IO Planner - Special Activities Planner (SAP) Specialist

Strategic Inc

Fort Meade, MD, United States

7 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

5 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.clearancejobs.com

Tech stack

Application Integration Architecture SAP (Applications) SAP Logistics Sap Production Planning Cyber Warfare

Job description

Provide SAP core capability support and sensitive operational products across steady-state ops, contingencies, crisis action, disaster relief, and exercises
Integrate information-related capabilities and sensitive activities into OPORDs, annexes/appendices/tabs, and evaluation or assessment plans
Review, analyze, and advise leadership on impacts of national-level strategy, policy, and joint doctrine
Develop IO planning products (appendices, annexes, tabs, estimates) supporting capabilities such as EW, OIE support, MILDEC, cyberspace operations, OPSEC, and IJSTO
Research, analyze, assess, and help operationalize information-related tools and capabilities (including EW, MISO/PSYOP, MILDEC, CO, OPSEC, IJSTO)
Support planning, staffing, coordination, execution, and assessment of sensitive activities
Contribute to focused outreach, experiments, and scientific application integration where required.

Requirements

Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years planning experience, or 12+ years total combined education and relevant experience (additional experience may substitute for degree requirements)
Training: Special Activities Planners Course completion (required)
Career field experience: Background in IO / MISO / PSYOP (e.g., 30/37A/37F)
SAP planning depth: Minimum 5 years SAP planning at service or joint level supporting CCMDs or JTFs, especially tied to cyber operations
Demonstrated knowledge integrating special capabilities and SAP operations into JOPP/MDMP, campaign planning, targeting, and IO plans/orders
Working knowledge of IO, MILDEC, OPSEC, EW, and cyberspace operations, and how to synchronize joint capabilities and activities
Experience coordinating and synchronizing adjacent/supporting operations with interagency and intelligence community entities, including intelligence requirement coordination
Familiarity with Service component functions (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force) and how they coordinate through CCMD channels, * Current polygraph
Recent joint or service-level IO planning experience
Current or recent SAP work supporting USCYBERCOM planning efforts
Experience integrating MISO/PSYOP into cyber plans and operations
Strong knowledge of command relationships and C2 procedures; ability to coordinate SAP actions through proper channels and policy
Experience coordinating with DoD program managers/coordinators and interagency partners (including ACCM-related coordination)
Executive-level briefing skills (oral, written, visual), with the ability to persuade and gain stakeholder alignment
Relevant advanced courses (examples): Joint Cyber Operations Planner, Joint IO Planner, Defense OPSEC Planner, SOF MILDEC Planner, Irregular Warfare, and related targeting/analysis courses