Cyber Strategy and Policy Advisor - Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Hoplite Group; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Hoplite Group seeks an experienced Cyber Strategy and Policy Advisor to support a U.S. Government advisory effort focused on USEUCOM AOR. The advisor will help partner-nation defense stakeholders align cyber strategy and policy with operational missions and defensive cyberspace planning.

Remote support (CONUS) and forward engagements (OCONUS) will be required, with a plan for quarterly travel beginning January 2027. Immediate availability is requested.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of defense experience, including military cyberspace strategy development and operational planning.
• Ability to translate strategic guidance into cyber missions, CONOPS, operational plans, and capability priorities.

Responsibilities

• Assess cyber strategies, policies, missions, and planning with partner nation counterparts; identify gaps and advising priorities.
• Translate national/defense guidance into cyber objectives, missions, and capability requirements.
• Develop or refine CONOPS, DCO plans and annexes, staff procedures, and planning tools.
• Integrate defensive cyber into land, air, maritime, space, and cyberspace planning with mission analysis and COA development.
• Analyze cyber dependencies affecting command and control, and identify protection priorities for continued operations.
• Advise on command relationships, information sharing, and incident-response coordination; align prep and recovery with priorities.
• Design and facilitate planning workshops and tabletop exercises; document risks and actionable recommendations.
• Prepare planning products, capability-gap inputs, and AM&E inputs; connect findings to actions.

Skills

Cyber strategy

Policy advisory

Operational planning

CONOPS development

Job description

Opportunity (Part-Time): Cyber Strategy and Policy Advisor – Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Bottom Line Up Front

Hoplite Group is seeking an experienced Cyber Strategy and Policy Advisor to support a U.S. Government advising effort focused on the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) Area of Responsibility. The advisor will help partner-nation defense stakeholders align cyber strategy and policy with operational missions, defensive cyberspace planning, and institutional capability priorities.

Location

Remote support (CONUS) and forward engagements (OCONUS) as part of a U.S. Government advising effort.

Level of Effort

• Non-Travel months: Approximately 20-30 hours of remote monthly support
• OCONUS Engagement months: Approximately 80-100 hours/month
• Travel: Anticipate quarterly OCONUS engagements, Initial travel anticipated January 2027

Availability

Immediate

Objective

Strengthen partner nation's ability to translate defense strategy into operationally relevant cyber missions and plans, integrate defensive cyber operations (DCO) into all-domain operations, and develop the institutions needed to generate and sustain those capabilities. Assist partner nation in drafting cyber policy and doctrine.

Advisor Responsibilities

• The advisor will assess cyber strategies, policies, missions, and planning processes with partner nation counterparts; identify strengths, gaps, dependencies, and advising priorities.
• Translate national and defense strategic guidance into cyber objectives, missions, operational concepts, planning assumptions, and capability requirements.
• Develop or refine concepts of operations (CONOPS), DCO plans and annexes, staff procedures, and planning tools supporting assigned defense missions.
• Integrate defensive cyber into land, air, maritime, space, and cyberspace planning, including mission analysis, course-of-action development, synchronization, and assessment.
• Analyze cyber dependencies affecting command and control, situational awareness, maneuver, fires, and sustainment; identify protection priorities and options for continued operations under degraded conditions.
• Advise on command and support relationships, reporting, escalation, information sharing, and incident-response coordination; align defensive preparation, response, recovery, and reconstitution with commander priorities.
• Design and facilitate planning workshops and tabletop exercises; document mission risks, planning gaps, decisions, and actionable recommendations.
• Prepare planning products, capability-gap inputs, engagement materials, and assessment, monitoring, and evaluation (AM&E) inputs. Work with the senior advisor to connect findings to institutional actions and implementation priorities.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant defense experience, including military cyberspace strategy development and operational planning.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic guidance into cyber missions, CONOPS, operational plans, and capability priorities.