Cybersecurity Mission Planner
Infinity Technology Services LLC Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States · $100K–$140K/yr
IT Services and IT Consulting · 11-50 employees
About the role
The role involves integrating Special Access Program capabilities into cyberspace warfare operations and maturing organizational processes and governance frameworks. The incumbent will serve as a mission integrator, facilitating coordination between technical, operational, and acquisition stakeholders to ensure mission success.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a cyber-related field and possess at least seven years of professional technical experience in cybersecurity or related areas. Additionally, a minimum of two years of supervisory experience and an active Top Secret clearance with SCI and SAP eligibility are required.
Full description
Cyber Mission Integration and Capability Planner
Position Summary
The Cyber Mission Integration and Capability Planner supports the integration of Special Access Program (SAP) capabilities into United States Space Force (USSF) cyberspace warfare operations while helping mature organizational processes, governance frameworks, and analytical capabilities within the directorate. This position serves as both a mission integrator and S9 capability builder, ensuring SAP-enabled capabilities are effectively aligned with cyber operations, mission planning, organizational development, and operational learning initiatives.
The ideal candidate possesses a strong technical cybersecurity background and can translate complex cyber defense concepts into operationally relevant information for mission planners, senior leaders, and non-technical stakeholders. This is not a hands-on infrastructure engineering or personnel security administration role. Instead, the focus is on operational integration, capability development, process improvement, governance, and mission support.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Mission Integration and Cyber Operations Support
- Integrate SAP capabilities, constraints, dependencies, and mission requirements into cyberspace warfare operations and activities.
- Align SAP-enabled capabilities with cyber mission planning, exercises, training events, operational assessments, and mission support functions.
- Facilitate coordination among operational, technical, acquisition, and mission partner organizations to identify:
- Capability integration requirements
- Operational risks
- Capability gaps
- Interoperability challenges
- Support cyber operations and mission planning efforts affecting Space Mission Deltas and Systems Deltas.
- Capability Development and Organizational Maturation
- Develop and implement repeatable processes, governance mechanisms, workflows, and decision-support products.
- Support S9 organizational design and capability maturation initiatives.
- Contribute to force design activities, studies and analyses, lessons learned programs, and organizational effectiveness assessments.
- Assist in developing performance measures and metrics that support continuous improvement and mission success.
- Strategic Planning and Stakeholder Engagement
- Create executive briefings, action plans, process documentation, and decision papers for MD 6 leadership.
- Communicate technical cyber defense concepts and their operational implications to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Engage with senior leadership, mission partners, acquisition organizations, and operational stakeholders to support mission integration objectives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a cyber-related discipline, including: Computer Science, Network Engineering, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a closely related technical field
Experience
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in cyber defense, cybersecurity, or related technical fields, including:
- Cyber operations
- Systems integration
- Network engineering
- Solutions development
- Mission support
- Cybersecurity engineering
- Minimum of two (2) years of supervisory or team leadership experience.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of professional technical experience (may overlap with the experience requirements above).
Technical Knowledge
Demonstrated experience or working knowledge in at least three (3) of the following areas:
- Containerized and virtualized environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, VMware, AWS)
- Network traffic collection and aggregation solutions (e.g., Gigamon)
- Enterprise and distributed storage solutions (e.g., NFS, Ceph)
- Data analytics and security monitoring platforms (e.g., Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Splunk)
- Agile software or capability development methodologies
- Linux operating systems (e.g., Red Hat, Kali Linux)
- Microsoft Windows operating systems
Work Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Security Clearance: Active Top Secret with SCI Eligibility and SAP Access Eligibility Required
Travel: As required to support mission objectives and stakeholder engagements.
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