Joint Fires Operational Planner, Journeyman

Leidos

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Work type: On-site
Location: Fort Meade, MD
Salary: $87,100–$157,450 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 5 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

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This role $122k

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Joint Fires Operational Planner, Journeyman serves within the Intelligence Sector to support United States Cyber Command operations. The role involves providing operational planning and joint targeting support to ensure tactical objectives are met through coordinated strategy development and engagement responsibilities. Day-to-day tasks include developing cyber TTPs, drafting targeting policies, participating in Joint Targeting Working Groups, preparing strike packages, and analyzing all-source intelligence to identify threat patterns. Key technical requirements include proficiency with target management systems like MIDB and Coliseum, knowledge of the Joint Targeting Cycle, and DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II certification. The role addresses the complex challenge of securing national security objectives by synchronizing targeting methodologies across cyber and information-related capabilities while managing advanced target development lists and conducting collateral effects analysis in a fast-paced environment involving non-kinetic fires activities.

Skills

Cybersecurity Joint Targeting Cyberspace Operations Data Science Machine Learning Power BI MIDB Coliseum CAT Targeting Toolkits DOD 8570 IAT Level II CCNA Security CompTIA CySA+ COMPTIA Security GICSP GSEC SSCP Information Operations

What you'll do

Provide operational planning support to drive the USCYBERCOM Joint Fires targeting process.
Coordinate targeting strategy and engagement responsibilities with interagency partners and supporting commands.
Develop cyber TTPs to advise planners on achieving cyberspace effects for operations and exercises.
Act as a technical liaison between capability experts, developers, and operational units during planning.
Draft and develop USCYBERCOM joint targeting policies, procedures, and commander's guidance.
Participate in Joint Targeting Working Groups to prioritize and synchronize target requirements.
Prepare strike packages, cyber fires approval packages, and information operations target packages.
Analyze all-source intelligence to identify cyber threat patterns and maintain situational awareness of advanced persistent threats.

What we're looking for

Active Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance with Polygraph required.
BA/BS degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Intelligence Studies, or related field, or ability to complete within one year of hire.
Five to eight plus years of experience supporting Cyberspace Operations or intelligence operations with a focus on Joint Targeting.
10 years of combined experience across Cyberspace Operations, Information Operations, Joint Targeting, and Operational Planning is acceptable.
DoD or Intelligence Community-sponsored certification for Joint Targeting.
Graduate of DoD or IC-sponsored operational planning training and conversant in Joint Operations Planning process.
DoD 8140/DOD 8570 IAT Level II Certification.
Familiarity with target management systems (e.g., MIDB, Coliseum, CAT Targeting Toolkits) and Joint Targeting Cycle doctrine.

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