Careers.org

U.S. Army Cyber Command

INFORMATION OPERATIONS PLANNER

Department of the Army · Fort Gordon, Georgia

Salary
$115,475 - $157,818 per year
Pay grade
GG-13
Schedule
Full-time
Appointment
Permanent
Opened
Nov 3, 2026
Closes
Nov 13, 2026
Remote
No
Telework eligible
No
Openings
1
Security clearance
Sensitive Compartmented Information
Promotion potential
None
Announcement
DAKB-27-13049336-CES

Who may apply: Open to the public

Apply on USAJOBS

Applications are submitted on USAJOBS.gov, not on Careers.org. Always confirm details in the official announcement.

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 Fort Gordon, GA.

Duties

  • Provides technical and analytical principles in the preparation of plans, formulation of proposed IO doctrine; tactics, techniques, and procedures
  • Incumbent leads a series of IO working groups and planning teams to integrate IO planning into cyberspace operations.
  • Interfaces with USCYBERCOM staff to determine JFHQ-C (A) requirements; and disseminates operational taskings to subordinate elements within the command.
  • Coordinates and chairs a semi-annual command- wide IO working group ensuring each command staff elements and operational units receive the latest information and training on IO related information.
  • Represents the Command at Service and Joint meetings, conferences, work groups, in-progress reviews and other professional meetings as related to the J-39 missions.
  • Prepares and presents information and decision briefings to the command group, USCYBERCOM, Army Commands, ASCCs, Task Forces, JTFs, Joint and other Service agencies and commands
  • Provides expertise and recommendations regarding system design, program management, material acquisition, and product quality standards.

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". This position is in the Professional work category at the Full Performance work level within the CES Occupational Structure. 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. Current Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Current DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army) Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions 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 Integrating Information Operations tactics, techniques and procedures into cyberspace planning documents; Developing Information Operations planning products to meet end-state objectives; Providing analyses such as briefings, papers and requirements documents to support the decision-making process; Defining project management requirements to meet organization Information Operations goals and objectives.

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.

Job data from USAJOBS.gov. Careers.org is not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM. Retrieved Nov 4, 2026, 6:56 AM EST.