USSOCOM J3 - Senior International Capability Development SME

Rigid Tactical is seeking highly qualified Senior International Capability Development Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support the USSOCOM J3-I Interoperability Branch. The primary function of this branch is to support J3-I assigned Partner Nations (PN) in the development of capability roadmaps designed to improve their integration with U.S. SOF. This role enables and improves PN participation in all facets of USSOCOM and SOF component capability development efforts, including training, education, force development, and exercises.

Senior SMEs will develop quantifiable assessments of PN SOF interoperability with U.S. SOF and other PNs, identifying and executing actions to improve interoperability based on those assessments.

• Location:
  
  Mac Dill, AFB, Tampa FL
• Clearance: TS/SCI eligible

• Clearance:
  Active Top Secret / SCI clearance required.
• Graduate of a premier U.S. Special Operations Command component selection and assessment program.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in International Relations, Political Science, National Security Studies, or a closely related field, with proven experience in force development, military education, defense institutional building, or large-scale exercise planning within a SOF environment.
• Graduate of a formal DOD security cooperation/planning program (e.g., DAU, JSOU, CGSC, or service-component SOF warfare courses).
• Minimum 15 years of combined military SOF and regional experience operating within joint, combined, and interagency environments.
• Demonstrated familiarity with joint and coalition interoperability programs (e.g., Bold Quest, CIAV, MPEWG).
• Direct experience managing or tracking security cooperation activities, cases, and alignment with U.S. defense acquisition mechanisms.

• Facilitate, support, coordinate, conduct research, analyze data, and draft feasible solutions and options leading to quantifiable improvements in PN SOF interoperability in accordance with existing security cooperation guidelines.
• Conduct deep‑Dive research, collect, and analyze data on PN SOF capabilities and gaps; draft and maintain a comprehensive PN SOF capability profile for each partner nation assigned to J3‑I and with whom USSOCOM maintains a SOF Liaison Officer (SOLO).
• Support the formulation and development of specific interoperability objectives for J3‑I assigned PN SOF.
• Draft and maintain detailed roadmaps that track the progress of each PN toward achieving their SOF Commander’s interoperability objectives.
• Draft inputs to and assist in PN SOF integration into future developmental working groups, experiments, and war‑games.
• Coordinate PN SOF participation in and inputs to existing J3‑I interoperability programs, including Joint Staff J6 Bold Quest, Defense Information Systems Agency’s Coalition Interoperability Assurance Validation (CIAV), and the Mission Partner Environment Working Group (MPEWG).
• Coordinate PN SOF participation in pre‑mission training for ongoing operations; support and assist PN participation in U.S. exercises and training in accordance with their established training objectives and interoperability roadmaps.
• Develop planning products to track USSOCOM and SOF Component exercises and Pre‑Mission Training (PMT), coordinating Allied/Partner Nation (A/PN) participation in strict alignment with J3‑I priorities.