Senior Military Operations Analyst (Strike Warfare SME)

ACE Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Senior Military Operations Analyst to support advanced aviation and weapons system development within the NAVAIR community at NAS Patuxent River. This position integrates the disciplines of Mission Engineering, Operations Analysis, and Strike Warfare Subject Matter Expertise to inform acquisition, requirements development, and operational effectiveness of current and future naval aviation capabilities.

The selected candidate will operate at the intersection of operational context, technical system performance, and analytic rigor to assess mission effectiveness, guide capability development, and support decision-making for senior Navy and DoD leadership.

Mission Engineering Integration

• Lead mission-level decomposition and analysis of naval aviation strike missions, integrating platforms, weapons, sensors, networks, and operators into coherent mission threads to support acquisition decisions.
• Develop and assess mission architectures using or supporting model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and mission engineering frameworks.
• Translate operational needs into measurable mission outcomes and system performance requirements.

Operations Analysis

• Oversee or collaborate with supporting analytic study teams to ensure techniques and methodologies will support acquisition trade-space decisions being made for weapon system development at the program and engineering level.
• Conduct effectiveness and suitability assessments, including the development of Measures of Effectiveness (MOE) and Measures of Performance (MOP).

Strike Warfare Subject Matter Expertise

• Provide operational insight into strike warfare, including:
  • Air-to-ground and maritime strike missions
  • Weapons employment (kinetic and non-kinetic)
  • Targeting processes and kill chains
  • Contested and denied environment operations
• Support concept of operations (CONOPS) development and evaluation, and Design Reference Mission (DRM) development.
• Assess tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), their impact on mission success, and their viability as related to weapon system design and development.

Acquisition & Requirements Support

• Support requirements generation, validation, and refinement (e.g., JCIDS processes).
• Inform capability development documents (CDD/CPD) and analysis of alternatives (AoA).
• Provide analytic support to program offices (PMA-level) within NAVAIR.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Interface with government sponsors, military operators, engineers, and analysts.
• Present analytic findings and recommendations to senior leaders clearly and concisely.
• Facilitate working groups, technical interchange meetings, and mission-focused workshops.