Cyber Intelligence Planner III at IVA'AL Solutions, LLC in National Capital Region, Virginia

Job Description:

IVA'AL Solutions, LLC is seeking highly skilled Cyber Intelligence Planner III to provide services on a contract supporting DHS CISA Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC).

The ideal candidate will have excellent problem-solving and communications skills as well as previous work history supporting the development of detailed plans for the conduct or support of the applicable range of cyber operations through collaboration with other planners, operators and/or analysts.

This position requires a positive attitude, strong organizational skills, a drive to focus and produce results, and the ability to lead a team to meet objectives and foster strong customer relationships in a complex environment.

This is a full-time salaried position with compensation based on experience and overall strength of the candidate. In addition to receiving a competitive salary, IVA'AL provides medical, dental, vision insurances, short and long term disability benefits, life insurance and supplemental life, 401k retirement savings plan with match, tuition reimbursement benefits, generous time off policies and provides 11 paid holidays.

The Cyber Intelligence Planner III will perform among a talented and technically accomplished group of colleagues. On this contract, our team will support the U.S. Government agency across the following activities:

(1) Create strategies, processes, procedures, capabilities, and tools to develop, implement and mature the JCDC Planning Office by spearheading collaboration across federal departments and agencies and the private sector plans for cyber defense operations.

(2) Enable information sharing, coordination, and creation of pre-positioned resources and playbooks necessary to streamline a coordinated protection, detection and/or response activities in lockstep with among the federal government, private sector, and SLTT.

(3) Collaborate the development of additional plans for offensive and intelligence activities in support of cyber defense operations, bringing federal civilian and defense agencies together with the private sector to collaborate on intelligence development and defensive measures.

Qualifications:

• Clearance: Top Secret / SCI
• Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Education: Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of experience developing detailed intelligence plans to satisfy cyber operations requirements.
• Demonstrate proficiency in collaborating with cyber operations planners and cyber partner integration planners to identify, validate, and levy requirements for the collection and analysis of cyber threat intelligence.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and sound skills in written and oral communication is a must.

Preferred: Experience working in IT and cybersecurity environments in U.S. Government agencies or critical infrastructure entities.

Core Duties:

• Support the JCDC in establishing and maintaining relationships with relevant intelligence community (IC) partners to ensure IC input into JCDC joint cyber defense plans and JCDC priority areas.
• Collaborate with intelligence analysts/targeting organizations involved in related areas.
• Support JCDC in identifying and submitting Key Intelligence Questions (KIQs), Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs), and Collection Requirements (CRs) that align to JCDC priorities for which the integration of intelligence support is relevant.
• Monitor for emerging cyber threats or changes to the threat environment.
• As required, work with relevant IC partners to check holdings for relevant cyber threat intelligence and lead coordination to ensure relevant intelligence is incorporated into the planning process.
• Monitor CISA internal holdings for relevant commercial cyber threat intelligence that helps inform the threat picture.
• Analyze cyber threat intelligence from industry partners.
• Receive and review the initial planning guidance, support JCDC in determining what intelligence is needed to support the plan and, in collaboration with relevant IC partners, support JCDC in facilitating intelligence support.
• Identify, analyze, and integrate cyber threat intelligence related to core planning team's development of threat scenario, plan objectives, plan lines of effort, and COAs, and respond to requests for information (RFIs) from core planning team (CPT).
• Attend and support regular planning CPTs as required.
• Receive, review, and respond to ad hoc RFIs from JCDC offices, relating to ongoing or future JCDC plans, efforts, or operations.
• Maintain RFI tool and ensure timely response.
• Support CISA in working with IC partners to verify appropriate classification of cyber defense plans and associated intelligence and work to downgrade products, as needed.
• In coordination with relevant IC partners, support CISA in developing intelligence annex and appendices for specific plans and in developing intelligence/threat briefings for JCDC leadership and JCDC Senior Advisory Council (JSAC) review, as needed.
• In coordination with relevant IC partners, support CISA in planning and organizing threat briefings for external partners, as needed.
• Support CISA in developing and maintaining any frameworks, processes, or procedures required to formalize how intelligence support and coordination should be conducted within JCDC.
• Support communication and coordination with internal and external partners.
• Develop working group schedules, and support the development of management plans, and other management documentation to govern working group conduct.
• Prepare meeting agendas, meeting materials, attend project meetings, and prepare and distribute Meeting Minutes. Capture and track meeting action items.
• Support the preparation of briefing materials for senior leadership, partners, and core planning teams.
• Measure effectiveness of intelligence support and provide recommendations for improvement, as required.
• Support JCDC Planning Office in program management functions related to compartmented intelligence programs.
• Ensure that these programs align to JCDC objectives and further joint cyber defense planning efforts.
• Identify, develop, document, and execute methodologies for incorporating and fusing private sector cyber threat intelligence into JCDC intelligence support.
• Assist with the coordinating and conducting analytic exchanges involving USG IC partners to develop collaborative and fused concepts, understanding, and support for JCDC operational activities.

EOE Statement

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. EOE/AA/M/F/D/V

Indian Preference Statement

IVA'AL Solutions, LLC, a federally recognized American Indian owned company, provides an Indian Preference Policy for hiring and promoting of fully qualified American Indians. When considering candidates for employment or promotion, that are basically equal in qualifications including education, skill, training, experience and a successful background screening process, priority is extended to an American Indian candidate unless a valid, documented reason of unsuitability or unsatisfactory performance exists to justify non-selection of an Indian employee or applicant.

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