Cyberspace Operational Planner SME

Job Description

Description

SAIC is currently seeking a Cyberspace Operational Planner Subject Matter Expert with a TS/SCI Polygraph to support the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) in Fort Meade, Maryland. The successful candidate will provide expert advice regarding policy, plans, processes, procedures, and governing directives. The successful candidate will apply operational art and operational design and use the Joint Operation Planning Process (JOPP) for supporting the J33 and JOC Director on priority special projects and initiatives that support the Commander’s objectives. The successful candidate will also coordinate their tasks with the other SAIC Task Leads so that our program activities remain synchronized. Collaboration across the task areas is necessary for optimizing members of our program.  

 Responsibilities include:

• Directly support the J33 and JOC Director on special projects and initiatives.
• Monitors and reviews strategies, doctrine, policies, directives, and instructions from higher echelon headquarters and makes recommendations to ensure compliance and/or consideration in planning efforts.
• Develops plans and orders through the applications of operational art and operational design, and by using the JOPP, within the milestones, deliverables, and interaction points for plans developed using Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) activities.
• Provides input to briefings, transitioning concepts to execution, and assisting in the coordination of joint operational planning in support of training, exercises, and contingencies.
• Develops and integrates cyberspace capabilities into deliberate, contingency, operation, and crisis action planning.
• Provides input for the development of TTPs, CONOPs, COAs, and other related documents related to OCO, DCO, and the securing of operating, and defending of the DODIN.
• Provides input to address shortfalls, prioritize and validate requirements, and be prepared to modify development planning efforts based on the changing cyberspace environment.
• Contributes to the development of exercise scenarios, exercise operational plans, and other required documentation to support planning and execution to accomplish USCYBERCOM exercise training priorities.
• Conducts research of current & emerging threats to US Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources.
• Participates in Joint Planning Groups (JPGs), and Operational Planning Groups/Teams (OPGs/OPTs).
• Leads and acts as a full participant in JPGs and OPGs/OPTs developing and integrating cyber capabilities into plans, and in support of Combatant Commander Planning efforts.
• Think independently and serve as an advanced technical expert of all planning methodologies and applications in all phases of military operations, providing analytical expertise and expert knowledge of operational design, JOPP, and APEX.
• Independently coordinate the development of CO plans, contingency plans, CONOPs, and orders.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and fourteen (14) or more years of experience.
• Minimum ten (10) years of experience as a Joint Operation Planner and a complete working knowledge of the JOPP, JOPES, and APEX planning formats and guidance.
• Minimum specialized education in military joint operation planning through the Joint Professional Military Education Phase II (JPME II). The JIOPC, or other similar military operation planning courses, may be substituted for JPME II.
• Planning experience may be reduced by four years with completion of an advanced Service planner school (School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS), Joint Advanced Warfighting Schools (JAWS), etc.).

Required Clearance: 

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.