Cyberspace Operational Planner

The Leidos Intelligence Sector combines technology-enabled services and mission software capabilities in the areas of cyber, logistics, security operations, and decision analytics to support defence and intel customers' missions to defend against evolving threats around the world.

The Intelligence Sector seeks highly qualified and trained Cyberspace Operational Planners to support Department of Defence Joint Planning processes that underpin United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) operations.

Responsibilities:

• Engage in approved plans development and staffing processes within a collaborative environment to enable a range of Cyberspace Operations (CO) according to USCYBERCOM planning guidance and applicable Joint publications.
• Support targeting selection, validation, synchronisation, and enable integration during the execution of activities within the 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 Cyberspace capabilities into plans.
• Develop concepts of support, courses of action, integrate command and external capabilities, coordinate and document comprehensive plans.
• Engage in, and provide situational awareness to, a 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 to ensure that execution and resource allocation decisions align with organisation objectives.
• Demonstrate knowledge of cyber threats and attack methods and techniques emanating from state and non-state adversaries and tiered vulnerabilities within Blue Space as the focus of threats.
• Develop and execute comprehensive programs for assessing CO and validating operational performance characteristics.
• Review, approve, prioritise, and submit operational requirements for research, development, and/or acquisition of cyber capabilities.
• Develop and maintain deliberate and/or CO crisis plans.
• Analyse and assess internal and external partner CO capabilities and tools.
• Transition operational planning efforts to current operations.
• Navigate organisational structure as it pertains to full-spectrum CO, including the functions, responsibilities, and interrelationships among distinct internal elements.
• Integrate and synchronise 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 organisation cyber objectives.
• Communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organised manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means.

Requirements:

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and Polygraph required.
• BA/BS degree within a STEM field, National Security Studies, or a field of study supporting operational art & science, or ability to complete a degree within one year of hire.
• 4 or more years of recent (since 2014) work experience as a CO Planner; can waive two years of experience requirement for every year spent on a Combat Mission Team (CMT) in any work role; can waive two years of work experience requirement for every year spent in an Offensive Cyberspace Operations planner role within a Joint Force Headquarters – Cyber (JFHQ-C) command; OR four years of recent (since 2013) work experience in offensive cyberspace capabilities development; can waive two years of experience requirement for every year spent on a CMT in any work role.
• 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.
• Formal training as a Cyber Operational Planner within the Department of Defence or Intelligence Community.
• Broad knowledge of Blue-space Cyber capabilities and demonstrate understanding of available Cyber infrastructure or platforms to conduct OCO.
• Knowledge of the range of CO and their underlying intelligence support needs, topics, and focus areas.
• Knowledge of computer networking fundamentals as well as concepts, terminology, and operations of a wide range of communications media (computer and telephone networks, satellite, fibre, wireless).
• Ability to support timely, accurate, relevant analytical production, to include documents, summaries, issue papers, talking points, and briefings.
• Demonstrated proficiency working in a fast-paced collaborative environment, ability to proactively multi-task and meet short deadlines.
• Able to work across Department of Defence and Intelligence Community agencies to support organisational goals.

Benefits: No benefits mentioned.

Salary: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00