Principal Cyber Operations Analyst Trainer

Knight Federal Solutions•Suffolk, VA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Knight Federal Solutions Inc. is seeking a Principal Cyber Operations Analyst Trainer to join our established team of diverse professionals in Suffolk, Virginia. This position supports the Joint Staff J7, Joint Training, Deployable Training Division (DTD) in providing a continuum of individual, staff, and collective joint training to enhance the operational effectiveness of the current and future joint force. The selected candidate will provide observation, training, and feedback, focused at the operational and strategic levels, to Joint Force Commanders and their staffs during joint and multi-national training, exercises, and staff assist visits (SAVs). Observation, training, and feedback will focus on involve planning of Cyber Operations and how that planning is synchronized across war fighting functions and domains, and how cyber operations are integrated 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.

Requirements

One of the following:
o 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.
o 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

Acts as a subject matter expert and trainer in cyber operations in joint, multinational, interagency, and globally integrated exercises and operations
Integrates into, contributes to, and provides functional continuity in the DTD’s Fires and Effects Section, which consists of military Observer Trainers (OTs) and contractor Analyst Trainers (ATs) providing training and observation in Fires and Targeting, Cyberspace Operations, Space Operations, Public Affairs, Integrated Air and Missile Defense, and Operations in the Information Environment (OIE)
Mentors, trains, and supports new OTs
Participates as a member of Deployable Training Teams (DTTs) comprised of OTs and ATs 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
Ascertains key command challenges at the operational and strategic levels of war and conducts cross-functional analysis of information gathered from joint exercises and training events for the development of lessons learned, insights, and best practices
Understands strategic thought and direction as it guides and is influenced by campaign, deliberate, and crisis planning at the operational level
Researches 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
Conducts trend analysis, understands and improves battle rhythms, provides observation and training, ties phased operational planning to strategic thought, and develops feedback
Develops 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)
Updates and maintains documents, articles, and periodicals such as "Joint Operations Insights and Best Practices" and joint functional area focus papers
Develops and facilitates seminars for the National Defense University’s Senior Leader Education Program Joint Operations Modules (PINNACLE, CAPSTONE, and KEYSTONE)