Defensive Cyber Operations SME
Booz Allen Hamilton
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Job summary
Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Defensive Cyber Operations SME to advise partner nation military organizations on developing and integrating defensive cyberspace capabilities. You will help design cyber organizational structures and coordinate planning across commands and interagency partners to advance national security objectives.
The role requires extensive experience in cyberspace operations, joint planning, and intelligence coordination, with a focus on national security and defense
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience with military cyberspace operations.
- 5+ years of experience directly supporting cyberspace operations or joint operational planning at the operational or strategic level.
- Experience serving in a military cyberspace operations officer role.
- Experience planning, synchronizing, and deconflicting military cyberspace operations across commands and interagency entities.
- Experience developing and implementing national cyber frameworks and organizational structures.
Responsibilities
- Advise partner nation military organizations on defensive cyberspace capabilities and integration into joint planning.
- Design and develop cyber organizational structures, command relationships, and operational coordination mechanisms.
- Support the establishment of cyberspace capabilities within Ministry of Defense or Joint Headquarters.
- Coordinate with partner intelligence organizations on cyberspace planning and execution.
Skills
Education
Job description
Join a culture of empowerment and connectivity.
Learn the skills you need to accelerate your career.
Discover benefits that support your life and work.
Build mission-ready tech that protects the nation.
As an expert in defense missions, your unique background inspires you to think bigger, push further, and askquestions others don’t. We need your extensive industry knowledge and advisory skills to solve some of ourclients’ most complex problems and find solutions that keep our nation safe.
You will serve as a defensive cyber operations subject matter expert advising partner nation military organizations on the development, integration, and operationalization of defensive cyberspace capabilities, including non-resident advising on the integration of cyberspace operations into joint and combined military planning using the U.S. Joint Planning Process ( JPP ) and supporting the design and development of cyber organizational structures, command relationships, and operational coordination mechanisms. These advising efforts will support a partner nation’s ability to establish cyberspace capabilities within its Ministry of Defense, Joint Headquarters, or Service Headquarters.
Join us. The world can’t wait.
- 7+ years of experience with military cyberspace operations as a cyberspace operations officer
- 5+ years of experience directly supporting cyberspace operations or joint operational planning at the operational or strategic-level
- Experience servicing in a military cyberspace operations officer role
- Experience planning, synchronizing, and deconflicting military cyberspace operations across combatant commands and interagency entities
- Experience developing and implementing national cyber operational frameworks and supporting the design and development of cyberspace organizational structures, command relationships, and operational coordination mechanisms
- Experience integrating cyberspace operations into joint and combined military planning using the JPP
- Experience integrating operational intelligence into cyberspace planning and execution in coordination with partner intelligence organizations
- Knowledge of Joint Publication 5.0, U.S. joint cyberspace fires doctrine, and the integration of non-kinetic effects within joint targeting cycles
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, Military Studies, or National Security
- Experience supporting partner nations with the development of defensive cyber operations
- Experience advising foreign military or partner nation organizations on the development, integration, or employment of cyberspace capabilities
- Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, Military Operational Art, National Security, Strategic Studies, or a related field
- Advanced Cyber Certification s such as CISSP, CISM, or CEH Certification s
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements foraccess to classified information ; Secret clearance is required.
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 $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (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.
As an expert in defense missions, your unique background inspires you to think bigger, push further, and askquestions others don’t. We need your extensive industry knowledge and advisory skills to solve some of ourclients’ most complex problems and find solutions that keep our nation safe.
You will serve as a defensive cyber operations subject matter expert advising partner nation military organizations on the development, integration, and operationalization of defensive cyberspace capabilities, including non-resident advising on the integration of cyberspace operations into joint and combined military planning using the U.S. Joint Planning Process ( JPP ) and supporting the design and development of cyber organizational structures, command relationships, and operational coordination mechanisms. These advising efforts will support a partner nation’s ability to establish cyberspace capabilities within its Ministry of Defense, Joint Headquarters, or Service Headquarters.
Join us. The world can’t wait.
- 7+ years of experience with military cyberspace operations as a cyberspace operations officer
- 5+ years of experience directly supporting cyberspace operations or joint operational planning at the operational or strategic-level
- Experience servicing in a military cyberspace operations officer role
- Experience planning, synchronizing, and deconflicting military cyberspace operations across combatant commands and interagency entities
- Experience developing and implementing national cyber operational frameworks and supporting the design and development of cyberspace organizational structures, command relationships, and operational coordination mechanisms
- Experience integrating cyberspace operations into joint and combined military planning using the JPP
- Experience integrating operational intelligence into cyberspace planning and execution in coordination with partner intelligence organizations
- Knowledge of Joint Publication 5.0, U.S. joint cyberspace fires doctrine, and the integration of non-kinetic effects within joint targeting cycles
- Secret clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, Military Studies, or National Security
- Experience supporting partner nations with the development of defensive cyber operations
- Experience advising foreign military or partner nation organizations on the development, integration, or employment of cyberspace capabilities
- Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, Military Operational Art, National Security, Strategic Studies, or a related field
- Advanced Cyber Certification s such as CISSP, CISM, or CEH Certification s
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements foraccess to classified information ; Secret clearance is required.
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 $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (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.
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.
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.
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. 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 or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
- Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
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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