Cybersecurity Exercise Planner

By Light Professional IT Services; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 115,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

By Light Professional IT Services is seeking a senior cyber exercise planner to support DoD DISA operations at Fort Meade. The role involves planning real-time cyber exercises, linking objectives to events, and drafting orders and directives to meet training and readiness goals.

The candidate will apply analytical methods to measure effectiveness, develop plans like JTP and JEP, and participate in tabletop exercises and ROC drills, leveraging a TS/SCI clearance and ITIL knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related discipline or equivalent experience.
• 8–12 years of combined education and experience preferred.
• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance and eligible for polygraph.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with CJCSI/JCSM frameworks and JTIMS.

Responsibilities

• Provide cyber exercise planning support across the Joint Event Lifecycle.
• Develop training objectives and map them to events and assessments.
• Coordinate with team members and apply analytics to measure effectiveness.
• Support Joint Training Plan (JTP) and Joint Exercise Plan (JEP) alignment.
• Plan and participate in Tabletop Exercises and ROC drills.

Skills

Critical thinking

Advanced presentation

Written communication

DoD TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Tools

ITIL v3 Foundation

Job description

By Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.
This position will support the DISA GSM-O II Task Number 25 (TN25) Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command (DCDC). GSM-O II provides network operations and cyber defense support to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in support of the DoD and COCOMs. The selected candidate shall execute in real time, determine how to use military capabilities in time and space to achieve objectives while considering the associated risks.

• Provide comprehensive cyber exercise planning support for all assigned events throughout the Joint Event Lifecycle (JELC) by linking training objectives to internal and/or external events in order to meet annual assessment requirements. This may include hosting meetings to coordinate internal and external requirements, drafting exercise related orders, to include the initiating and execution directives, maintaining the exercise SharePoint planning portal, representing the command at the JELC events to incorporate command objectives, identify gaps, and gather external requirements, and drafting cyber scenarios with sufficient detail to meet command exercise and training objectives
• Identify, support the development of, and manage training objectives within the Joint Training and Information Management System (JTIMS)
• Coordinate with team members and apply analytical methodologies to develop measurements of effectiveness/performance for training objectives and operational scenarios
• Support the development of the Joint Training Plan (JTP) and the Joint Exercise Plan, (JEP) by aligning training objectives to events that support assessments and Command readiness
• Support the planning of internal / external events to meet command readiness requirements to include planning, organizing, coordinating, and participating in Tabletop Exercises (TTXs), rehearsal of concept (ROC) drills, and daily operations.
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline with 8 to 12 years of applicable combined education and experience; additional related years of experience is accepted in lieu of a degree
• Possess a comprehensive understanding of the Joint Training System as outlined in Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff Instruction (CJCSI) 3500.01and Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff Manual (CJCSM) 3500.03, how it is maintained through the JTIMS, tracked in JLLIS, and interfaces to support the Joint Readiness process through the Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS)
• Critical/logical thinking skills
• Advanced communications and presentations skills (verbal and written) enabling precise conveyance of information across all CC/S/A/FA with command and proper enunciation of the English language
• ITIL v3 Foundation certified
• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance and eligible for C/I Polygraph
  

Salary Minimum $115,000
Salary Maximum $175,000
The annual base salary provided is a guideline for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. When extending an offer, By Light also considers other variables such as (but not limited to) work experience, education, training, skill set, internal peer equity, clearance level, and market conditions. In addition, By Light provides an extensive selection of benefits and offerings to our employees.