Cyberspace Operations Planner

Booz Allen Hamilton•Usa, MD

About The Position

Cyberspace Operations Planner Key Role: Support strategic context, operational design, and mission analysis. Apply critical and creative thinking to define the nature of complex national security problems. Conceptualize and construct frameworks to explain the operational environment. Analyze client’s mission and intent, organizational relationships and purpose of proposed operations to develop strategic knowledge of the operational environment and frame mission analysis. Design and shape impending operations using knowledge of the operational environment to develop broad operational approach. Develop Plans and Orders in support of exercises and wargaming, offensive and defensive operations, crises and contingencies, and combat operations. Develop plans using all phases of the Joint Planning Process ( JPP ) . C ond uct capability assessments including force readiness projections, risks and vulnerabilities, and adversarial parameters. Apply Joint doctrine and publications to develop Planning Orders ( PLANORDS ) , Execution Orders ( EXORDS ) , Operation Plans ( OPLANS ) , Concept of Operation Plans ( CONPLANS ) , Campaign Plans, Theater Strategy, and cooperative security agreements to plan cyberspace operations. Draft Warning Orders ( WARNORDS ) , Operation Orders ( OPORDS ) , and assessment guidance.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in military or government supporting a cyberspace strategic and operational environment or cryptologic mission
3+ years of experience with operational planning on a joint staff, combatant command ( CCMD ) , or Service component staff
Experience with the Joint Planning Process ( JPP ) and revising DoD Joint planning doctrines and processes
Experience with participating in planning conferences, drafting reviews, and developing PLANORDS, EXORDS, OPLANS, CONPLANS, WARNORDS, and OPORDS
Experience supporting Operational Planning Teams ( OPTs ) , Joint Planning Groups ( JPGs ) , or Maritime Planning Groups ( MPGs )
Experience with coordinating operational requirements amongst internal and external staff and agencies
Knowledge of Offensive Cyberspace Operations ( OCO ) , Defensive Cyberspace Operations ( DCO ) , signals intelligence ( SIGINT ) , information operations ( IO ) , or space and electronic warfare
Ability to draft executive summaries and make recommendations
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
HS diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

Experience in the Adaptive Planning and Execution ( APEX ) planning process or Joint Operation Planning and Execution System ( JOPES )
Experience in DoD Information Technology ( IT ) , Department of Defense Information Network ( DoDIN ) , or cyberspace tactical environments
Experience with preparing project charters and with leading and organizing operational assessment efforts, including working groups, development of MOPs and MOEs, and data analytics
Experience with analyzing operational assessment methodologies and decision criteria and with preparing and presenting briefings to senior leadership
Experience with Cybersecurity and Cyberspace operations principles and practices
Knowledge of operations in mission areas, including network operations, network defense, signals intelligence, information operations, space, or electronic warfare
Ability to create and maintain KM solutions and execute MS Excel and MS PowerPoint functions
Bachelor’s degree
Joint Officer Designation preferred
Completion of Joint Cyber Operations Planners Course ( JCOPC )

Responsibilities

Support strategic context, operational design, and mission analysis.
Apply critical and creative thinking to define the nature of complex national security problems.
Conceptualize and construct frameworks to explain the operational environment.
Analyze client’s mission and intent, organizational relationships and purpose of proposed operations to develop strategic knowledge of the operational environment and frame mission analysis.
Design and shape impending operations using knowledge of the operational environment to develop broad operational approach.
Develop Plans and Orders in support of exercises and wargaming, offensive and defensive operations, crises and contingencies, and combat operations.
Develop plans using all phases of the Joint Planning Process ( JPP )
Conduct capability assessments including force readiness projections, risks and vulnerabilities, and adversarial parameters.
Apply Joint doctrine and publications to develop Planning Orders ( PLANORDS ) , Execution Orders ( EXORDS ) , Operation Plans ( OPLANS ) , Concept of Operation Plans ( CONPLANS ) , Campaign Plans, Theater Strategy, and cooperative security agreements to plan cyberspace operations.
Draft Warning Orders ( WARNORDS ) , Operation Orders ( OPORDS ) , and assessment guidance.