Accenture
Senior Cyber Operations Planner
$117K–$243K
Fort Meade, MD +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Location
- Fort Meade, MD
Fort Meade, Maryland, United States - Experience
- 7 years as a Cyberspace Operations Planner with BA/BS, or 5 years with MS/MA, or 3 years with Ph.D., or 10 years in lieu of a degree with high school diploma.
- Education
- BA/BS, MS/MA, or Ph.D.; high school diploma accepted with 10 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must have US work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.
About the job
Plans, coordinates, and assesses full-spectrum cyber operations for national defense, including developing operational plans and integrating cyber capabilities into joint and coalition missions.
What you'll do
- Develop cyber plans, orders, CONPLANs, OPLANs, and OPORDs, leading the orders process from concept through generation.
- Integrate cyberspace capabilities and effects into joint planning, coordinating with planning groups, operators, and technical leaders.
- Direct operational analysis and assessments, develop planning products and exercise materials, and mentor other planners.
What they ask for
- Working knowledge of Joint Operations Planning and systems.
- Education or experience in joint military operations planning through JPME II; JIOPC or similar military operations planning courses may substitute.
- DoD 8140-aligned qualification for the applicable planner work role.
- Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience across multiple planning disciplines, such as cyber effects, cyber fires, cyber access, and cyber targeting.
- Knowledge of the Cyber Tasking Cycle (CTC), Cyber Tasking Orders (CTOs), and target intelligence coordination processes.
Pay
$116,900 — $243,100 USD (base salary)
Tools
Joint Operations Planning, CONPLANs, OPLANs, OPORDs, JPME II, JIOPC, DoD 8140, Cyber Tasking Cycle (CTC)
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