Cyber Wargame Analyst, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton; Fort Meade, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Fort Meade, MD seeks a seasoned wargame professional to support DoD exercises, wargames, and certification events, enabling command readiness from strategic to tactical levels.

You will shape objectives, craft scenarios, facilitate discussions, and produce after-action reports while advising on warfighting disciplines and JPPL/JELC processes. This role requires active TS/SCI clearance and a strong DoD/IC background.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading and executing wargame activities.
• Experience with intelligence analysis or operational planning at senior levels.
• Experience with DoD Joint Planning Process (JPP) and Joint Exercise Lifecycle (JELC).
• Experience with project management processes and principles.
• Experience with DoD and interagency partners.
• Experience with facilitating wargame data collection, after-action reviews, and associated analytic reporting.
• Ability to identify, assess, interpret and report potential threats.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam.

Responsibilities

• Shape objectives and craft wargaming constructs.
• Author scenarios and facilitate participant discussions.
• Produce after-action reports and briefings.
• Advise on warfighting disciplines, COA analysis, and strategy development.
• Coordinate exercise planning with the Joint Exercise Lifecycle (JELC).
• Support range configuration and OPFOR emulation activities.

Skills

Wargaming experience

Intelligence analysis

JPP/JELC

Project management

DoD liaison

AAR facilitation

Threat analysis

TS/SCI clearance

Job description

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Support the develop ment and execution of a DoD client's exercises, wargames, tabletop exercises ( TTXs ) , and certification events to enable command readiness at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels for a range of internal and external participants from senior military leaders to action officers. Shape objectives, craft wargaming constructs, author scenarios, facilitate participant discussions, and author after-action reports and briefings. Advise on the application of warfighting disciplines, COA analysis, strategy develop ment, and organizational processes or procedures to craft wargames that allow participants to test assumptions and gain stakeholder buy-in. Support exercise planning in accordance with the Joint Exercise Lifecycle ( JELC ) and support exercise and wargame activities through advice on potential cyberspace threat actors and their impact on military operations and government activities, develop ment of exercise intelligence products, and production of event artifacts. Coordinate with US Cyber Command network range and OPFOR emulators to ensure range configuration and OPFOR emulation activities are in accordance with exercise objectives. Provide leadership, coaching, and training in wargaming to junior employees.

You Have:

5+ years of experience with leading, planning, organizing, and executing wargame activities

Experience with intelligence analysis or operational planning, including policy review and assisting with policy develop ment at Service Component or Combatant Command level, or the intelligence community or interagency

Experience with DoD Joint Planning Process ( JPP ) and Joint Exercise Lifecycle ( JELC ) planning process

Experience with project management processes and principles

Experience with DoD and interagency partners

Experience with facilitating wargame data collection, after-action reviews, and asso cia ced analytic reporting

Ability to apply analysis to identifying, assessing, interpreting, and reporting potential threats

Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam

Nice If You Have:

Experience working in a military staff environment

Experience with briefing and delivering training to senior military and civilian leaders

Knowledge of Cyberspace operations

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information ; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,800.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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