Cyber Technical Support

The Staff Officer SME II - Cyber Technical Support serves as Premier's senior cyber policy and intelligence advisor to OSIP. The role develops, coordinates, and evaluates OUSW(I&S) and IC policies and issuances to ensure alignment with Defense Intelligence needs and OSD standards; coordinates across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, Joint Staff, CCMDs, Services, Combat Support Agencies, and international partners on cyber issues; serves as a substantive expert on cyber threats, trends, adversaries, and methodologies; prepares briefings and quarterly reports to Congress and Executive Branch senior leaders; and supports International Partner Engagement Regional Teams on cyber-related matters.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Policy Development and Coordination

• Develop, coordinate, and evaluate OUSW(I&S) and IC cyber policies and issuances, ensuring alignment with Defense Intelligence needs and OSD standards.
• Translate national cyber strategy and IC direction into actionable OSIP policy products and implementation plans.

Stakeholder Engagement and Meeting Management

• Coordinate with stakeholders across the DIE, DoW, IC, CCMDs (including USCYBERCOM), Joint Staff, Military Services, Combat Support Agencies, and international partners on global cyber issues.
• Schedule and facilitate meetings; assign and track tasks through completion.

Senior Leadership Support

• Prepare briefings, papers, and reports for OUSW(I&S) senior leaders.
• Support quarterly reports to Congress and Executive Branch Senior Leaders.

Cyber Expertise

• Serve as a substantive expert on cyber threats, trends, adversaries, and methodologies.
• Provide analysis and develop cyber intelligence policy recommendations for OSIP leadership.

International Partnership Support

• Provide SME support for International Partner Engagement (PE) Regional Teams on cyber-related matters.
• Assist PE regional pillar leads in facilitating meetings with partner-nation cyber counterparts.

Information Management and Compliance

• Ensure office records are properly managed in accordance with DoW records management policy.
• Maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for recurring cyber-intelligence processes.
• Provide technical support for information dissemination within the DoW and IC.

Reporting and Deliverables

• Produce decision briefings, white papers, and staff packages on ad hoc schedule (Tech Exhibit 2).
• Produce meeting minutes within five working days of applicable meetings.
• Produce travel trip reports within ten working days when requested.
• Contribute content to the Contractor's Monthly Status Report.

Required Qualifications

Clearance

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; in-scope Tier 5 (T5) or T5 Reinvestigation per ICD 704.
• Eligibility for SAP access per DoWM 5205.07-V2.

Education

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university. Degrees in computer science, cybersecurity, information systems, intelligence studies, national security studies, or a related field are preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of staff officer or equivalent senior action-officer experience performing the functional responsibilities associated with the Staff Officer SME IV BPA LCAT.
• Demonstrated experience working cyber intelligence, cyber operations, or cyber policy issues at the Combatant Command (USCYBERCOM preferred), Service cyber component, Joint Staff, OSD, NSA, or IC level.
• Demonstrated understanding of cyber threat actors (nation-state and non-state), TTPs, and the policy/authorities framework governing DoW cyber operations and intelligence support to cyber operations.
• Demonstrated experience drafting decision papers, staff packages, and executive briefings for flag-/general-officer or SES consumers.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating across the DIE, IC, CCMDs, Joint Staff, and interagency partners.

Skills and Competencies

• Expert proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) and secure collaboration tools.
• Strong policy-writing discipline: well-organized, logically sequenced, factually grounded, and substantively free of grammatical or political bias issues.
• Demonstrated ability to meet tight suspense-driven deliverables in a high-tempo OSD environment.
• Working knowledge of DoW Manual 5110.04 (Correspondence Management) and equivalent staffing standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior assignment to OUSW(I&S)/OUSD(I&S), USCYBERCOM, a Service Cyber Component (ARCYBER, FLTCYBER/10th Fleet, AFCYBER/16th Air Force, MARFORCYBER), NSA, or an equivalent cyber intelligence/policy staff.
• Graduate degree in cybersecurity, computer science, or a related discipline.
• Current or prior Joint Cyberspace Workforce Framework (JCWF) / DoD 8140 qualification.
• Familiarity with the Cyber Mission Force (CMF) construct and the National Mission, Combat Mission, and Cyber Protection teams.
• Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience with CATMS, JSAP, or equivalent correspondence and task management systems.

Premier Enterprise Solutions offers full-time employees a comprehensive and competitive benefits package including paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, health insurance, life insurance, military leave, training, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) retirement plan with company matches/immediate vesting, and more.

It is Premier Enterprise Solutions policy to promote equal employment opportunities. All personnel decisions, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits and termination, are made without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.