Onsite Cyber Operations Planner | DoD Defensive Cyberspace

Piper Companies; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Cyber Operations Planner to support a DoD Cyberspace Command program in Fort Meade, MD. This full‑time onsite role focuses on defensive cyberspace operations, ensuring planning aligns with enterprise mission requirements and DODIN operations.

Responsibilities include FUOPS planning, JPP coordination, and delivering briefings to SES/GO/FO leadership. Requires TS/SCI clearance and JPME I, with extensive joint planning experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8–10 years of combined education and experience.
• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance, eligible for CI Polygraph.
• Joint Professional Military Education Level I (JPME I).
• Experience integrating diverse stakeholder inputs into detailed operational plans.
• Working knowledge of JP 3‑12 Cyberspace Operations, JP 3‑0 Operations, JP 5‑0 Joint Planning.

Responsibilities

• Conduct FUOPS planning and execution for defensive cyberspace operations.
• Understand product linkages and dependencies within the Joint Strategic Planning System (JSPS).
• Apply operational art and design principles for defensive cyberspace planning.
• Lead and support deliberate planning using the Joint Planning Process (JPP).
• Coordinate and de-conflict inputs with service cyber components and commands.
• Develop and deliver briefings to SES/GO/FO leadership.
• Author CONOPS and staff plans including Estimates, CONPLANS and OPLANS.

Skills

Operational planning

Stakeholder briefing

Joint Planning

JIPOE inputs

Defense cyber

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Cyber Operations Planner to support a DoD Cyberspace Command program in Fort Meade, MD. This full‑time onsite role focuses on defensive cyberspace operations, ensuring planning aligns with enterprise mission requirements and DODIN operations.

Responsibilities include FUOPS planning, JPP coordination, and delivering briefings to SES/GO/FO leadership. Requires TS/SCI clearance and JPME I, with extensive joint planning experience.