Subject Matter Expert (Joint Special Operations)

Primary Location: Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Clearance: Active Secret clearance

Ability to work remotely: No

Obsidian Solutions Group is seeking a Subject Matter Expert (Joint Special Operations) provides high-level expertise in joint operations, SOF mission planning, and Mission Command Exercise development. The ideal candidate is a senior-level SOF professional with joint headquarters experience, advanced joint education, and deep understanding of Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) and Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF) mission sets. This role supports the design, coordination, and execution of training exercises that prepare SOF units for joint operational environments.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, research, development, coordination, and execution of Mission Command Exercises focused on TSOC and JSOTF mission sets.
• Provide expert analysis and operational insight into joint special operations, campaign planning, and SOF integration.
• Apply knowledge of strategic guidance, national defense strategy, and operational campaign design to scenario development.
• Develop exercise scenarios, injects, vignettes, and decision points based on real-world joint SOF operations and threats.
• Advise training audience participants on joint force integration, mission command principles, operational design, and SOF/Joint interdependence.
• Conduct detailed research on SOF missions, irregular warfare, intelligence integration, and joint planning processes to inform exercise realism.
• Integrate joint doctrine, joint operational planning processes (JOPP), and SOF-specific capabilities into all phases of exercise development.
• Collaborate with exercise planners, analysts, mission command leaders, and other SMEs to ensure functional alignment and accuracy.
• Participate in exercise control (EXCON), providing real-time guidance, adjudication, and operational mentorship.
• Support post-exercise analysis through after-action reviews, lessons learned products, and recommendations for future training improvements.
• Maintain awareness of emerging SOF capabilities, strategic environment trends, and advanced irregular warfare concepts.
• Ensure all activities adhere to DoD security policies and classification requirements.

Requirements:

• Security Clearance: Active Secret clearance required
• Bachelor’s degree
• Special Skills/Qualifications Required:

Graduate of one of the following:

• U.S. Army Special Forces Officer Qualifying Course
• U.S. Army Military Information Support Officers Qualifying Course
• U.S. Army Civil Affairs Officer Qualifying Course
• U.S. Army Military Intelligence Officer Basic Leader Course (or other service equivalent)

Graduate of a U.S. military officer intermediate or senior service school

Minimal Background/Experience Required:

• Minimum two years of Special Operations Forces headquarters staff experience performing joint operations
• One year experience researching, planning, preparing, coordinating, and executing Mission Command Exercises focused on TSOC/JSOTF scenarios
• Graduate of Joint Forces Staff College program such as: Joint and Combined Warfighting School (JPME-II); Joint Advanced Warfighting School; Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Planner’s Course

Additional Desired Qualifications/Experience/Characteristics:

• Completion of JSOU (or equivalent) courses such as:
• Irregular Warfare Applied Intelligence Course
• Joint Civil-Military Operations Campaign Planning Workshop
• SOF Resource Management Course
• Irregular Warfare Advanced Course

Knowledge of:

• National Security Strategy and National Military Strategy
• Joint Operating Environment
• Strategic national guidance and its relationship to operational and tactical planning
• Irregular warfare intelligence, UW planning, intelligence support processes, and acquisition capabilities
• Differences between regular and irregular intelligence support, armed groups, and irregular movements

Company Description

Obsidian Solutions Group LLC (OSG) is a fast-growing professional services firm based in Fredericksburg, VA. We create value for our customers by delivering technology-enabled & mission-oriented technical solutions that solve complex problems, protecting people, information, and assets. Our core capabilities are in providing Enterprise IT, Intelligence Analysis, Production & Development and Knowledge-Based Professional Services Solutions that enable the customer’s mission. Obsidian Solutions Group LLC is a veteran-owned small business.

A career at Obsidian Solutions Group means you can put your expertise, credentials, and talents to great use working with customers in the DOD and Intelligence Community, while enjoying the excitement of working in a fast-growing organization committed to making a difference for our customers and in our community. Contribute independently and collaboratively alongside our amazing team of doers and thinkers. Obsidian Solutions Group is small enough to offer a family atmosphere yet large enough to deliver a highly competitive compensation package. We hire and retain the best in the industry, offering exceptional benefits that protect the well-being of our employees, their spouses and domestic partners, and their families.

Our corporate philosophy is centered on hiring and retaining employees with the requisite skills, professional experience, personal commitment, and ethical standards necessary to foster a culture of operational excellence necessary to surpass our customer’s expectations.

Disclaimer

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Obsidian Solutions Group is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, protected veteran status, and any other non-merit factor, or any other characteristic protected by law.