Mission Integration Specialist

Company: OneArc

Level: Junior to Mid-Level, skills-based

Location: Remote (U.S.), residence in the greater Miami, Florida area preferred
Employment Type: Full-Time

Clearance: Active DoD Secret clearance required at time of hire (U.S. citizenship required)
Travel: Up to 25% to customer locations
About the Role

OneArc is seeking a Mission Integration Specialist to develop realistic, geographically accurate training content in Virtual Battlespace 4 (VBS4) for the U.S. Government agency customers. The center of gravity for this role is the scenario itself. You will design and build VBS4 missions that meet real training objectives, supported by geospatial data and open source research.

We are looking for creative, outside-the-box thinkers who can approach ambiguous mission problems from unconventional angles, connect disparate information, and develop practical solutions when the answer is not immediately obvious.

You will work in VBS4 daily. Prior VBS experience is highly preferred, but we will invest in training the right candidate who brings strong simulation, geospatial, and OSINT fundamentals.

We hire for demonstrated skill, not years on a resume. If you can show us strong scenario work, terrain builds, or OSINT products (through professional experience, military service, academic projects, or community and mod work), we want to see it.
What You Will Do
Scenario development (primary focus)

- Design, build, and maintain VBS4 scenarios: entity placement, mission logic, triggers, and AI behaviors

- Translate customer training objectives and subject matter expert input into executable operations

- Iterate on scenarios with instructors and training audiences to sharpen training value

Terrain and geospatial data

- Source, process, and prepare geospatial data (satellite imagery, elevation models, vector layers) for use in VBS4 terrain

- Refine and validate terrain so it supports scenario and training requirements

OSINT support
- May be required to conduct open source research (imagery, mapping platforms, public reporting) to ground scenarios in real-world conditions: order of battle, patterns of life, infrastructure, and environmental detail

Across all of it

- Support customer product development, exercise events and simulation enhanced products

- Validate content quality through structured testing and QA passes

- Document workflows, data sources, and scenario libraries for reuse and auditability

Tools and Technologies You Will Touch

You will not need every tool on day one. Depth in a few, plus the aptitude to pick up the rest, matters more than shallow familiarity with all of them.

- Simulation: VBS4 (scenario and mission editor, VBS Geo), with growth into Blue IG and Mantle and related OneArc tooling

- Geospatial: ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, Google Earth Pro, Global Mapper, ERDAS Imagine or ENVI, SOCET GXP

- OSINT: Maltego, i2 Analyst's Notebook, Sentinel Hub and Planet imagery platforms, OpenStreetMap and collaborative mapping, flight and maritime tracking platforms, archival and verification tooling

Required Qualifications

- Active DoD Secret security clearance at time of hire, TS eligibility preferred

- Hands-on experience building missions or scenarios in a simulation environment with a mission editor (VBS4 or VBS3 ideal; Arma series or comparable military simulation platforms also qualify)

- Working knowledge of GIS fundamentals and at least one major toolset (ArcGIS Pro or QGIS)

- Comfort with common geospatial data formats such as GeoTIFF, shapefile, DTED, and KML/KMZ

- Applied OSINT skills that support scenario realism: source discovery and evaluation, geolocation techniques, and basic imagery analysis

- Familiarity with military terminology, unit structures, or operational concepts

- Strong written communication and documentation habits

- Ability to travel up to 25% to customer locations

There is intentionally no years of experience line above: we evaluate candidates on demonstrated c