Cyberspace OCO Planner (FLTCYBERCOM)

Kastellum; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kastellum is seeking a Cyberspace Operations Planner to support U.S. Fleet Cyber Command N53 in Fort Meade, Maryland. This role requires extensive experience (10 years) in military or government operations related to cyberspace, including operational planning and knowledge of the Joint Planning Process. The successful candidate must possess a TS/SCI clearance and be able to draft various planning documents. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in cybersecurity, information operations, and must have at least a high school diploma, with a preferred bachelor's degree.

Qualifications

• 10 years experience in a military or government cyberspace strategic and operational environment.
• 3 years experience with operational planning on a joint staff.
• Experience in drafting operations orders and planning documents.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic context, operational design, and mission analysis.
• Conceptualize frameworks to explain operational environment.
• Develop plans for exercises and operations.

Skills

Experience in military or government supporting cyberspace operations

Operational planning on a joint staff

Experience with the Joint Planning Process (JPP)

Coordinating operational requirements

Drafting executive summaries

Education

High School diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

KASTELLUM Group is seeking a Cyberspace Operations Planner to support U.S. Fleet Cyber Command N53 Future Plans in Maryland.

Key Role

Support strategic context, operational design, and mission analysis. Apply critical and creative thinking to define the nature of complex national security problems. Conceptualize and construct frameworks to explain the operational environment. Analyze client’s mission and intent, organizational relationships and purpose of proposed operations to develop strategic knowledge of the operational environment and frame mission analysis. Design and shape impending operations using knowledge of the operational environment to develop broad operational approach. Develop Plans and Orders in support of exercises and wargaming, offensive and defensive operations, crises and contingencies, and combat operations. Develop plans using all phases of the Joint Planning Process (JPP). Conduct capability assessments including force readiness projections, risks/vulnerabilities, and adversarial parameters. Apply Joint doctrine and publications to develop Planning Orders (PLANORDS), Execution Orders (EXORDS), Operation Plans (OPLANS), Concept of Operation Plans (CONPLANS), Campaign Plans, Theater Strategy, and cooperative security agreements to plan cyberspace operations. Draft Warning Orders (WARNORDS), Operation Orders (OPORDS), and assessment guidance.

Must Have

• 10 years of experience in military or government supporting a cyberspace strategic and operational environment or cryptologic mission in a professional environment
• 3 years of experience with operational planning on a joint staff, combatant command (CCMD), or Service component staff
• Experience with the Joint Planning Process (JPP)
• Experience with participating in planning conferences, drafting reviews, and developing PLANORDS, EXORDS, OPLANS, CONPLANS, WARNORDS, and OPORDS
• Experience supporting Operational Planning Teams (OPTs), Joint Planning Groups (JPGs), or Maritime Planning Groups (MPGs)
• Experience with coordinating operational requirements amongst internal and external staff and agencies
• Experience with developing and revising DoD Joint planning doctrines and processes
• Knowledge of Offensive Cyberspace Operations (OCO), Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO), signals intelligence (SIGINT), information operations (IO), or space and electronic warfare
• Ability to draft executive summaries and make recommendations
• TS/SCI clearance with current polygraph
• HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have

• Experience in the Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) planning process (formerly known as JOPES – Joint Operation Planning and Execution System)
• Experience in DoD Information Technology (IT), Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN), or cyberspace tactical environments
• Experience with preparing project charters and with leading and organizing operational assessment efforts including working groups, development of MOPs and MOEs, and data analytics
• Experience with analyzing operational assessment methodologies and decision criteria and with preparing and presenting briefings to senior leadership
• Experience with Cybersecurity and Cyberspace operations principles and practices
• Knowledge of operations in mission areas including network operations, network defense, signals intelligence, information operations, space, or electronic warfare
• Ability to create and maintain KM solutions and execute MS Excel and MS PowerPoint functions
• Bachelor’s degree
• Joint Officer Designation preferred
• Completed Joint Cyber Operations Planners Course (JCOPC)