JOB DESCRIPTION
Effects Planner - Senior
Tampa, Florida, United States (On-site)
Job Title: Effects Planner - Senior
Job Code: SSE756
Location: Tampa, Florida
Reports to: Program Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt
Supervisory: No supervisory/management authority
Prepared Date: 10/28/2026
A government contract requires that this position be restricted to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. You must provide documentation that you are a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to qualify.
This position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a polygraph. Candidates holding an active Top Secret/SCI clearance without the polygraph may be selected; the ability to obtain the required polygraph is a condition of the position and will be completed as part of the hiring process.
Position Summary:
Cherokee Strategic Edge is seeking an Effects Planner to support our government client.
Essential Functions, Duties & Responsibilities:
Includes the following:
• Develop assessment criteria and implement assessment plans to ensure accurate measures of performance and effectiveness of plans and execution.
• Produce a variety of documentation to include CONOPS, OPLANs, OPORDs, FRAGOs, white papers, and other military documents.
• Prepare and present briefs for guidance and decisions by senior officials and government leaders.
• Advise on the use and implementation of Information Related Capabilities.
• Brief plans, concepts, and executions, at SOCCENT, CENTCOM, and Joint Staff echelons in order to secure approval.
• Coordinate with available Information Related Capabilities to ensure maximum effectiveness of unit operations.
• Provide liaison support to various governmental and non-governmental organizations
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
No supervisory/management authority
Basic Qualifications:
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with Counterintelligence polygraph
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of combined experience (within the past seven years) as a service or Joint Operations or Effects Planner to include support to O-5 level (Battalion, Group, TSOC) SOF units, Commands, or Interagency units.
• Experience planning Unconventional Warfare, OPE, or surrogate enabled operations.
• Experience in planning support to Special Technical Operations, or Special Access Program efforts, Electronic Warfare, Operations Security, and Military Deception (MILDEC).
• Graduate of IO Training and MILDEC related course
• Must be a US Citizen.
• This position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a polygraph. Candidates holding an active Top Secret/SCI clearance without the polygraph may be selected; the ability to obtain the required polygraph is a condition of the position and will be completed as part of the hiring process.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer; may occasionally require standing or moving about the office for extended periods.
• Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.
Work Environment:
Work is performed primarily in a climate-controlled environment.
