Lessons Learned Analyst/ Exercise Plans Branch

Stellar Solutions, a nationally recognized "Great Place to Work", has exciting opportunities providing Engineering solutions for innovative new-entrant space companies, as well as established space systems manufacturers, commercial space system operators and service providers, and other industry stakeholders including investors.

At Stellar Solutions, we offer talented, energetic, and immediately productive resources to satisfy our customers' critical needs in systems engineering and integration, mission operations, program management and strategic planning. We are a leading service and expertise provider for high-tech commercial ventures, spanning communications, earth observation and remote sensing systems and data products, to the infrastructures that support earth orbiting and beyond earth orbit businesses.

Stellar Solutions is seeking a Lessons Learned Analyst who will serve as the primary integrator between NRO exercises and real-world operations, ensuring that insights, lessons learned, and best practices are rapidly translated into operational improvements that enhance mission readiness. This position directly supports the NRO Operations Center (NOC) and contributes to advancing the Space Warfighting Mission through coordination, analysis, and lessons-learned implementation.

The successful candidate will operate within a dynamic, high-tempo environment, supporting a team of Government and Contractor professionals responsible for monitoring, analyzing, assessing, and delivering mission status, courses of action (COAs), anomaly investigations, and decision-support information to senior decision-makers.

In this role, your duties and responsibilities will include some or many aspects of the following:

Work full time at a customer site
• Maintain a centralized Lessons Learned repository using the DoD Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS) for organization-wide access and visibility
• Input, tag, and categorize lessons to support future planning, training, and operational development
• Collect observations and after-action data from participants, evaluators, and observers through hot washes, surveys, and debriefs
• Draft and contribute to After-Action Reports (AARs) documenting findings, gaps, and actionable recommendations, linking observations to mission objectives or core capabilities
• Identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for continuous improvement
• Serve as the main point of contact (POC) bridging the gap between exercise results and real-world operations
• Coordinate with Plans, Training, Mission Protection, and other NOC elements to ensure lessons learned are translated into operational next steps
• Focus on actionable, measurable follow-up actions that help the NOC deliver on mission and operational requirements
• Support planning meetings, including Initial Planning Conferences (IPC), Mid-Term Planning Conferences (MPC), and Final Planning Conferences (FPC)
• Facilitate exercise execution by overseeing real-time conduct, ensuring injects are delivered accurately, and objectives are met
• Provide support to controllers, evaluators, and role players during execution
• Participate in enterprise-level exercise planning and execution, with occasional travel as required
• Generate, share, and present briefings, reports, and data products for senior leadership and enterprise awareness
• Provide clear, concise, and professional senior-level briefings summarizing exercise outcomes, findings, and recommendations
• Contribute to working groups and coordination boards as needed to support mission alignment.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience
• Minimum 5 years of exercise planning or related operational planning experience
• Proficiency with the DoD Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS)
• Familiarity with Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) processes
• Active Top Secret//SCI with CI Polygraph
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience briefing senior leadership
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Desired Qualifications:

• Military or government experience supporting space operations or space mission planning
• Relevant certifications or coursework (e.g., Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) Training, Joint Lessons Learned Program (JLLP) or JLLIS User Training, DoD or DHS Exercise Design Course (HSEEP))

This role delivers measurable impact by ensuring that insights from NRO exercises are rapidly integrated into day-to-day operations, advancing the organization's readiness and alignment with the Space Warfighting Mission.