Commission Exercise Science Military Jobs in Iowa

The Opportunity:

As an expert in defense missions, your unique background inspires you to think bigger, push further, and ask questions others don't. We need your extensive mission experience and advisory skills to solve some of our clients' most complex operational, technical, and strategic challenges-and deliver solutions that keep our nation safe.

As a defense mission expert, you'll bring your leadership, operational planning, Joint Force, DOTMLPF, MDMP, JCIDS, and Combatant Command expertise to work alongside thought leaders in cyber, digital modernization, engineering, science, software development, analytics, and multi-domain operations. You'll apply this expertise on projects spanning homeland defense, foreign threat analysis, mission assurance, vulnerability assessments, C4 architecture, and mission system modernization across multiple services and Combatant Commands. You'll use your skills to research, develop, analyze, assess, plan, and support mission-critical work that strengthens operational readiness and mission assurance. This includes assessing mission essential tasks, mapping key cyber terrain, building and analyzing client mission threads, evaluating vulnerability assessment results, and coordinating across internal and external partners to gather artifacts, validate information, and document findings. You will develop, test, and refine analytic processes, define repeatable methodologies, and build mission assurance tools, including updates to Domain Cyber-mission assurance portals, to better integrate data, identify shortfalls, and enhance risk-based decision-making.

Work with us to solve, identify, analyze, and evaluate complex systems, policies, and instrumentation related to foreign threats, homeland security, Joint Force operations, and evolving mission environments. Your ability to brief defense audiences, including senior military, civilian, and contractor stakeholders, will help ensure shared understanding, drive alignment, and accelerate mission outcomes.

You served your country, and now you can continue that mission with us. Further your career while creating mission-forward solutions that matter-and shape the future of joint operations, mission assurance, and national defense.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• Experience in warfighting mission domains, including homeland defense or civil support, and Joint Force missions, processes, and organizational culture

• Experience delivering solutions aligned with Secretary of War, Joint Staff, Combatant Command, defense agency, and binational operational priorities

• Experience with operational mission planning, plan assessment, and mission thread development

• Experience applying structured, repeatable, and verifiable analytic methods to assess Joint Force, OSW, defense agency, binational, and Combatant Command missions

• Experience working within a Maritime Operations Center (MOC), Air Operations Center (AOC), or service component headquarters

• Ability to brief defense audiences, including senior military, civilian, and contractor stakeholders

• TS/SCI clearance

• Bachelor's degree

• DoDM 8140.03 Certification such as Security+ Certification

• Graduate of U.S. Air Force or Naval Command & Staff School

Nice If You Have:

• Experience solving issues across DOTMLPF areas, including doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel, facilities, or resources

• Experience with tools and platforms such as Maven, MADSS, and DRRS

• Experience with multidomain systems and environments

• Experience with DoW Artificial Intelligence models used to support analytic research

• Experience in Joint or Servicelevel Exercise Planning

• Experience with the Atlassian Suite, including Confluence or Jira, Test & Evaluation, or the Acquisition and Development Lifecycle

• Knowledge of nonJoint Force clients requiring familiarity with Joint Force, OSD, defense agency, or Combatant Command missions

• Master's degree in Homeland Security

• Homeland Security Graduate Certification

• Graduate of the Navy's Maritime Advanced Warfighting School (MAWS)

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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, local, or international law.