Intelligence Plans Integration Lead

Peraton; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an Intelligence Plans Integration Lead to serve as the senior intelligence planning authority embedded within the USCYBERCOM J2 Directorate. This critical role ensures that J2 intelligence equities are represented throughout operational and exercise planning.

Qualifications include a bachelor's degree in Strategic Intelligence or a related field, extensive military planning experience, and a Top Secret/SCI security clearance. The Plans Lead integrates intelligence operations into all planning levels and works alongside military planners.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of military planning experience; 5+ years in joint or intelligence planning.
• Top Secret/SCI clearance required.
• Expert knowledge of joint planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Integrate intelligence operations in command planning processes.
• Ensure intelligence requirements are fully integrated into plans.
• Support campaign, deliberate, crisis action, and time-sensitive planning.

Skills

Military planning experience

Intelligence operations

Joint Planning experience

Cyberspace operations planning

Expert understanding of intelligence production

Education

Bachelor's degree in Strategic Intelligence or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

JPES (Joint Planning and Execution System)

Intellipedia

SharePoint

Job description

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 20 years of military planning experience. Minimum 5 years in joint planning or intelligence planning environments. Demonstrated experience providing planning support at the General Officer/Flag Officer (GO/FO) level. Cyberspace operations planning experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree required in Strategic Intelligence, National Security, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred. Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase I and/or Phase II preferred.
• Must have Top Secret/SCI with CI Poly Security clearance.
• Expert‑level knowledge of the joint planning community and associated processes.
• Expert understanding of intelligence operations and production in support of joint planning.
• Demonstrated experience with JPES (Joint Planning and Execution System).
• Experience across campaign, deliberate, crisis action, and time‑sensitive planning processes.
• Proficiency in Annex B and Force Support Package (FSP) development.
• Deep understanding of Joint Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment (JIPOE) methodology.
• Meets DoD 8140 requirements for Cyber Intelligence Planner (DCWF IN-331) at the Advanced proficiency level.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with MISO and MILDEC planning integration.
• Background in cyberspace intelligence planning.
• Proficiency with Intellipedia, SharePoint, PAC, BICES, Chippewa, Stoneghost, and/or !Space collaboration platforms.
• Prior experience supporting USCYBERCOM or a component command.
• Experience with Offensive Cyberspace Operations (OCO) and Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) planning.
• Graduate of joint planning course.

Job Overview

The Intelligence Plans Integration Lead (Plans Lead) serves as Peraton’s senior intelligence planning authority embedded within the USCYBERCOM J2 Directorate. The role reports to the Peraton Program Manager for corporate and contract matters while embedding directly within joint planning processes alongside military planners. The Plans Lead ensures J2 intelligence equities are represented in every phase of operational and exercise planning, serving as the critical link between Peraton’s planning support and the command’s operational planning architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Integrates intelligence operations into command planning processes for both operations and exercises across all planning horizons.
• Assigns the right personnel to Joint Planning Groups (JPGs), Operational Planning Teams (OPTs), and Board, Bureaus, Centers, Cells, and Working Groups (B2C2WG) activities.
• Champions J2 equities — including intelligence gain/loss considerations, access needs, and operational assessments — during all planning activities.
• Supports Annex B development for operational plans, ensuring intelligence requirements are fully integrated.
• Coordinates Master Scenario Event List (MESL) inputs to ensure intelligence tasks are accurately captured.
• Identifies collection planning requirements for Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) and post‑mission assessments.
• Ensures integration among planners across the command and subordinate commands, maintaining unity of effort.
• Creates the best operational intelligence picture for leadership to support decision‑making at all planning levels.
• Supports campaign planning, deliberate planning, crisis action planning, and time‑sensitive planning processes.
• Develops and maintains NISP, Annex B, and Force Support Package (FSP) documentation.
• Provides deep Joint Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment (JIPOE) expertise to planning teams.
• Coordinates with subordinate commands and partner organizations to synchronize intelligence planning efforts.