Exercise Lead - CGI - Newport News, VA

Synopsis: The overall goal of the TBOC Training Division is to replicate complex Operational Environments (OEs) in training venues such as Army Combat Training Centers, Mobilization Training Centers, and Home Station training areas. This is done by geo-rectifying battlefield events that happen in the real world onto the training area terrain. For example, a report of a complex ambush that occurred in Afghanistan is transformed in time and space so that it appears to have occurred at the correct time and location to support training at various home station training venues and mobilization training centers. The TBOC Training Division locates real world operational events from a variety of data sources then transforms those events using state of the art messaging system applications. The transformed data can then be displayed on standard Army command and control systems (i.e. Distributed Common Ground Station – Army (DCGS-A)) presenting operators, in a training environment, with a realistic replication of information available on the real battlefield. This allows soldiers the ability to hone their battle staff skills against their future deployment or contingency area of operation environment. Position is located in Newport News, VA

Your future duties and responsibilities:
Basic Functions:The Exercise Lead accomplishes the following:
1. Synchronizes and integrates all aspects of exercise support provided by the TBOC including; liaison with the training unit and training support agencies, liaison with other TBOC training enablers, database construction, Comprehensive Look Team (CLT) intelligence products, and on-site exercise execution.

2. Participates in all exercise life cycle planning conferences for assigned exercises including conducting pre-planning conference VTC or Telecom meetings to refine training unit requirements.

3. Leads the exercise support team to accomplish the following:

a. Identify and build, based on input from the training audience and/or exercise support agency, the unit area of operation including operational graphics depicting major road networks, cities/towns, operating facilities, and boundaries.

b. Identify and pull data required to build a data base that will best replicate the area of operation and support the exercise training objectives.

c. Transform the data to fit the unit training area including the operational graphics, activity hot spots, and areas of interest in support of unit training objectives.

d. Conduct quality control of the transformed data to ensure accuracy and realism and to ensure discrepancies are identified and corrected.

e. Brief the results of the transformed data base to the exercise leadership.

4. Assist the TBOC CLT with building the intelligence products that support the training exercise using the transformed data base.

5. Lead the TBOC exercise support team during exercise execution to ensure the data base and intelligence products are presented to the training audience properly.

6. Lead the TBOC effort to assist the training exercise leadership with exercise scenario development and execute on-site changes required to the data base resulting from changes to the exercise scenario.

Position is located in Newport News, VA

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
Background Requirements:
• Former military with training/ground operations experience.

• Exercise design, Scenario Management, MSEL synchronization, experience preferred.

• Educational Requirements: Bachelor’s degree required.

• 8 years of military operational experience minimum, 10 plus years preferred.

• OIF/OEF/OND experience preferred.

• Willing and able to travel extensively (50-60%).

• TS/SCI clearance is required

• Valid passport is required

Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearance requirements, US citizenship is required.

What you can expect from us:
At CGI, we’re a team of builders. We call our employees members because all who join CGI are building their own company – one that has grown to 65,000 professionals located in 40 countries. Founded in 1976, CGI is a leading IT and business process services firm committed to helping clients succeed. We have the global resources, expertise, stability and dedicated professionals needed to achieve results for our clients – and for our members. Come grow with us. Learn more at www.cgi.com.

This is a great opportunity to join a winning team. CGI offers a competitive compensation package with opportunities for growth and professional development. Benefits for full-time, permanent members start on the first day of employment and include a paid time-off program and profit participation and stock purchase plans.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position, however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

No unsolicited agency referrals please.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, gender Identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, or other status protected by law. CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI’s legal duty to furnish information.