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Job Summary:

The White Cell Event Planner will provide direct support to the Plans and Exercise Lead for the Joint Cyber Training Enterprise, one of the largest cyber training and operations platforms in the world. The incumbent will enable project teams through supporting the execution of cyber training and testing events within a cyber range, specifically as a White Cell Event Planner.

The White Cell Event Planner will assist the exercise control team (White Cell) in an advisory capacity to support the execution of collective training events. This support includes coordinating with exercise stakeholders (Blue Team, Red Team, Green Team) to ensure exercise events meet the stated training objectives for each component of the exercise. Additionally, this role will provide advisory support to team and collective assessments for exercises.

The incumbent will also support the development of after-action review materials and regularly interact with the customer to establish priorities and report on status of work and events. This position requires both leadership and management experience, as well as excellent presentation skills.

Position location is Annapolis Junction, MD and full time on-site.

Essential Job Functions:

• Advise live exercise control team (white cell) to support execution of collective training events.
• Ensure each component of the exercise meets stated training objectives for exercise participants.
• Provide advisory support to team and collective assessments conducted in PCTE.
• Experience working with the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) is a major plus.
• Assist stakeholders with gathering scenario inputs to include mission type, threat, terrain configuration and employment of red cell applications in support of training events and exercises.
• Ensure the highest quality of task completion, meeting contractual performance criteria and deliverables in accordance with the contract.

Required Skills:

• Experience building scenarios in support of cyber exercise for the DoD or similar experience.
• Experience with white cell exercise support for offensive cyber operations (OCO) and defensive cyber operations (DCO) training exercises.
• Deep Knowledge of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) and Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Didactic public speaker
• Ability to build basic/intermediate graphics to illustrate intent and brief to general officer level.
• Experience with organizing and coordinating the planning and production of client deliveries.
• Experience with applying quality assurance measures to improve contract performance.
• Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to establish an effective working relationship with senior-level customers, technical staff, managers and peers.
• Must be able to understand multi-level customer/user expectations and concerns, and to assure customer(s) that the program is being managed effectively.

Required Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required in intelligence, information systems, cybersecurity, or related field, and advanced degree/studies preferred.

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``` - - or 8+ years experience with cyber training, validation exercises, or working with a cyber protection team (CPT) or Combat Mission Team (CMT), to include planning coordinating, and mission execution. - JPME II and/or experience with planning and supporting joint and multinational exercises is highly desired.

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``` - 10 years of Department of Defense leadership experience can be substituted for degree. - A minimum of 10 years of experience managing complex, projects and programs for the federal government.

Other Requirements:Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U. S. Citi enship status with a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance. Security Clearance requirements will be specified in the Government's Task Order.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. The above is intended to describe the general contents of and requirements for the performance of this job.

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