Information Operations Planner

MANTECH; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career- and customer-oriented Senior Information Operations Planner to join our team in Fort Meade, MD. The role focuses on performing joint IO/IW planning, supporting administrative, technical, security, and intelligence activities, and integrating information-related capabilities into operations plans.

The successful candidate will review national strategies, contribute to annexes and estimates across EW, MILDEC, CO, OPSEC, and more, and travel up to 25% as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 9+ years of experience or higher education alternative as listed in qualifications.
• Experience planning in Information Operations mission areas, including Cyber.

Responsibilities

• Perform joint IO/IW planning and develop tactical, operational, and strategic joint plans.
• Provide administrative, technical, analytical, security, operations, and intelligence support for IO/IW/IRC and sensitive activities.
• Review, analyze, and advise on the impact of national-level strategies, policies, and joint doctrine.

Skills

IO planning

Cyber

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

High School

Associates

Master’s

PhD

Job description

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior Information Operations Planner to join our team in Fort Meade, MD.

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Perform joint Information Operations (IO) and Information Warfare (IW) planning, including conducting IO and IW-based research, and developing tactical, operational, and strategic joint plans. This includes providing administrative, technical, analytical, security, operations, and intelligence support services for the development, planning, staffing, coordination, and assessment of IO, IW, Information Related Capabilities (IRC), and sensitive activities and actions
• Review, analyze, and advise on the impact of national-level strategies, policies, and joint doctrine
• Provide appendices, annexes, tabs, and estimates, including Electronic Warfare (EW), Military Deception (MILDEC), Cyberspace Operations (CO), Operational Security (OPSEC) Plans, Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations (IJSTO), and IW for joint planning
• Incorporate information-related capabilities and sensitive activities into operations orders, annexes, and evaluation/assessment plans
• Possible travel up to 25%

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 9+ years’ experience OR High School and 13+ yrs experience OR Associates and 11+ yrs OR experience OR Master’s and 7+ yrs experience OR PhD and 5+ yrs experience
• Experience planning in Information Operations mission areas, to include Cyber.

Preferred Qualifications

• Military planning education such as Joint Information Operations Planner Course (JIOPC), Cyber Operations Planning Course (COPC), Joint Phase Military Education (JPME) Phase 1, or equivalent
• Advanced military planning educational courses such as JPME Phase 2, or graduation from any Advance Warfighting School

Clearance Requirements

• Must have a current/active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Physical Requirements

• The person in this position must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, via email, phone, and or virtual communication, which may involve delivering presentations.