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Strategic Planner

CompanyStellar Solutions Inc
LocationSpringfield
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMay 30, 2026
About The Company
Stellar Solutions is an engineering services company providing end-to-end technical expertise and problem solving skills to significant national and international aerospace programs. We distinguish ourselves by satisfying our customers'​ critical needs on diverse projects, including defense-related intelligence projects, international telecommunications satellites, commercial imagery satellites and NASA's planetary and earth science missions.
About the Role

Overview

Stellar Solutions is seeking a Strategic Planner.  This role provides a unique opportunity to develop mission strategies and operational plans support to the customer.

 

The successful candidate will support a high performing team of Government and Contractor professionals in deliberate and crisis planning processes to satisfy space support requirements for National, DoD, Combatant Command warfighter customers. The successful candidate will have experience with space operations, joint planning, and space mission/product support. The successful candidate will also have demonstrated the ability operate in a dynamic and high energy environment with constantly changing tasking and priorities.

Role/Responsibilities/Qualifications

Successful applicant will support strategic and operational planning activities such as but no limited to the following:

  • Providing current plans liaison, coordination, and integration of operational planning activities with operational sites and mission partners including support requests into plans and orders
  • Preparing and maintaining planning documents, plan annexes, and appendices
  • Developing and managing approval coordination of orders and guidance and intent products that guide the execution of crisis and contingency operations.
  • Reviewing and supporting development of operational-level concepts of operations for capabilities and operations and associated implementation documents.
  • Coordinating and providing logistical support for contingency operations planning meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Perform on-site liaison tasks: coordination of enterprise orders with site leadership and outage/maintenance forums; support daily battle rhythm forums, provide joint tactics, training, and procedures training to staff, support exercise and wargame development and execution, provide backup to current planners at other locations, and respond to site leadership as needed for on going enterprise level planning and orders activity.

Required Qualifications and Skillsets:

  • Requires practical knowledge of job area obtained through advanced education combined with experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 3 years of prior related experience; Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 5 years of prior related experience; or no degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience
  • Requires U.S. Citizenship AND current TS/SCI Clearance
  • Requires current CI Poly

Additional Desired Skillsets:

  • Graduate from Joint Professional Military Education certification school
  • Joint Staff or Combatant Command planner experience
  • Proficient with Joint Planning processes

Familiar with:

  • Department of Defense and National space systems and associated products/services delivered to end customers
  • Space operations, environment, and command and control concepts
  • Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, Dissemination concepts
  • Basic orbital mechanics

 

Deliverable(s)

Generate and contribute to technical products (i.e. briefings, plans, orders, exercise development) using information systems as directed by the Government.  The nature of this work will, at times, require a quick response to stringent deadlines and will always require a standard high quality and professional deliverable.

Key Skills
Strategic PlanningOperational PlanningSpace OperationsJoint PlanningCrisis PlanningContingency OperationsTS/SCI ClearanceCI PolygraphOrbital MechanicsJoint Professional Military EducationWargame DevelopmentTechnical BriefingLogistical SupportC2 ConceptsTasking and CollectionEnterprise Orders
Categories
Government & Public SectorEngineeringManagement & LeadershipSecurity & SafetyConsulting
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
Develop mission strategies and operational plans to support space requirements for National, DoD, and Combatant Command customers. Coordinate operational planning activities, maintain planning documents, and perform on-site liaison tasks to integrate enterprise orders.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
5-10
💼Company Size
305
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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