Joint Activities · Fort Meade, MD · posted Nov 6, 2026
LEAD CYBERSPACE WARGAMING AND EXPERIMENTATION SPECIALIST
$132K to $180K a year
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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 Fort Meade, MD.
Coordinates team preparation across complex multi-domain scenarios, leading the review of exercise injects and road-to-crisis timelines Serve as the technical lead for integrating wargaming insights across enterprise command processes, collaborating extensively with external directorates and organizations outside the division Distributes wargaming portfolio assignments, inject drafting, scenario reviews, and simulation assessments among team members based on established priorities, specialized technical competencies, and workload balance.
Tracks team progress, identifies and assists in resolving technical or procedural bottlenecks, and keeps the supervisor informed of team accomplishments, emerging issues, and individual training needs. Explains work requirements, provides technical coaching on advanced cyberspace analytical techniques, and answers questions regarding joint doctrine and modeling methodologies.
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. This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure. 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 1. Assessing the agency strategies or procedures through scenario-based exercises or simulations; 2. Organizing collaborative review of exercise materials and event information to identify improvements for the agency; 3. Synthesizing complex simulation results into formal analytical products, such as executive-level decision briefings or after-action reviews.
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