Summary 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 USCYBERCOM - Ft. Meade. Responsibilities Provides recognized-expert consulting support for joint strategy, policy, and doctrine development and program support reviews to assure offensive and defensive OAIs provide the desired results in support of the supported CCMD’s operations and plans. Provides expert consulting to the development, review, coordination and cross-regional integration / de-confliction of cyber warfare-related operation-level plans (OPLANs) and orders (OPORDERs). Engages in joint campaigning, contingency, DCO planning and Strategic Assessments with senior cyberspace operations SMEs. Makes effective use of the Joint Operations Planning Process (JOPP) to ensure proposed plans are defined/documented to facilitate and capture results of the iterative review process. Provides authoritative assessments of and assists in the development and integration of supporting annexes in OPLANs and other contingency and crisis action plans. Coordinates/develops and advocates for existing, emerging and long-range issues related to cyberspace operations planning, strategy, policy, doctrine, and organizations. Ensure effective integration of cyberspace operations as a critical element of broad-based war fighting plans. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications 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. This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. 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) Providing guidance and in-depth analysis on cyberspace program strategy, plans and policy; 2) Leading efforts to document, evaluate, and improve work processes; 3) Developing cyberspace operations guidance utilizing automated systems. Education EDUCATION: Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Additional Information If you are a current federal career/career-conditional employee, you will be placed on an excepted appointment. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a(n) Administration and Programs Career Field position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest. Advanced leave accrual, and/or advanced in-hire rate incentives may be authorized.