Operations Planner (Military Operations Analyst 3) - 29335
Date: Jul 10, 2026
Location: Norfolk, VA, Virginia, United States
Company: HII's Mission Technologies division
Requisition Number: 29335
Required Travel: 0 - 10%
Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Anticipated Salary Range: $71,962.00 - $93,017.60
Security Clearance: Secret
Level of Experience: Mid
This opportunity resides with Global Security (GS). Mission Technologies’ Global Security (GS) group comprises live, virtual, constructive (LVC) solutions; fleet sustainment; nuclear and environmental; and Australia business.
As a trusted partner to our military customers, HII designs, develops and operates the largest LVC enterprise that prepares warfighters for cross-domain battle. With advanced technologies to enable mission readiness, HII understands that preparation requires full coordination—not readiness in piece-parts.
For more than 40 years, the U.S. Navy has entrusted HII to maintain and modernize the vast majority of its fleet. With a holistic approach to life-cycle maritime defense systems—from small watercraft to submarines, surface combatants and aircraft carriers—HII ensures a high state of readiness.
HII supports the Department of Energy’s national security mission through the management and operation of its sites, as well as the safe cleanup of legacy waste across the country. HII meets clients’ toughest nuclear and environmental challenges.
Leadership Mindset at HII – Mission Technologies
Leadership at HII is a mindset, not a title. Through our Leadership Capability Framework, we define how every employee grows, leads, and contributes—regardless of role. It sets the standard for how you can develop yourself and what you can expect from leaders across our organization. We look for candidates who want to grow in alignment with these capabilities:
- Know & Grow Your People – Commit to learning and supporting team success.
- Build Relationships – Communicate openly, collaborate well, and build trust.
- Take Ownership – Deliver on commitments and take pride in your work.
- Customer First – Focus on the mission and those we serve.
- Shape the Future – Bring ideas, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
- Act with Urgency – Take initiative and follow through with purpose.
These capabilities guide how all employees contribute to our shared success across Mission Technologies.
Who We Are
Mission Technologies, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is seeking a qualified professional to serve as an Event Lead / Operations Planner. This role is based onsite at the Navy Warfare Development Center (NWDC) on Norfolk Naval Station, supporting the Maritime Operations Center – Training and Exercise Team (MOC‑TET). The Event Lead is responsible for delivering Navy Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) training across all designated Areas of Responsibility (AORs).
What You Will Do
- Coordinate with MOC Training and Exercise Team (MOC TET) on-site government and contractor staff, as required, to provide tasks, briefs, planning products, and point papers to enable MOC training objectives.
- Coordinate with appropriate MOC TET members to prepare required reports, staff actions, point-papers, talking points, and all other staff products in support of but not limited to the following activities:
- Coordinate event planning with Navy and Joint planners, to include Joint EXCON coordination cells, Combatant Commands, and Joint Staff J7.
- Assist Navy Exercise planners and Exercise Control with any Maritime issues.
- Research and maintain up to date knowledge relating to joint capabilities.
- Act as Navy Chief Controller, Modeling and Simulation Operations lead, or forward MOC EST LNO during event operational testing and execution.
- Provide recommendations for and development of synthetic augmentation (entities, scenario elements, simulator operators, etc.) to live training exercises.
- Develop exercise documents to include manning documents, messages and orders to include but not limited to exercise directives and exercise game books.
- Provide for the execution of synthetic war-gaming for OLW synthetic events/exercises as required.
- Provide the MOC TET government leadership with appropriate lessons-learned from synthetic training exercises and ensure relevant changes are incorporated in future exercises
- Provide expertise and support on applicable strategic- and operational-level joint, coalition, and service doctrine.
- Maintain awareness of current US and foreign military capabilities, trends, and tactics, and US Navy doctrine.
- Use Confluence and JIRA tools on the Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE) network to share event schedules and documents.
- Identify, document, report, and track issues to resolution, while keeping appropriate MOC-TET leadership and other stakeholders informed of status.
What You Must Have
- 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 0 years experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
- Candidate must have years of experience with naval operations.
- Candidate must have years of Modeling and Simulation experience with Optimized Littoral Warfare exercises/Fleet Synthetic Training or service equivalent M&S experience, to include Master Scenario Event List scripting.
- Candidate must have an active Security Clearance.
- Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Candidate must have strong written and verbal communication skills across all organizational levels.
Bonus Points For Having!
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Experience with operational level Joint Live Virtual Constructive (JLVC) supported FST events.
- Experience in Navy Fleet Synthetic Training programs, experimentation and war-game operation and management to achieve training objectives.
- Experience with Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) process, timeline, and products.
- Experience with Joint Semi-Automated Forces (JSAF) simulation and/or other High Level Architecture / Distributed Interactive Simulation (HLA/DIS) modeling tools.
Physical Requirements
May require working in an office, industrial, shipboard, or laboratory environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances.
The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII's Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function and a candidate's education or training, work experience, and key skills.
Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.
To learn more about Mission Technologies, click here for a short video: https://vimeo.com/732533072
HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.
Why HII
We build the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. Our workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.
Recognized as one of America’s top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people’s safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you’ll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.
Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
Do You Need Assistance?
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to buildyourcareer@hii-co.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.