Cyberspace Joint Operations Planner

Peraton is seeking an experienced Cyberspace Joint Operations Planner to join our USCYBERCOM team located in Fort Meade, MD.

In this role you will:

• Provide input for the development of Plans, CONOPs, COAs, TTPs and other related documents related to command conducting Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) and Information Operations (IO).
• Understand, analyze, and evaluate current and emerging threats within US Cyber Command tasked mission areas of responsibility.
• Provide expertise in the planning and conduct of DCO, OCO and/or IO.
• Understand National Mission Team (NMT), Combat Mission Team (CMT), Combat Support Team (CST), and Cyber Protect Team (CPT) C2, management, and employment.
• Monitor and review strategies, doctrine, policies, directives, and instructions from higher headquarters and makes recommendations to ensure compliance and/or consideration in planning efforts.
• Develop plans and orders through the application of operational art and operational design, and by using the JPP, within the milestones and deliverables.
• Provide input to briefings, transition concepts to execution, and assist in the coordination of joint operational planning in support of training, exercises, combat, and contingency plans and operations.
• Develop/integrate cyberspace capabilities into deliberate, contingency, and crisis action plans.
• Contribute to the development of exercise scenarios, exercise operational plans, and other required documentation to support planning and execution to accomplish exercise training priorities.
• Participate in Joint Planning Groups (JPGs), and Operational Planning Groups/Teams (OPG/OPTs)

Required: 

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 10 years of experience as a Joint Operations Planner and a complete working knowledge of the JPP, JOPES, and APEX planning formats and guidance.
• Minimum specialized education in military joint operations planning through the Joint Professional Military Education Phase II (JPME II) from a CJCS accredited joint education program listed in CJCSI 1800.01E. The JIOPC, or other similar military operations planning courses, may be substituted for JPME II.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active TS/SCI with Poly security clearance.

 Desired:

• Prior experience planning in/for cyber operations to include Hunt Forward Operations.
• Four years of planning experience may be substituted with completion of an advanced Service planner school (SAMS, SAASS, JAWS, etc.)

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and participation in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.