Provides strategic cyber policy and operational planning advice to partner-nation defense stakeholders supporting USEUCOM. Responsibilities include translating defense guidance into cyber missions, CONOPS, DCO plans, capability priorities, and institutional actions; integrating defensive cyber operations across all-domain missions; assessing dependencies and risks; advising on command relationships and incident response; and facilitating planning workshops and exercises.
Opportunity (Part-Time): Cyber Strategy and Policy Advisor – Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Bottom Line Up Front: Hoplite Group is seeking an experienced Cyber Strategy and Policy Advisor to support a U.S. Government advising effort focused on the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) Area of Responsibility. The advisor will help partner-nation defense stakeholders align cyber strategy and policy with operational missions, defensive cyberspace planning, and institutional capability priorities.
Location: Remote support (CONUS) and forward engagements (OCONUS) as part of a U.S. Government advising
effort.
Level of Effort:
Objective: Strengthen partner nation's ability to translate defense strategy into operationally relevant cyber missions and plans, integrate defensive cyber operations (DCO) into all-domain operations, and develop the institutions needed to generate and sustain those capabilities. Assist partner nation in drafting cyber policy and doctrine.
Advisor Responsibilities:
Bottom Line Up Front: Hoplite Group is seeking an experienced Cyber Strategy and Policy Advisor to support a U.S. Government advising effort focused on the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) Area of Responsibility. The advisor will help partner-nation defense stakeholders align cyber strategy and policy with operational missions, defensive cyberspace planning, and institutional capability priorities.
Location: Remote support (CONUS) and forward engagements (OCONUS) as part of a U.S. Government advising
effort.
Level of Effort:
- Non-Travel months: Approximately 20-30 hours of remote monthly support
- OCONUS Engagement months: Approximately 80–100 hours/month
- Travel: Anticipate quarterly OCONUS engagements, Initial travel anticipated January 2027
Objective: Strengthen partner nation's ability to translate defense strategy into operationally relevant cyber missions and plans, integrate defensive cyber operations (DCO) into all-domain operations, and develop the institutions needed to generate and sustain those capabilities. Assist partner nation in drafting cyber policy and doctrine.
Advisor Responsibilities:
- The advisor will assess cyber strategies, policies, missions, and planning processes with partner nation counterparts; identify strengths, gaps, dependencies, and advising priorities.
- Translate national and defense strategic guidance into cyber objectives, missions, operational concepts, planning assumptions, and capability requirements.
- Develop or refine concepts of operations (CONOPS), DCO plans and annexes, staff procedures, and planning tools supporting assigned defense missions.
- Integrate defensive cyber into land, air, maritime, space, and cyberspace planning, including mission analysis, course-of-action development, synchronization, and assessment.
- Analyze cyber dependencies affecting command and control, situational awareness, maneuver, fires, and sustainment; identify protection priorities and options for continued operations under degraded conditions.
- Advise on command and support relationships, reporting, escalation, information sharing, and incident-response coordination; align defensive preparation, response, recovery, and reconstitution with commander priorities.
- Design and facilitate planning workshops and tabletop exercises; document mission risks, planning gaps, decisions, and actionable recommendations.
- Prepare planning products, capability-gap inputs, engagement materials, and assessment, monitoring, and evaluation (AM&E) inputs. Work with the senior advisor to connect findings to institutional actions and implementation priorities.
- Active U.S. Secret Clearance
- 7+ years of relevant defense experience, including military cyberspace strategy development and operational planning.
- Demonstrated ability to translate strategic guidance into cyber missions, CONOPS, operational plans, and capability priorities.
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