Irregular Warfare Planner

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Leidos National Security Sector (NSS) is seeking a highly experienced and skilled mission-driven Irregular Warfare Planner to support APOLLO/OPIAS. The Irregular Warfare (IW) Planner supports strategic and operational-level planning, integration, and assessment of OIE and IW activities across all phases of competition and conflict. This role provides subject matter expertise in unconventional warfare, counterinsurgency, influence operations, and multi-domain effects integration. The planner works closely with interagency, multinational, and Joint partners to design campaigns that disrupt or degrade adversary influence and support partner resistance and resilience. This position is on a future contract pending award announcement.

Possible locations for this position are as follows:

· MacDill (Tampa, FL)

· Al Udeid (Qatar)

· Fort Meade (Maryland)

· Northcom (Colorado Springs, CO)

· Camp Humphreys (Korea)

· Arifjan (Kuwait)

· Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (Hawaii)

· Fort Eisenhower (Georgia)

· Offutt AFB (Omaha, NE)

· Naval Operating Base Norfolk (Virginia)

· Southcom (Doral, FL)

· JB San Antonio (Texas)

· Stuttgart (Germany)

· Vicenza (Italy)

· Tyndall AFB (Florida)

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and synchronize irregular warfare/ OIE campaign plans in alignment with U.S. and allied strategic objectives.
• Integrate Information Forces and Activities such as MISO, MILDEC, OPSEC, cyber, civil affairs, and EW into operational planning efforts.
• Advise commanders and planning teams on the employment of irregular forces, surrogate actors, and influence methods in complex operational environments.
• Conduct assessments of adversary networks, irregular strategies, and vulnerabilities across diplomatic, informational, military, and economic (DIME) dimensions.
• Participate in Joint Planning Groups (JPGs), Operational Planning Teams (OPTs), and targeting boards to ensure IW/OIE considerations are integrated into broader campaign design.
• Coordinate with interagency and multinational partners to ensure unity of effort across irregular and influence operations.
• Support the development of CONOPs, Annexes, and Fragmentary Orders (FRAGOs) addressing irregular warfare /OIE tasks.
• Contribute to Measures of Effectiveness (MOE) and Measures of Performance (MOP) assessments to evaluate the impact of IW activities.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Military Studies, National Security, Political Science, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience supporting irregular warfare, special operations, or operational planning efforts
• Prior experience supporting J5, J3, J39, or SOF planning elements at the GCC or TSOC level
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across DoD, interagency, and coalition stakeholders in a planning capacity
• Deep understanding of Joint Publication 3-05 (Special Operations), JP 5-0 (Joint Planning), and irregular warfare doctrine
• Familiarity with influence operations, proxy warfare, resistance movements, and competition below the level of armed conflict
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Strategic Studies, Irregular Warfare, International Security, or related disciplines
• Completion of Joint Planner or SAMS-equivalent courses (e.g., JPME II, Joint Advanced Warfighting School)
• Experience supporting USSOCOM, JSOC, or Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOCs)
• Knowledge of insurgency doctrine, resistance support, gray zone strategies, and unconventional warfare (UW)

At Leidos, we don’t want someone who "fits the mold"—we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.”

If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2… good. You’ll fit right in.

At Leidos, we don’t want someone who "fits the mold"—we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.”

If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2… good. You’ll fit right in.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.