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# Defensive Cyber Operations SME

- **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- **Location:** Arlington, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $86,800.0 - $198,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare
- **Published:** October 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9228811/defensive-cyber-operations-sme

## About the Role

* 7+ years of experience with military cyberspace operations as a cyberspace operations officer
 * 5+ years of experience directly supporting cyberspace operations or joint operational planning at the operational or strategic-level
 * Experience servicing in a military cyberspace operations officer role
 * Experience planning, synchronizing, and deconflicting military cyberspace operations across combatant commands and interagency entities
 * Experience developing and implementing national cyber operational frameworks and supporting the design and development of cyberspace organizational structures, command relationships, and operational coordination mechanisms
 * Experience integrating cyberspace operations into joint and combined military planning using the JPP
 * Experience integrating operational intelligence into cyberspace planning and execution in coordination with partner intelligence organizations
 * Knowledge of Joint Publication 5.0, U.S. joint cyberspace fires doctrine, and the integration of non-kinetic effects within joint targeting cycles
 * Secret clearance
 * Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, Military Studies, or National Security

Nice If You Have:

 * Experience supporting partner nations with the development of defensive cyber operations
 * Experience advising foreign military or partner nation organizations on the development, integration, or employment of cyberspace capabilities
 * Master's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS, Military Operational Art, National Security, Strategic Studies, or a related field
 * Advanced Cyber Certification s such as CISSP, CISM, or CEH Certification s

## Description

You will serve as a defensive cyber operations subject matter expert advising partner nation military organizations on the development, integration, and operationalization of defensive cyberspace capabilities, including non-resident advising on the integration of cyberspace operations into joint and combined military planning using the U.S. Joint Planning Process ( JPP ) and supporting the design and development of cyber organizational structures, command relationships, and operational coordination mechanisms. These advising efforts will support a partner nation's ability to establish cyberspace capabilities within its Ministry of Defense, Joint Headquarters, or Service Headquarters.