Summary About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the U.S. Cyber Command in Fort Meade, Maryland. Duties Developes comprehensive exercise plans, including objectives, timelines, mission essential task list injects, participant roles, and resource requirements. Provides technical understanding of cyberspace concepts and methods to be tested and contributing broad knowledge of DoD roles/responsibilities and challenges faced by participants, including operational-level cyber elements. Conducts research and developing realistic exercise scenarios that simulate relevant workplace challenges, decision-making dilemmas, and strategic objectives. Coordinates scenario development from employees, teams, and external partners to ensure representation from all relevant stakeholders. Serves as Team Lead for exercise planning conferences/Joint Exercise Control Groups (JECGs), comprising various operational and functional specialists. Conducts training sessions for exercise participants on exercise procedures, communication techniques, and other relevant topics. Evaluates exercise performance against established objectives and criteria. Analyzes feedback to identify areas for improvement and refine future exercises. Qualifications CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS". Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by developing detailed planning, coordination, and/or execution of joint or service-level cyberspace operations; conducting in-depth research of realistic cyber challenges to develop complex scenarios that simulate strategic decision-making and align with training goals; leading joint exercise planning conferences and control groups to produce assigned elements of exercise plans and ensure effective training and implementation; and evaluating exercise performance against established objectives to identify lessons learned and provide recommendations for improving future exercise design and facilitation. Education Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.