Job Description
Responsibilities
Peraton and its Operational Planning, Implementation and Assessment Services Team is seeking an experienced Military Information Support Operations (MISO)/former psychological operations (PSYOP) planner to integrate MISO functions and tasks into all facets of Combatant Command (CCMD) level planning, and to ensure the command group and staff include MISO/PSYOP in the decision making process.
This is an on-site position based at Naval Station Norfolk, VA (no remote or hybrid options)
You will have the opportunity to:
- Integrate MISO/PSYOP into contingency plans and operations plans to ensure that MISO/PSYOP capabilities are considered in the deliberate and crisis action planning processes.
- Provide expert mission analysis, analytic problem solving, and assessment skills; creatively use information systems and information related capabilities (IRC); integrate with inter-agency and intelligence community (IC); develop innovative concepts to counter adversarial use of information in the Cognitive domain, Cyber domain and electromagnetic spectrum; and consider significant or key cultural aspects that affect operational and tactical planning, security, and risk assessments.
- Review, analyze, and operationalize tactical, operational, and strategic level IO related directives in support of maneuver elements.
- Effectively apply technical skills to operational and tactical planning/execution, identifying and tracking measures of performance through attainment of MOP, MOEI, and MOE, and providing advice concerning the application of MISO/PSYOP during the development of operational concepts.
- Support the production of status reports, assess project issues and risks, and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA, minimum of 6 years with MS/MA.
- Four years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.
- MISO/PSYOP/IO (37A/37F, 30A, and 14F), career field or other related military service equivalents .
- Knowledge in joint operational planning process, military decision-making process, military campaign plan planning, targeting processes and expertise in developing and accessing tactical and operational level MISO/PSYOP plans and orders.
- Have a minimum of 5 years of experience with MISO planning at the service or joint level in support of operations at Combatant Commands or Joint Task Forces and a working knowledge of information operations (IO), military deception (MILDEC), operations security (OPSEC), electronic warfare (EW), Special Technical Operations (STO), and cyberspace operations missions, tasks, and overall war-fighting functions that support operations, understand how to integrate Joint capabilities, and be capable of synchronizing activities of mutual concern.
- Familiarity with other core, supporting, and related IO competencies to assist CCMD planners
- Knowledge of service departments (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force) functions and their relationships to CCMD to coordinate MISO/PSYOP actions in appropriate channels, e.g., Army, Navy, Air Force, or Joint with experience with joint and/or combined military operations and inter-agency coordination.
- Knowledge of DoD, Joint, and Army service doctrine, regulations, and policies and capable of recommending changes to policy, force structure and design, and command relationships
- Proficient in integrating MISO/PSYOP capabilities into cyber plans and operations.
- Able to coordinate MISO/PSYOP actions within the proper channels and develop policies that incorporate the principle of C2.
- Experience with integrating, coordinating, and synchronizing adjacent and supporting operations with inter-agency and intelligence community entities, as well as developing support for related capabilities and their activities. Be familiar with, certified in, or have applicable operational/field time experience in any of the following:
- Military Deception (MILDEC)
- OPSEC
- EW
- STO
- Cyberspace operations
- Coordinating intelligence requirements
- Demonstrated ability to effectively advise, negotiate and convince various managers, military officials, and senior leaders and effective at gaining acceptance of recommended concepts, ideas, guidance, policies and regulations.
- Documented experience and ability to engage senior leaders and staff and conduct complex briefings to large audiences using oral, visual, & written communications and briefing techniques
- Adept at developing and utilizing information products that leverage current and emerging technologies to inform planning, improve coordination, and enable timely decisions
- US Citizenship and possess or be able to obtain a U.S. Passport and able to travel internationally.
- Active top secret with eligibility to obtain SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance prior to start date, based on current security background investigation
Preferred Qualifications:
- Recent joint or service level information operations planning experience
- Experience coordinating with ACCM Program Managers and Coordinators at the Department of Defense, Joint Staff, Military Departments, Combatant Commands, DOD Field Activities, and interagency partners
- Completion of one or more of the following:
- Joint Cyber Operations planners course
- Joint Information Operations planner course
- Defense OPSEC planner course
- Special Warfare Advanced Targeting and Analysis course
- Special Operations MILDEC planners course
- Irregular Warfare course
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Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range
$104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
EEO
EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
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