
SUPERVISOR TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILE PLANNING ANLST INSTRUCTOR
United States Fleet Forces Command
Naval Base, Norfolk, VAFull-time$108–140K/yrPosted 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Deputy Director for Training, Standardization, and Evaluation supports Cruise Missile Support Activity Atlantic. The role oversees advanced Tomahawk and hypersonic weapons mission planning, develops and maintains planning-system proficiency, and serves as a focal point for curriculum development. It also represents the command in operational planning and technical exchanges and develops expertise in coalition weapons capabilities and adversary air defense systems.
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Summary
You will serve as a Deputy Director for Training, Standardization, and Evaluation division (N7) for Cruise Missile Support Activity, Atlantic (CMSA LANT) in the CRUISE MISSILE SUPPORT ACTIVITY ATLANTIC.
Duties
- You will advise and provide counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management.
- You will identify employee developmental needs and provides or arranges for training (formal and on-the-job) to maintain and improve job performance. Encourages self-development.
- You will support the agency’s EEO program through allocation of personnel to participate in community outreach and recruitment programs; ensures full cooperation of employees with EEO office officials.
- You will be responsible for the complex planning of advanced TLAM and HSW mission planning thus ensuring CCDRs requirements are achieved while in compliance with legal and regulatory directives ensuring commander’s intent is met.
- You will develop and maintain highest level of Tomahawk Planning System (TPS) and Hypersonic Weapons Planning System (HWPS) proficiency within the Department of Defense (DOD).
- You will serve as the focal point for curriculum development, the incumbent enables future analysts to collaboratively and independently conduct target analysis, aimpoint development, weapons effect calculations (weaponeering) and mission planning.
- You will provide guidance on operational requirements to facilitate the development of executable software and hardware upgrades.
- You will support the N3 department by collaboratively and independently conducting all aspects of their primary technical skillset for the five new variants of advanced TLAM and HSW missions.
- You will seamlessly integrate with the Operations department and perform all duties, tasks and interactions that they instruct.
- You will develop and maintain expertise on coalition strike platforms and weapon systems capability.
- You will represent CMSA LANT at Operational Planning Groups and Technical Exchanges to develop, evaluate, maintain, and update TLAM and HSW utilization in contingency operations.
- You will develop and maintain a thorough understanding of adversary integrated air defense systems, C2 doctrine, and TTPs.
Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1. Experience and mastery of professional knowledge of principles, concepts and methodology pertaining to TLAM and HSW system mission planning, distribution and execution processes and procedures and of weapon systems complimentary to TLAM and HSWs sufficient to effectively develop new hypotheses, theories, collaborate, integrate, adapt, influence and significantly impact the operational plans and strategic policy decisions supporting POTUS, SECDEF, and the supported Joint Task Force or Geographic Combatant Commanders. 2. Experience and expert knowledge of kinetic and non-kinetic threats to TLAM and HSW sufficient to apply and evaluate and address established, as well as theoretical, risk to current and projected operational areas of interest. Decisions are made that significantly influence the mission planning model. 3. Experience and comprehensive knowledge of standalone and enterprise navigation, imagery, and geospatial data systems, and understanding of complex data technologies and related computer architectures supporting TLAM and HSW mission planning sufficient to meet or exceed command mission planning production goals, as well as to mitigate external systems and services support upgrades and outages. 4. Experience and expert knowledge of current and future designs of Theater Mission Planning Center (TMPC) Architecture related to navigation and geospatial data processes associated with TLAM and HSW planning necessary to analyze and integrate current and evolving GEOINT and Multi-Int technologies and solutions into the mission planning process as well as the weapon systems configuration management roadmap. 5. Experience and expert knowledge of the authorities, constraints, and functions of supported Combatant Commanders, Joint Staff, Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Numbered Fleets, Naval Air System Command program managers, Combat Support Agencies, and understanding of the Combat Air Operations Center integration and synchronization applicable to TLAM, HSW and CMSA LANT operations necessary to effectively represent and convey the Command's mission, vision, goals, capabilities, and requirements to senior personnel across significant organizational structures. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
How You Will Be Evaluated
In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPUTER LITERACY PARTNERING ORAL COMMUNICATION PROBLEM SOLVING ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review and Structured Interview. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Other Information
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,746 open Trainer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$108–140K/yr
- Virginia median$76–140K/yr67 salary ranges
- US median$76–130K/yr1,099 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $124K, is 13% above the Virginia median midpoint ($110K) — in the middle half of Trainer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 143 open Trainer jobs in Virginia and 2,746 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Trainer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 1,717 postings).
- Education
- 808 of the 2,746 open Trainer jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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