Cyber Planner

Goldbelt Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with company matching

Tax-deferred savings options

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Goldbelt Inc. seeks a Cyber Operations Planner in the Colorado Springs area to overlay USSF missions, develop cyberspace plans, and coordinate access for traveling personnel. The role emphasizes mission assurance, risk assessment, and collaboration with government partners.

A TS/SCI clearance and CISSP or Security+ are required, with preferred deep experience in FMA-C and related cyber disciplines. You will work with defense and civil customers to ensure mission success through rigorous

Qualifications

• Must have 4 years of experience in mission analysis and information security related to USSF missions.
• Certification: CISSP or Security+ and TS/SCI clearance are required.
• Preferred: GICSP, GCED, PenTest+ or GSEC; ABET or Center for Academic Excellence degree.

Responsibilities

• Overlay top priority USSF missions and assets cyber terrain requiring analysis.
• Develop cyberspace plans, strategy and policy to support initiatives.
• Establish detailed execution plans for each USSF location with SME contacts and data collected.
• Analyze mission related cyberspace activities to ensure mission success and risk management.
• Provide mission analysis support to MRT-C teams for cyber dependencies and defense measures.
• Coordinate with government entities to secure site and personnel access for traveling personnel.
• Communicate findings and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Mission analysis

Cyber planning

USSF domain knowledge

Risk management

FMA-C methodologies

Problem solving

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

CISSP

Security+

TS/SCI

GICSP

GCED

PenTest+

GSEC

ABET-accredited degree

Tools

MADSS

Job description

Overview

Nisga’a CIOPS delivers cleared professionals to support civilian and DoD customers worldwide across intelligence support, cyber/defensive cyber operations, IT O&M, infrastructure modernization, training, and logistics.

Summary

We are looking for a Cyber Operations Planner in the Colorado Springs, CO area.

Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions

• Overlays top priority USSF missions and assets cyber terrain requiring analysis
• Provides an orientation to accomplish the requirements
• Works with designated government entities to establish required site and personnel access for the traveling personnel.
• Develops cyberspace plans, strategy and policy to support and align with organizational cyberspace missions and initiative
• Establishing a detailed Execution Plan for each USSF location to include SME contact information, expected visitation length, assets being analyzed, SME contact information, and types of information being collected
• Analyzes a wide range of mission related cyberspace network activities to ensure mission success tailored to command, control, operational processes, and dependent space mission systems.
• Develops mission thread data to support USSF mission owners, cyber security personnel, defensive cyber operators and program offices in assessing acceptable risks to missions caused by cybersecurity deficiencies in systems and programs.
• Provides mission analysis support to USSF MRT-C teams to analyze USSF Mission Systems to determine cyberspace dependencies, security risks, mission vulnerabilities, and defense plan measures for each mission system.

Qualifications

Necessary Skills and Knowledge

• Must be able to understand and differentiate between critical and non-critical systems and networks, and capabilities that allow organizations to defend better, react faster, coordinate rapidly, prioritize efforts, and respond smarter to security events, increased risks, and/or operational directives.
• Must have knowledge on how to perform assessments of systems and networks within a network or enclave and identify where those systems/networks deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy.
• Must be able to measure the effectiveness of defense-in-depth architecture against known vulnerabilities.
• Must have knowledge and experience to support military planning tasks.
• Must have extensive knowledge of Mission Assurance disciplines to include risk management, mission mapping, vulnerability assessments, and defensive cyber capabilities.
• Must have a detailed understanding of mission analysis techniques, FMA-C methodologies, and mission dependencies.
• Must have the ability to solve complex problems involving a wide variety of information systems.
• Must be familiar with the purpose and use of the Mission Assurance Database Support System (MADSS) and other similar database repositories.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Good time management, prioritization, and multitasking abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with colleagues.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must have 4 years of experience performing mission analysis, information security technologies, and USSF mission capabilities.
• Must have CISSP OR Security+
• TS/SCI Required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Meet one of the following qualifications: GICSP or GCED or PenTest+ or GSEC OR a B.S. degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, or Computer Science, from an ABET accredited or Center for Academic Excellence designated institution.
• Experience with the Functional Mission Analysis - Cyber (FMA-C)
• Experience with Space Force capabilities and related assets
• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university

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Pay and Benefits

The salary range for this position is $120,000 to $140,000 annually.

At Goldbelt, we value and reward our team's dedication and hard work. We provide a competitive base salary commensurate with your qualifications and experience.

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• tax-deferred savings options
• supplementary benefits
• paid time off
• professional development opportunities