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Firebird AST is accepting applications for an onsite TS/SCI cleared Plans Mobility Analyst to provide operational logistics and transportation planning expertise in support of joint deployment and distribution operations across the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR). *** Pending contract award. Award anticipation December 2026. RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor key intra-theater airlift requirements and capabilities, providing analytical expertise in support of CDDOC and CENTCOM Strategic Movement Center (SMC) initiatives to improve theater distribution performance and resource allocation.
• Recommend data-driven solutions to theater distribution challenges by applying advanced analysis techniques, identifying root causes, and recommending feasible and effective courses of action.
• Assess transformation technologies and tools to determine their applicability and effectiveness in enhancing deployment and distribution operations within the USCENTCOM AOR, providing assessments to support modernization initiatives.
• Synchronize deployment and distribution data between the AMD and USCENTCOM staff to maintain a shared operational picture and support cohesive planning and execution.
• Publish data-driven materials, including briefings and reports, that educate and inform senior theater leadership on the utilization, trends, and optimization of intra-theater airlift assets to support strategic decision-making.
• Assess the effectiveness of CDDOC support functions, analyzing operational impact on theater-level logistics performance and providing feedback to improve future mission execution.
• Update and distribute the bi-weekly "Camel Gram" publication, highlighting significant trends, key metrics, and operational focus areas related to CENTCOM intra-theater movement to maintain awareness and guide theater logistics priorities.
• Provide synchronization of strategic, operational, and tactical-level metrics to ensure integrated understanding of movement operations, enabling data-informed planning and execution across command levels.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Proficient in the use of the Joint Operations Planning and Execution System (JOPES), including manipulation and interpretation of Time-Phased Force Deployment Data (TPFDD), to support operational planning and execution functions.
• In the last five years, must have experience with the Intra-Theater Airlift Request System (ITATS); Joint Planning and Execution System (JOPES) (or the program or record system); Global Air Transportation Execution System (GATES); Single Mobility System (SMS); and Consolidated Air Mobility Planning System (CAMPS).
• IAT Level I Professional Certification
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office tools; brief materials in formats including Microsoft Office tools (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Work independently with minimal oversight; provide thorough and completed products.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.

EDUCATION · Bachelor's Degree in any related field. CLEARANCE · Active DoW TS/SCI. About Firebird AST: Firebird AST is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) based in Northern Virginia and a market-recognized leader within the IC, Department of Defense, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and the Private Sector. We maintain a corporate culture deeply rooted in the US Military core values that gave us our start - honor, integrity, commitment, and selfless service. For this reason, our customers' needs and missions always comes first. We seek hard working, highly experienced, extremely motivated, professionally proven subject matter experts, trainers, leaders, innovators, and technical experts to serve on our team. Firebird AST has a firm understanding that our employees are our greatest asset and that, accordingly, they are to be provided the greatest level of respect and care possible. Firebird AST is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. group id: 10458039