You will work in a dynamic, high-tempo operational environment alongside Government and Contractor professionals supporting mission assessment, operational planning, anomaly investigation, courses of action (COAs), and decision support for senior leadership.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as the primary integrator between exercise outcomes and real-world operations, helping translate lessons learned into actionable operational improvements.
• Maintain a centralized Lessons Learned repository using the DoD Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS), ensuring organization-wide access and visibility.
• Input, tag, categorize, and manage lessons learned to support future planning, training, exercises, and operational development.
• Collect and analyze observations and after-action data from exercise participants, evaluators, and observers through hot washes, surveys, debriefs, and other feedback mechanisms.
• Draft and contribute to After-Action Reports (AARs) documenting findings, capability gaps, strengths, and actionable recommendations tied to mission objectives and core capabilities.
• Identify trends, strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for continuous operational improvement.
• Coordinate with Plans, Training, Mission Protection, and other NOC elements to ensure exercise findings are translated into measurable follow-up actions.
• Track lessons learned and associated corrective actions through implementation and operational integration.
• Support exercise planning throughout the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC), including Initial Planning Conferences (IPC), Mid-Term Planning Conferences (MPC), and Final Planning Conferences (FPC).
• Support real-time exercise execution, ensuring injects are delivered appropriately and exercise objectives are achieved.
• Provide support to controllers, evaluators, role players, and other exercise participants during execution.
• Participate in enterprise-level exercise planning and execution activities, including occasional travel as required.
• Develop and present briefings, reports, assessments, and data products for senior leadership and enterprise stakeholders.
• Deliver clear, concise, and professional senior-level briefings summarizing exercise outcomes, findings, lessons learned, and recommendations.
• Participate in working groups, coordination boards, and other forums supporting operational and mission alignment.
• Work full-time onsite at the customer location in Springfield, VA.

What you bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of relevant experience; a graduate degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience; or at least 10 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• At least 5 years of exercise planning or related operational planning experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency with the DoD Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS).
• Familiarity with Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing and delivering briefings to senior leadership.
• Ability to independently manage responsibilities and priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic operational environment.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.

Desired qualifications:

• Military or Government experience supporting space operations or space mission planning.
• Relevant exercise planning or lessons-learned training or certifications, such as:
• Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) Training
• Joint Lessons Learned Program (JLLP) training
• JLLIS User Training
• DoD or DHS exercise design training, including HSEEP

Turn exercise experience into operational advantage. You will help ensure lessons identified during NRO exercises do not end with the after-action report—they become actionable improvements that strengthen readiness, inform future operations, and enhance the NRO’s ability to execute critical space missions.