Future Operations Officer with Security Clearance

Job Description Everforth ECS Federal has an immediate opening for a Future Operations Officer supporting a Department of Defense (DoD) effort in a secure facility located in the National Capital Region. The Future Operations Officer supports the J3 Operations Directorate by taking assigned requirements and taskings from initiation through completion, establishing ownership of assigned efforts, coordinating stakeholders across the organization, and leading operational planning teams and working groups. This position supports the near-term operational horizon.

The officer takes emerging requirements, matures them until they are executable, and transitions them into current operations lanes. The focus is execution readiness and momentum on efforts which are weeks out rather than the deliberate planning that follows them. This is a fast-moving headquarters environment in a growing organization where processes are still forming. The role requires an experienced action officer who operates with minimal supervision, takes initiative, and contributes wherever the mission requires.

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Own emerging and active operational efforts across the near-term horizon, developing them until executable and transitioning them into current operations.
• Lead and facilitate operational planning teams, working groups, and integrated efforts across the task force.
• Build, lead, and sustain cross-functional teams drawn from across the task force, the Services, and mission partners to address requirements spanning organizational boundaries.
• Take assigned requirements and taskings, establish ownership, coordinate stakeholders, and drive them from initiation through completion.
• Synchronize directorate efforts with other staff sections, the Services, combatant commands, interagency partners, and external mission partners.
• Ensure operational products and courses of action account for applicable authorities, jurisdictional boundaries, and operational constraints across domestic and overseas mission sets.
• Develop, review, and staff operational products including orders, briefing materials, point papers, staff summary sheets, and concept of operations inputs.
• Represent the directorate at working groups, boards, coordination forums, and other events as necessary.
• Identify process gaps and build or improve staff procedures while remaining aligned to established headquarters processes.
• Support development of operational workflows and dashboard capability, including AI-enabled workflow tools.
• Support current operations coordination and surge requirements as mission demands require.
• Prepare and deliver briefings to leadership, operational customers, and partner organizations as required.

Salary Range: $126,546-189,819

Required Skills

• Must be a US Citizen
• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
• Must have a Bachelor's Degree
• 10+ years of relevant operational, planning, or headquarters staff experience, including demonstrated experience as an action officer, planner, or effort lead. Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirements.
• Demonstrated experience leading operational planning teams, working groups, or equivalent cross-functional efforts to completion.
• Demonstrated experience building and leading cross-functional teams composed of personnel from multiple organizations, directorates, or agencies without direct supervisory authority over team members.
• Experience executing taskings with minimal guidance, establishing ownership, coordinating across organizational boundaries, and delivering a finished product.
• Demonstrated initiative and the ability to identify, organize, and execute work without continuous direction.
• Team-first approach with a willingness to contribute wherever the mission requires in an all-hands environment.
• Comfortable standing up an initial process, testing it, identifying where it fails, and improving it quickly.
• Familiarity with the legal and jurisdictional frameworks governing unmanned systems operations and counter-unmanned systems employment across domestic and overseas mission sets, and the judgment to identify when legal or policy expertise must be brought into planning.
• Working knowledge of the joint planning process and the development of staff products including orders, point papers, staff summary sheets, and concepts of operation.
• Strong writing, briefing, and communication skills, including the ability to produce staff products and briefings for senior and operational audiences.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, mission-focused environment with shifting priorities and time-sensitive requirements.
• Experience coordinating with analysts, operational personnel, technical experts, and external mission partners.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, collaboration platforms, and standard staff coordination tools.

Desired Skills

• Pentagon or senior headquarters staff experience. The organization operates inside established departmental processes and values working knowledge of them.
• Working knowledge of the counter-unmanned systems ecosystem, including terminology, authority to operate, authority to connect, and related authorities.
• Familiarity with the statutory authorities governing counter-unmanned systems operations, including 10 U.S.C. 130i, 6 U.S.C. 124n, applicable Federal Aviation Administration regulations, and the constraints imposed by the Posse Comitatus Act on domestic operations.
• Experience in a current operations or future operations role at a joint or Service headquarters.
• Joint Professional Military Education.
• Graduate of an advanced Service planner school such as the School of Advanced Military Studies, the Joint Advanced Warfighting School, or a Service equivalent.
• Experience developing or improving staff processes in a newly formed or rapidly changing organization.
• Experience with workflow automation, dashboard development, or AI-enabled staff tools.
• Experience supporting exercises, assessments, demonstrations, or operational test events.
• Experience coordinating with interagency partners.
• Master's degree in a relevant field. #EverforthECS1 ECS Federal LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law. is the federal segment of , a $4B global organization with over 10,000 employees. Our nearly 3,500 professionals deliver advanced technology solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation, serving defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies. Our work powers mission-critical outcomes, strengthens technology partnerships, and creates meaningful opportunities for our people. We are defined by a commitment to excellence in delivery, a culture of innovation, and an environment where talent can thrive and grow. We value:
• Attracting and developing top talent and high-performing teams
• Fostering a culture that is engaging, accountable, and mission-driven. Meet the challenge. Make a difference with Everforth ECS!