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The Warfare Systems team is currently seeking a Cyberspace Exercise Planner 2 to support an exciting new effort responsible for unifying the direction of cyberspace operations, strengthening DoD cyberspace capabilities, and integrating and bolstering DoD's cyber expertise.

This role supports ongoing operations within a combatant command. During periods of conflict, crisis, or other significant operational shifts, mission requirements may change rapidly. Work schedules and shifts may be modified to maintain essential coverage.

• Exercise planning in the Cyberspace and/or Intelligence Community.
• Planning large scale military exercises.
• Writing training objectives, scenario development, and exercise performance assessments.
• Serving as the subject matter expert and managing planning, organizing, and coordinating drill and exercise programs related to cyberspace operations.
• Developing specific scripts of MSEL or simulation control injects that initiate situational training and field level exercises.
• Coordinating annual exercise requirements with multiple installations to develop exercise support requirements for higher headquarters approval.
• Preparing and delivering exercise concept/decision briefs for senior leadership related to exercise requirements.
• Developing schedules and assisting in preparing, administrating, and executing all levels of exercise training.
• Exercise planning conferences and exercise execution.
• Developing requirements for collective training and exercise events.
• Collaborating with exercise planning elements to establish objectives, priorities, and plans for joint exercise programs.
• Contributing to both designing and planning exercises by preparing and disseminating products such as exercise plans, controller/evaluator handbooks, MSEL, player briefings, After Action Reports/Corrective Action Plans, etc.
• Understanding strategies, doctrine, policies, directives, and operational standards from applicable headquarters and stakeholders in order to develop exercise plans.
• Evaluating exercise training and assessing effectiveness to ensure training meets objectives and joint standards.

Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of relevant experience.

Must possess an active TS/SCI/Polygraph for consideration.

Experience to include but not limited to:

• Exercise planning in the cyberspace and/or intelligence community.
• Planning large‑scale military exercises.
• Writing training objectives, scenario development, and exercise performance assessments.
• Serving as the subject matter expert and managing planning, organizing, and coordinating drill and exercise programs related to cyberspace operations.
• Developing specific scripts of MSEL or simulation control injects.
• Coordinating annual exercise requirements with multiple installations to develop exercise support requirements for higher headquarters approval.
• Preparing and delivering exercise concept/decision briefs for senior leadership.
• Developing schedules and assisting in preparing, administering, and executing all exercise training.
• Exercise planning conferences and exercise execution.
• Developing requirements for collective training and exercise events.
• Collaborating with exercise planning elements to establish objectives, priorities, and plans for joint exercise programs.
• Contributing to designing and planning exercises by preparing and disseminating products such as exercise plans, controller/evaluator handbooks, MSEL, player briefings, After Action Reports/Corrective Action Plans, etc.
• Understanding strategies, doctrine, policies, directives, and operational standards to develop exercise plans.
• Evaluating exercise training and assessing effectiveness to ensure training meets objectives and joint standards.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.