Wargaming and Event Facilitator - Sonalysts, Inc.

Experienced wargamers and problem solvers are needed to support Navy undersea system projects.  Candidates will support existing and future customer needs for concept development, requirements analysis, design, test and evaluation.  Candidates must be able to leverage their experience to quickly come up to speed and help projects with creative thinking, event design, problem solving, decision-making skills, and event facilitation.

Who are we:

Sonalysts, Inc. is a small, 100% employee owned business (ESOP) which supports a very diverse set of customers. While the company was originally founded in 1973 with a focus on sonar analysis (hence the name) for the Navy, Sonalysts has since expanded into a variety of other Defense and Commercial spaces.  With current contracts supporting the Navy, Air Force, and Army and many other customers, Sonalysts relies on the skills and knowledge of its employee owners to help solve the Department of Defense’s most challenging problems while providing the best benefit to our customers.  Ranging from retired service members from all branches of the military, to professionals with a wide mix of different commercial and technical backgrounds, Sonalysts has a diverse and capable workforce.  From software development, to operations analysis, engineering, wargaming, targeted knowledge elicitation, or large group facilitation – Sonalysts is capable of meeting any challenge.

By utilizing a small central corporate structure, coupled with a largely de-centralized approach to project management, Sonalysts is competitive with larger Defense Contractors while remaining agile and entrepreneurial at heart to provide rapid and innovative responses to customer requests. This allows our employee-owners to lead and support existing projects and to get involved with developing new business and winning new work.   If you are looking for a way to use your technical or operational knowledge to support solving challenging problems for the military while being afforded the flexibility and empowerment of being a contractor or potential future leader in a small business, then Sonalysts may be the place for you.

What you will be doing:

• Participate on a team designing and executing facilitated workshops to compare and contrast technical capabilities for future submarine designs
• Use analytical and problem-solving skills to help inform government program decisions
• Support industry and/or government teams in the transition of concepts to prototypes to fleet release
• Design and execute innovation events to develop tactical guidance for future warfighting capabilities
• Leverage previous operational experience to support government engineering teams in the development of new technologies

 What’s in it for you:

• Opportunity to challenge yourself intellectually
• Participate in the research and development of novel and cutting edge technology
• Ability to develop and execute facilitated workshops, wargames, and innovative events
• Ability to advance and lead independent project teams
• Salary ranges between $90,000-$170,000, dependent on experience, qualifications and other relevant business criteria  
• Becoming an integral part of an innovative employee-owned company which includes:
• Flexible Time Program enabling an optimal work-life balance by permitting partners to arrange their work around personal appointments, parent-teacher conferences, children’s activities and the like, so long as the partner gets the job done on-time.
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) Plan with company match
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Sales Bonus Program
• Special Performance and Retention Bonus Program
• Health and Preventive Dental Insurance
• Dependent Care Assistance Plan
• Health Care Reimbursement Plan
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Professional Development through Tuition Reimbursement Program, Online Training Program and Targeted Skills Program
• Relocation Assistance

 Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years experience working on professional wargaming or facilitated event design teams
• Either:
  • Bachelor’s degree OR
    
  • 4 years experience working on professional wargaming or facilitated event design teams
• Must be a U.S. citizen, eligible for a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) SECRET security clearance*

Preferred Experience/Qualifications:

• Possessing an active U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance*
• Demonstrated experience in either
  • Wargame design and development
  • Wargame results analysis
• Master's Degree
• Engineering experience
• Experience as a submarine officer (OOD) or chief petty officer (DOOW/COB) on an operational SSN/SSGN/SSBN
• Experience in applying advanced analytical techniques to solve complex problems
• Interest in Project Management and Business Development

*Obtaining a U.S. Government security clearance involves a comprehensive background check.  Candidates are eligible for a clearance if they have demonstrated sound financial management (including good credit) over time, are free of criminal records, have limited foreign contacts or ties, and other factors indicative of a position of trust to protect information sensitive to the U.S. Government. 

Sonalysts, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, disability, or other basis protected by law.

This job is not available to residents of New York City because of local law restrictions there.

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