Cyberspace Exercise Planner, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Fort Meade, MD seeks a Senior Cyberspace Exercise Planner to apply operational planning methods to exercise design and execution across Joint Staff style exercises.

The role requires extensive experience with JPP, JOPES, and APEX, a TS/SCI clearance, and the ability to brief senior leaders and coordinate service-component level activities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with JPP, JOPES, and APEX planning formats
• 5+ years guiding as a Joint Operations Planner
• Experience leading or contributing to design, planning, organization, and execution of large-scale exercises
• Knowledge of the Joint Training Program (JTP) and JELC doctrine and processes
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph
• Bachelor's degree required

Responsibilities

• Develop exercise plans and directives using JPP/JELC.
• Coordinate joint operational planning for training and exercises.
• Provide input to briefings and transition concepts to execution.
• Contribute to data analysis to design accurate, realistic exercise materials.

Skills

JPP/JOPES/APEX

Joint Ops Planning

Security clearance TS/SCI

JTP/JELC knowledge

Polygraph readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

PME JPME 2 / SAMS / SAWS / SAAS / JAWS

Job description

Cyberspace Exercise Planner, Senior The Opportunity

Apply a broad understanding of how to organize groups to build a shared understanding of complex challenges. Facilitate collective problem-solving, analysis, and implementation of new solutions and best practices. Develop exercise plans and directives through the application of operational art and operational design and by using the Joint Planning Process (JPP) through the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC). Provide input to briefings, transition concepts to execution, and assist in the coordination of joint operational planning in support of training and exercises. Provide input to address shortfalls, prioritize and validate requirements, and modify planning efforts based on the changing cyberspace environment. Monitor and review strategies, doctrine, policies, directives, and instructions for education and training from higher echelon headquarters and make recommendations to ensure compliance and consideration in planning efforts and directed wargames as required. Contribute to data analysis to design accurate and realistic exercise materials that result in improved organizational mission performance. Participate in response cells replicating staff processes and products of the Joint Staff and Combatant Command Headquarters.

You Have

• 5+ years of experience with JPP, JOPES, and APEX planning formats
• 5+ years of experience with guiding as a Joint Operations Planner
• Experience leading or materially contributing to the design, planning, organization, and execution of Combatant Command or Service-Component level Command Post Exercises, Staff Exercises, or Field Training Exercises
• Knowledge of the Joint Training Program (JTP) and JELC doctrine and processes
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have

• Experience briefing and delivering training to senior military and civilian leaders
• Experience with exercise planning at the Service Component or Combatant Command level
• Experience with project management processes and principles
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Graduate of Professional Military Education in JPME 2, SAMS, SAWS, SAAS, or JAWS
• 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.

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