Cyber Wargaming Technical Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description Summary : Support the planning and execution of cyber wargames to assess risks to weapon systems and critical infrastructure within Department of Defense's management, oversight, and programmatic evaluation purview. Assist with course of action analysis, strategy development, and organizational processes and procedures to craft experiences that allow participants to test assumptions in a minimal-risk environment and gain stakeholder buy-in. Provide technical expertise in the development of attack threads based on vulnerability assessment reports, systems analysis, intelligence analysis and stakeholder feedback. Support the development of a red campaign plan based on intelligence and operations analysis with combatant commanders and other stakeholders. Support the development and maturation of a novel wargaming methodology that integrates modeling and simulation tools.

Basic Qualifications :

• Minimum of 7 years professional experience. Equivalencies can be granted for directly related internships and education (1 yr. BS, 2 yrs. MS).
• Minimum 3 years of combined experience with cyberspace operations, operational planning, cyber mission force operations, cybersecurity studies, wargaming, defense policy, or modeling and simulation.
• Team player capable of working well in a fast-paced environment with a diverse team of engineers, defense and intelligence analysts, scientists, and uniformed military members.
• Experience using vulnerability assessments to develop adversary attack scenarios.
• Ability to plan, conduct, and analyze research to inform cyberspace wargames.

Key Requirements

• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time, both CONUS and OCONUS, in support of customer wargaming and mission activities.
• Strong understanding of adversarial attack path methodologies and threat-informed analysis.
• Ability to assess and articulate system access pathways used by adversaries and evaluate potential mission impacts.
• Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate findings and recommendations both verbally and in written reports.
• Ability to identify and recommend sound mitigation strategies to reduce risk and strengthen system resilience.

Additional Qualifications :

• Experience in intelligence analysis and developing adversary capability assessments or scenarios.
• Experience in a military staff environment.
• Experience with modeling and simulation.
• Experience with briefing and delivering training to senior military and civilian leaders.
• Experience using modeling and simulation tools to conduct assessments

Day-To-Day:

• Participate in and provide technical expertise and research analysis for cyber wargames and tabletop exercises as part of the Wargame Design Team.

• Leading multi-agency cyber exercises simulating coordinated attacks on critical infrastructure and weapon systems, resulting in updated national response protocols.

• Conduct research and report on current cyber threats and technical developments to shape wargame policies and injects for wargame design.

• Produce, present and brief cyber research and intelligence reports to the team for educational and professional development purposes.

• Provide analytical feedback of previous wargame results, and brief wargame findings to Combat Commands and Joint Force Leaders.

• Participate in meetings and conferences with domestic and international partners concerning cyber intelligence and cybersecurity defense developments and partnership.

• Specialize in Cyber Red Teaming and Red Team attack development and strategy. Conduct technical and classified research on threat vectors of DoW weapon systems and infrastructure, including AI research and briefings.

Clearance :

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Ability to obtain TS//SCI clearance is required.