Senior Cyberspace Operations Planner, Site Lead

About the role

The Intelligence Sector seeks Subject Matter Expert-level Joint Cyberspace Operational Planners to serve as Site Leads within United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM).

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise in Joint Cyberspace plans development and staffing processes within collaborative environment to enable range of Cyberspace Operations (CO) according to USCYBERCOM planning guidance and applicable Joint publications.
• Perform role as contract Site Lead within USCYBERCOM J3, CNMF, or JTF-ARES, advising staff and leading daily activities to meet program requirements and drive USCYBERCOM mission.
• Support targeting selection, validation, synchronization, and enable integration during the execution of activities within Cyber Warfare domain.
• Draft and staff foundational planning documents such as Operational Plans (OPLANS), Operational Orders (OPORDs), and Fragmentary Orders (FRAGOs).
• Support Joint Operational Planning Groups and Teams (OPG/OPT), and develop and integrate Cyber capabilities into plans.
• Coordinate CO planning activities through the IJSTO to include Evaluation Request and Response Messages, SAP procedures, and the RAPCO.
• Develop concepts of support, courses of action, integrate command and external capabilities, coordinate and document comprehensive plans.
• Provide leadership and situational awareness across range of projects, Crisis Action Teams, and current operations activities supporting OPTs.
• Develop and review specific CO plans and guidance for integration into broader planning activities and ensure execution and resource allocation decisions align with organization objectives.
• Develop and maintain deliberate and/or CO crisis plans and analyze and assess internal and external partner CO capabilities and tools.
• Transition operational planning efforts to current operations.
• Navigate organizational structure as it pertains to full spectrum CO, including the functions, responsibilities, and interrelationships among distinct internal elements.
• Integrate and synchronize intelligence planning activities with operational planning timelines.
• Conduct long-range, strategic planning efforts with internal and external partners in cyber activities.
• Interpret and apply laws, regulations, policies, and guidance relevant to organization cyber objectives.
• Communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance with Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph required.
• BA/BS degree within STEM field, National Security Studies, or field of study supporting operational art & science. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• 10 plus years’ experience as Joint Operations Planner or leading Joint Operations Planning processes, to include working knowledge of JPP, JOPES, and APEX planning guidance.
• Total years’ experience as Joint Operations Planner can be mitigated by completion of advanced service-specific planning schools such as SAMS, SAWS, and JAWS.
• 10 plus years active within field of Cyber or 15 plus years combined experience within fields of Cyber, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, Information Technology or related fields, with preference for combination leadership and hands-on experience over the course of career.
• Experience leading teams and providing senior-level advice to organizational leadership within USCYBERCOM J3, CNMF, or JTF-ARES across both Offensive Cyberspace and Defensive Operations lines of effort.
• Recipient of specialized education in military joint operations planning through JPME Level II.
• Intimate familiarity with military operations including phases of planning, approval, and execution.
• Deep familiarity with military operations including phases of planning, approval, and execution.
• Intimate familiarity with applicable Joint Publications such as JP 5-0 Joint Operational Planning.
• Graduate of formal training as Cyber Operational Planner within Department of Defense or Intelligence Community.
• Broad knowledge of Blue-space Cyber capabilities and demonstrate understanding of available Cyber infrastructure or platforms to conduct CO.
• Deep knowledge of the range of CO and their underlying intelligence support needs, topics, and focus areas, and computer networking fundamentals as well as concepts, terminology, and operations of a wide range of communications media (computer and telephone networks, satellite, fiber, wireless).
• Demonstrated proficiency working in a fast-paced collaborative environment, ability to proactively multi-task and meet short deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal, critical thinking, and communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey complex and technical data to nontechnical consumers.
• Able to work across Department of Defense and Intelligence Community agencies to support organizational goals.

Skills

• Knowledge of cyber threats and attack methods and techniques emanating from state and non-state adversaries and tiered vulnerabilities within Blue Space as focus of threats.
• Experience leading teams and providing senior-level advice to organizational leadership within USCYBERCOM J3, CNMF, or JTF-ARES across both Offensive Cyberspace and Defensive Operations lines of effort.
• Recipient of specialized education in military joint operations planning through JPME Level II.
• Intimate familiarity with military operations including phases of planning, approval, and execution.
• Deep familiarity with military operations including phases of planning, approval, and execution.
• Intimate familiarity with applicable Joint Publications such as JP 5-0 Joint Operational Planning.
• Graduate of formal training as Cyber Operational Planner within Department of Defense or Intelligence Community.
• Broad knowledge of Blue-space Cyber capabilities and demonstrate understanding of available Cyber infrastructure or platforms to conduct CO.
• Deep knowledge of the range of CO and their underlying intelligence support needs, topics, and focus areas, and computer networking fundamentals as well as concepts, terminology, and operations of a wide range of communications media (computer and telephone networks, satellite, fiber, wireless).
• Demonstrated proficiency working in a fast-paced collaborative environment, ability to proactively multi-task and meet short deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal, critical thinking, and communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey complex and technical data to nontechnical consumers.
• Able to work across Department of Defense and Intelligence Community agencies to support organizational goals.

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