Cyberspace Exercise Planner, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton • Fort Meade, MD

11d • $69,400 - $158,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Cyberspace Exercise Planner develops exercise plans and directives using operational art, operational design, the Joint Planning Process (JPP), and the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC). The role supports training and exercises by contributing to briefings, transitioning concepts to execution, and coordinating joint operational planning. It also helps address shortfalls, prioritize and validate requirements, and adjust planning in response to changes in the cyberspace environment.

The planner reviews higher-echelon strategies, doctrine, policies, directives, and training instructions, recommending ways to ensure compliance and account for those materials in planning and directed wargames. The role contributes to data analysis and the design of realistic exercise materials intended to improve organizational mission performance, and participates in response cells that replicate Joint Staff and Combatant Command headquarters processes and products.

The position is based at Fort Meade, Maryland, and is not listed as remote. Applicants must hold an active TS/SCI clearance and be willing to take a polygraph exam. The projected annual compensation range is $69,400 to $158,000. Booz Allen describes benefits that include health, life, disability, financial and retirement benefits, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, dependent care, and recognition awards. The position is full-time; regular full-time employees are eligible for the company’s benefit programs subject to the stated eligibility terms.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience with JPP, JOPES, and APEX planning formats.
• At least 5 years of experience guiding as a Joint Operations Planner.
• Experience leading or materially contributing to the design, planning, organization, and execution of Combatant Command- or Service-Component-level Command Post Exercises, Staff Exercises, or Field Training Exercises.
• Knowledge of the Joint Training Program and JELC doctrine and processes.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph exam.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

• Experience briefing and delivering training to senior military and civilian leaders.
• Experience with exercise planning at the Service Component or Combatant Command level.
• Experience with project management processes and principles.
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
• Graduate of Professional Military Education in JPME 2, SAMS, SAWS, SAAS, or JAWS.

Responsibilities

• Develop exercise plans and directives using operational art, operational design, the Joint Planning Process, and the Joint Exercise Life Cycle.
• Provide input to briefings, transition concepts to execution, and assist with coordinating joint operational planning for training and exercises.
• Address shortfalls, prioritize and validate requirements, and adjust planning efforts as the cyberspace environment changes.
• Monitor and review higher-echelon strategies, doctrine, policies, directives, and education and training instructions; recommend ways to ensure compliance and incorporate them into planning and directed wargames.
• Contribute to data analysis and design accurate, realistic exercise materials to improve organizational mission performance.
• Participate in response cells that replicate Joint Staff and Combatant Command headquarters staff processes and products.
• Guide joint operations planning and materially contribute to the design, planning, organization, and execution of command post, staff, or field training exercises.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave.
• Professional development.
• Tuition assistance.
• Work-life programs.
• Dependent care.
• Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.

What This Job Offers

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