LOCATION: National Capital Region - Washington, DC or Northern Virginia
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Intermediate
CLEARANCE: TOP SECRET/SCI
WORK ROLE DESCRIPTION:
Develops detailed plans for the conduct or support of the applicable range of cyber operations through collaboration with other planners, operators and/or analysts. Participates in targeting selection, validation, synchronization, and enables integration during the execution of cyber actions.
TASKS:
- Provide input to the analysis, design, development or acquisition of capabilities used for meeting objectives.
- Apply expertise in policy and processes to facilitate the development, negotiation, and internal staffing of plans and/or memorandums of agreement.
- Assess target vulnerabilities and/or operational capabilities to determine course of action.
- Assist and advise interagency partners in identifying and developing best practices for facilitating operational support to achievement of organization objectives.
- Provide input to the identification of cyber-related success criteria.
- Develop, review and implement all levels of planning guidance in support of cyber operations.
- Contribute to crisis action planning for cyber operations.
- Contribute to the development of the organization's decision support tools if necessary.
- Coordinate with intelligence and cyber defense partners to obtain relevant essential information.
- Use intelligence estimates to counter potential target actions.
- Determine indicators (e.g., measures of effectiveness) that are best suited to specific cyber operation objectives.
- Develop and maintain deliberate and/or crisis plans.
- Develop and review specific cyber operations guidance for integration into broader planning activities.
- Develop cyber operations plans and guidance to ensure that execution and resource allocation decisions align with organization objectives.
- Develop or participate in the development of standards for providing, requesting, and/or obtaining support from external partners to synchronize cyber operations.
- Develop potential courses of action.
- Develop, implement, and recommend changes to appropriate planning procedures and policies.
- Devise, document, and validate cyber operation strategy and planning documents.
- Ensure operational planning efforts are effectively transitioned to current operations.
- Ensure that intelligence planning activities are integrated and synchronized with operational planning timelines.
- Evaluate intelligence estimates to support the planning cycle.
- Facilitate interactions between internal and external partner decision makers to synchronize and integrate courses of action in support of objectives.
- Gather and analyze data (e.g., measures of effectiveness) to determine effectiveness, and provide reporting for follow-on activities.
- Incorporate cyber operations and communications security support plans into organization objectives.
- Identify cyber intelligence gaps and shortfalls for cyber operational planning.
ABILITIES:
- Ability to communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means.
- Ability to accurately and completely source all data used in intelligence, assessment and/or planning products.
- Ability to adjust to and operate in a diverse, unpredictable, challenging, and fast-paced work environment.
- Ability to apply approved planning development and staffing processes.
- Ability to apply critical reading/thinking skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with others.
- Ability to coordinate cyber operations with other organization functions or support activities.
- Ability to develop or recommend planning solutions to problems and situations for which no precedent exists.
- Ability to effectively collaborate via virtual teams.
- Ability to exercise judgment when policies are not well-defined.
- Ability to function in a collaborative environment, seeking continuous consultation with other analysts and experts—both internal and external to the organization—to leverage analytical and technical expertise.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor degree or higher from an accredited college or university
Prefer an accredited Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering degree; or a degree in a Mathematics or Engineering field.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT(S) (e.g., DoD 8570.01-M):
IAT Level 2