Cyber Planner

Valiant Integrated Services has an exciting opportunity for a Cyber Planner supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Advance Red Cyber program in executing Red Team Assessments. Red Teams perform assessments from an adversarial viewpoint and use the full spectrum of identified adversarial capabilities, limited only by restrictions mandated by the customer and legal, safety, and security constraints, to test and evaluate protection strategies and demonstrate exploitation of identified vulnerabilities. The Cyber Planner has the opportunity to be a liaison between customers, external stakeholders, assessment site POCs, and DTRA’s technical SMEs in order to maximize the effectiveness and safety of cyber assessments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES

• Liaises between customers, external stakeholders, assessment site POCs, and DTRA’s technical SMEs in order to maximize the effectiveness and safety of cyber assessments.
• Understands customer assessment objectives and the technical requirements necessary to meet those objectives.
• Ensures the rules of engagement for cyber assessments abide by all applicable DoD and DTRA policies and procedures.
• Drafts, coordinate, and maintain assessment-specific documents for network connection authorization, rules of
  engagement, and trusted agent agreements for assigned cyber activities.
• During assessments, act as the primary liaison between DTRA’s technical SMEs and assessment customers and trusted agents, facilitating answers to questions or concerns that may arise during an assessment.

Valiant Integrated Services is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

• Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience
• 3+ years of related experience
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Certifications:

• Top Secret Security Clearance required
• TS/SCI Security Clearance preferred

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

• Hybrid work schedule - 4 days in office, 1 remote
• Typical office environment, extensive domestic and international travel, extreme weather conditions. Sitting, walking, talking, hearing, reading, writing, keyboarding, driving, filing, reaching, stooping, crouching, bending, standing for extended periods of time, lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience performing Cyber Assessments.