Senior Joint Cyberspace Fires Lead

Leidos; Odenton (MD); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a highly qualified professional in Odenton, MD, to lead and integrate Cyber Operations with Joint Fires within a DoD/IC framework. The role requires TS/SCI clearance, advanced degrees, and extensive experience in cyberspace operations and fires coordination.

Responsibilities include targeting cycles, legal considerations, and cross-agency collaboration to deliver integrated cyber effects. Strong communication and planning skills are essential in a fast-paced, critical mission

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance required.
• BA/BS degree in National Security, cybersecurity, IT, or computer science with 12 years’ experience or Master’s with 10 years.
• Five+ years’ experience in Joint Fires within cyberspace operations.
• Five+ years’ experience in Fires coordination for military organizations and COCOM.
• Intimate familiarity with military operations and planning phases.
• Extensive knowledge of Joint Fires tactics and doctrine.
• Broad knowledge of Blue-space Cyber capabilities.
• Ability to translate complex CO information for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working across DoD and IC agencies.

Responsibilities

• Support and drive Cyber Operations aligned with mission objectives.
• Lead targeting selection, validation, synchronization, and integration within Cyber Warfare.
• Integrate CO with Joint Fires targeting processes.
• Provide leadership with situational awareness on planned and active CO operations.
• Advise leadership on CO usage with attention to legal considerations.
• Coordinate CO across USG, DoD, and allied partners to ensure unity of effort.
• Review and prioritize operational requirements for cyber capabilities.
• Analyze internal and external CO capabilities and tools.
• Navigate organizational structures related to full-spectrum CO.
• Communicate complex information clearly to diverse audiences.

Skills

Cyber Operations

Joint Fires

Targeting cycles

Planning & execution

Intelligence support

DoD/IC coordination

Communication skills

Cross-organizational collaboration

Education

BA/BS degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Power BI

Cyber infrastructure platforms

Job description

Description

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact? At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Support and drive Cyber Operations (CO) by ensuring alignment within broader Agency mission, objectives, and on-going and planned operations.
• Lead targeting selection, validation, synchronization, and enable integration during the execution of activities within Cyber Warfare domain as aligned with Agency and sub-element mission objectives.
• Integrate CO with greater Joint Fires targeting process to ensure CO achieve desired effect supporting USG, DoD, and service-specific objectives.
• Provide situational awareness to appropriate leadership on planned, on-going, and completed CO and support operational effects reporting process to ensure accountability of actions and to support follow-on operations.
• Advise appropriate leadership on effective use of CO informed through intimate knowledge of tools, techniques, and tactics that enable CO, and accounting for risks, opportunities, and legal considerations of actions within cyberspace.
• Demonstrate knowledge of cyber threats and attack methods and techniques emanating from state and non-state adversaries and tiered vulnerabilities within Blue Space as focus of threats.
• Incorporate continuous feedback and learning loop generated by operational outcomes to drive coordination of Joint Fires planning and execution process.
• Support coordination of CO across USG, DoD, and allied and coalition partners to ensure unity of effort.
• Review, approve, prioritize, and submit operational requirements for research, development, and/or acquisition of cyber capabilities.
• Analyze and assess internal and external partner CO capabilities and tools.
• Navigate organizational structure as it pertains to full spectrum CO, including the functions, responsibilities, and interrelationships among distinct internal elements.
• Integrate and synchronize intelligence support activities with operational planning and execution timelines.
• Communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Active Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) with Polygraph security clearance required. Must be SCI eligible if no current SCI.
• BA/BS degree in field related to National Security, cybersecurity, Information Technology (IT), or computer science with 12 years’ prior experience within Cyber operational community in any capacity or Master’s Degree with 10 years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Five or greater years’ relevant and recent experience supporting Joint Fires within the cyberspace operations community.
• Five or greater years’ relevant and recent experience in providing subject matter expertise in Joint or service-specific Fires coordination in support of military organizations and COCOM Joint Fires efforts.
• Intimate familiarity with military operations including phases of planning, approval, and execution.
• Extensive knowledge of Joint Fires tactics, techniques, and procedures and appropriate Joint Fires doctrine.
• Broad knowledge of Blue-space Cyber capabilities and demonstrate understanding of available Cyber infrastructure or platforms to conduct range of CO.
• Knowledge of CO intelligence support needs, topics, and focus areas.
• Knowledge of computer networking fundamentals as well as concepts, terminology, and operations of a wide range of communications media (computer and telephone networks, satellite, fiber, wireless).
• Able to execute the Joint Operations Planning Process (JOPP) to support in operational-level planning.
• Demonstrated expertise in targeting cycles, rules of engagement, and the legal aspects of employing cyber effects in support of joint operations.
• Project management experience (e.g., responsible for handling project scope, cost, resources, risk, and schedule).
• Ability to support timely, accurate, relevant analytical production, to include documents, summaries, issue papers, talking points, and briefings.
• Ability to effectively translate complex technical information related to CO to language accessible to both highly technical and general audiences.
• Demonstrated proficiency working in a fast-paced collaborative environment, ability to proactively multi-task and meet short deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal, critical thinking, and communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey complex and technical data to nontechnical consumers.
• Able to work across Department of Defense and Intelligence Community agencies to support organizational goals.

Favorable If You Have

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or like certification provided by USG or military service.
• Joint Professional Military Education, Phase II (JPME II) graduate, or civilian equivalency.
• Formal training within field of Cyber Warfare and Joint Operations.
• Familiar with art of Data Science and applicability to CO.
• Familiar with Microsoft Power BI data visualization software.
• Formal training as Joint Fires planner and integrator.
• Graduate of service-level Fires professional education.
• Prior experience within DoD on 2-Star level or higher staff within G-J3/5/7 as Fires planner and integrator.
• Intimate familiarity with Agency organizational structure and mission.
• Prior experience supporting Joint operations across multiple warfighting domains.
• Desired Certifications: DoD 8570 IAT Level II (CCNA Security, COMPTIA CySA+, COMPTIA Security + CE, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP).

COSS

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Original Posting

July 24, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay And Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

• Competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.