Cyber Intel Operations Planner

Peraton; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

This innovative firm is seeking a Cyber Intel Operations Planner to enhance national security efforts. In this role, you will collaborate with intelligence community partners to develop cyber defense strategies and frameworks. Your expertise will be pivotal in analyzing cyber intelligence and coordinating responses to threats against critical infrastructure. Join a dynamic team dedicated to solving complex challenges and ensuring the safety of our nation. If you have a passion for cybersecurity and a strategic mindset, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a significant impact in the field.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years experience with a Bachelor's or 6 years with a Master's degree.
• Active Top Secret security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Support relationships with intelligence community partners for cyber defense.
• Develop plans to mitigate risks against malicious cyber operations.

Skills

Cyber Operations Theory

Strategy Implementation

Intelligence Analysis

Problem Solving

Project Management

Cyber Threat Intelligence

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Tools

CISSP Certification

PMP Certification

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton is currently seeking to hire an experienced Cyber Intel Operations Planner role with its Federal Strategic Cyber programs.

Location: Arlington, VA. Some telework is available on a situational basis.

Temporary work locations may be designated at other federal government sites within the National Capitol Region, as well as the CISA Continuity of Operations (COOP) site.

In this role, you will:

• Support establishing and maintaining relationships with relevant intelligence community (IC) partners to ensure IC input into joint cyber defense plans and JCDC priority areas.
• Support developing and maintaining frameworks, processes, or procedures required to formalize how intelligence support and coordination is conducted within JCDC.
• Identify relevant cyber intelligence resources and products and provides additional analysis to inform cyber operations planning.
• Identify, develop, document, and execute methodologies for incorporating and fusing private sector cyber threat intelligence into JCDC intelligence support.
• Develop plans to limit, mitigate, or defend against coordinated, malicious cyber operations that pose a potential risk to critical infrastructure or national interests.
• Develop detailed plans for the conduct or support of cyber operations through collaboration with other planners, operators and/or analysts.
• Coordinate document reviews across internal and external partners, consolidates feedback, and prepares revised documents.
• Support participation in interagency meetings by developing talking points, briefing materials, meeting notes, and summaries of conclusion.
• Review status of projects, manages schedules, and prepares status reports.
• Assess project issues and develops recommendations to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.
• Support coordination with IC partners in identifying and submitting Key Intelligence Questions (KIQs), Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs), and Collection Requirements (CRs), checking IC and CISA internal holdings for relevant cyber threat intelligence and lead coordination to ensure relevant intelligence is incorporated into the planning process.
• Establish measures of effectiveness for cyber defense plans that examine current plans and prior cyber incidents for lessons learned and best practices.
• Coordinate and facilitate internal and external partner engagements including IC partners facilitating information exchange and responding to requests for information or assistance.
• Support program management functions related to compartmented intelligence programs.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8 years, or a Master's degree and 6 years of experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Ability to create and implement strategies to acquire and operationalize cyber programs.
• Working knowledge of cyber operations theory, employment, and tactics, techniques and procedures.
• Working knowledge to access intelligence community resources and analyze cyber intelligence products.
• Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve program support deficiencies.
• Proven ability to develop and recommend corrective actions.
• U.S citizenship required.
• Active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain SCI.
• In addition, selected candidate must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a favorably adjudicated DHS background investigation (EOD) for continued employment.

Preferred:

• CISSP and/or PMP certification strongly desired.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.