

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