Information Technology Specialist (Policy and Planning)
What you'd do
About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Major duties
Provides management and guidance on the command and control of all CNMF operations. Leads proactive, compliant, and effective cyberspace operations (CO) by leveraging CNMF forces and capabilities embedded with mission partners. Allocates and schedules personnel and resources based on application of technical and functional expertise to identify optimal mission activities. Represents the CNMF to discuss and negotiate requirements, resources, and respective roles and responsibilities for projected cyberspace missions and scenarios with mission partners to meet CNMF operations. Provides operational-level technical and functional expertise in support of the development of USCYBERCOM and other Combatant Command (CCMD) support plans. Assist CNMF Capabilities Team to ensure CNMF has the cyberspace capabilities essential to support CNMF operations. Responsible for continuing assessment and refinement of the processes that govern and ensure CNMF’s agile application of cyber capabilities. Establishes command cyber capability priorities, determines approaches, plans and executes projects. Performs a broad range of technical analyses and studies to derive meaning from lessons learned and operational metrics to improve the CNMF’s ability to address anticipated operational challenges. Establishes assumptions, measures effectiveness of existing approaches, and evaluates available alternatives. Attends meetings, conferences, briefings, and seminars related to program planning, advanced technologies, and support system concepts.
What you need to qualify
CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS". Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by 1) leading cyberspace operational planning and supporting efforts to enable offensive cyberspace operations; 2) assisting to ensure the operation has the cyberspace capabilities essential to support the operation; 3) coordinating with personnel from other organizations or agencies to exchange technical information, ideas, or procedures on cyber capabilities 4) briefing technical experts and senior leadership on changes in cyber operations and planning.
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