Cyberspace Policy Analyst

Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Top Secret/SCI with Poly required

Talent Orchard, LLC has been retained by a leading defense contractor in their search for a Cyberspace Policy Analyst.

Responsibilities

Analyze cyberspace operations policy and procedures from Joint Staff, USCYBERCOM, and supported military and U.S. Government agencies.  Coordinate with Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) leadership, USCYBERCOM Operations (J3) and Plans and Policy (J5) directorates and provide feedback on draft policies and related governance. Support global task force Information Operations planning efforts including CONOPS and operational orders (PLANORD, OPORD, FRAGORD) development. Work with the USCYBERCOM and DoD Information Operations community to ensure efficient mission planning and execution. 

• Conducts research, analysis, development, and coordination of strategy, policy, and doctrine for cyberspace operations at the national, DOD, Service, and Command level
• Provides technical expertise on executive- level projects, analyzes, assesses, and develops future strategies, policies, and doctrines governing cyberspace operations
• Supports interagency and coalition policy formulations on cyberspace issues, ensuring authorities, concerns, and equities are accurately represented
• Maintains awareness of and reports significant cyber-related policy issues affecting the DOD and USCYBERCOM
• Provides concise, actionable communications to senior officials, both written and orally
• Performs analysis and critical thinking, assesses programmatic issues, conducts risk analysis, and proposes innovative and achievable solutions
• Independently researches, analyzes, assesses, and examines existing frameworks for DOD, interagency, national, and international cyberspace-related policy, orders, directives, doctrine, strategy, and guidance for modernization and optimization of mission efficiency and effectiveness
• Exhibits expert knowledge of the comprehensive cyberspace mission set and related topics, extending from underlying network structures, standards, and cybersecurity through operational planning and execution, and including (but not limited to) related issues such as workforce, training and development, readiness, capability development and acquisition, intelligence, authorities, legislation and regulation, partnership, and governance
• Conducts analysis of existing guidance and directive documentation to identify overlaps, gaps, and seams between policies and guidance issued by independent authorities and provides recommendations for revisions and updates, resolution, or rescission
• Identifies misaligned structures or documentation within the policy and guidance landscape, across all levels, along with overlaps, gaps, and seams which impede or may conflict with DOD execution of the cyberspace mission set 
• Proposes new logical frameworks and structures to optimize the DOD guidance landscape and to clarify linkages to interagency and national frameworks and guidance
• Acts as technical expert on executive level project teams providing technical direction,
• interpretation, and alternatives to exceptionally complex problems and processes relating to the subject matter
• Thinks independently and demonstrates exceptional written and oral communications skills
• Possesses a thorough and expert understanding and knowledge of existing joint cyberspace policies
• Develops reports and briefings on policy, strategy, and doctrine activities
• Performs expert analysis and critical thinking, assesses complex programmatic issues, conducts risk analysis, and proposes innovative and achievable solution

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of experience as a Cyberspace Policy Analyst or related functional area
• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or related discipline

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills. Excellent communications skills.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Cyberspace operations policy and procedures knowledge and experience
• Information Operations policy and procedures knowledge and experience
• Review and Approval Process for Cyberspace Operations (RAP-CO) experience
• Joint Information Operations Planners Course
• S. Army FA30 Information Operations Course
• J39 STO staff experience

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