Cyber Operations Trainer

KNIGHT FEDERAL SOLUTIONS INC • Suffolk, VA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Knight Federal Solutions is seeking a Cyber Operations Trainer to support the Joint Staff J7, Joint Training, Deployable Training Division (DTD) in Suffolk, VA. This role involves providing a continuum of individual, staff, and collective joint training to enhance the operational effectiveness of the joint force. The selected candidate will offer observation, training, and feedback at the operational and strategic levels to Joint Force Commanders and their staffs during joint and multi-national training, exercises, and staff assist visits. The focus will be on the planning of Cyber Operations, their synchronization across war fighting functions and domains, and their integration into lethal and non-lethal fires and globally integrated operations. The position requires knowledge and/or experience in planning cyber operations at the theater operational and/or national strategic level. The trainer will act as a subject matter expert and integrate into the DTD’s Fires and Effects Section, mentoring new Observer Trainers (OTs) and participating as a member of Deployable Training Teams (DTTs). Responsibilities include analyzing key command challenges, conducting cross-functional analysis, researching strategic documents, and developing feedback and after-action reports. The role also involves developing and facilitating seminars for the National Defense University’s Senior Leader Education Program.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of professional and/or military operational experience; or specialized technical training and certifications directly related to the requirement.
• Master’s degree with a minimum of 6 years of professional and/or military operational experience; or specialized technical training and certifications directly related to the requirement.
• Joint Forces Staff College or Service equivalent.
• Thorough understanding of cyber operations and experience at the operational level.
• Must be willing to travel worldwide, to include areas considered hazardous duty (up to 25% of the time).
• Must have an active U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret security clearance once aboard.
• Must be able to work on-site in Suffolk, Virginia.

Nice To Haves

• Combatant Command, Joint Task Force, Division, Afloat staff, or Wing staff experience.
• Understanding of the requirements for staffs to support the commander’s decision cycle.
• Understanding of the Joint Planning Process (JPP).
• Experience with the preparation and conduct of seminars or study groups for flag officers.
• Ability to write and prepare operational orders and plans.
• Experience in the compilation and presentation in both written and oral formats of lessons learned and after action review material.
• Experience with operational planning efforts at the operational and strategic levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide observation, training, and feedback at the operational and strategic levels to Joint Force Commanders and their staffs during joint and multi-national training, exercises, and staff assist visits.
• Focus observation, training, and feedback on the planning of Cyber Operations, their synchronization across war fighting functions and domains, and their integration into lethal and non-lethal fires and globally integrated operations.
• Act as a subject matter expert and trainer in cyber operations in joint, multinational, interagency, and globally integrated exercises and operations.
• Integrate into, contribute to, and provide functional continuity in the DTD’s Fires and Effects Section.
• Mentor, train, and support new Observer Trainers (OTs).
• Participate as a member of Deployable Training Teams (DTTs) observing, training, and providing feedback to commanders and their staffs during Chairman’s Exercise Program (CEP) exercises and other joint and multinational exercises, as well as for Mission Rehearsal Exercises and Staff Assistance Visits for named operations.
• Ascertain key command challenges at the operational and strategic levels of war and conduct cross-functional analysis of information gathered from joint exercises and training events for the development of lessons learned, insights, and best practices.
• Research national strategic documents, historical exercise documents, real world operations, the operating environment, command mission, organization, plans, and orders, as well as interagency and coalition policies, strategies, and plans.
• Conduct trend analysis, understand and improve battle rhythms, provide observation and training, tie phased operational planning to strategic thought, and develop feedback.
• Develop the Commander’s Facilitated After-Action Review (FAAR), Executive Summary Report (ESR), Combined Functional Report (CFR), and Internal After Action Review (IAAR), Post-event debriefs and summaries, and input into the Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS).
• Update and maintain documents, articles, and periodicals such as "Joint Operations Insights and Best Practices" and joint functional area focus papers.
• Develop and facilitate seminars for the National Defense University’s Senior Leader Education Program Joint Operations Modules (PINNACLE, CAPSTONE, and KEYSTONE).

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other protected classification.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior