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Posted: January 23, 2026 (4 days ago)

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Partnership Portfolio Planner

Joint Activities

Department of the Army

Fresh

Salary

$130,536 - $178,402

per year

Closes

February 5, 2026

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team to analyze policies, strategies, and agreements related to national security and cyberspace threats, ensuring they align with U.S. military and political goals.

The role focuses on reviewing documents, coordinating with partners, and evaluating the success of security plans to identify potential issues.

It's a good fit for experienced analysts with a background in defense or cyber policy who enjoy collaborative problem-solving in a high-stakes government environment.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience analyzing policies and agreements for alignment with national security, military, and political interests
  • Experience reviewing planning documents like policy statements, agreements, or doctrines for accuracy
  • Ability to perform after-action analysis of security plans to assess effectiveness
  • Skill in identifying issues impacting current or future cyberspace security plans
  • Leadership experience guiding team members in analytical techniques and problem-solving
  • Strong coordination and consultation skills with internal and external networks
  • Eligibility under specific employment authorities, such as current DoD CES or Army civilian employees

Full Job Description

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 USCYBERCOM Fort Meade, MD. 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 Civilian Employees of the Organization Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions Current Department of Army Civilian Employees 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.

This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.

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) Analyzing policies and agreements to ensure alignment with national security, military, and political interests; 2) Reviewing planning documents such as policy statements, agreements, or doctrines for accuracy; 3) Performing after-actions analysis of security plans to determine the effectiveness; 4) Identifying issues that could affect current or future cyberspace security plans.

Major Duties:

  • Leads other team members in analysis of current and emerging policy, guidance, strategy, agreements, and doctrine both national and international to determine existing U.S. national security, military, and political interests and objectives.
  • Consults and coordinates with a well-established network of colleagues within and outside the Command to gain better understanding of such issues, including understanding full effects changes may have on partners’ planning.
  • Leads team members in applying a variety of analytical techniques and approaches to formulate and solve problems.
  • Leads and contributes to after-action analysis to measure and determine the relative success of elements in anticipating/identifying threats to national defense-critical assets.
  • Identifies particular issues that could affect existing cyberspace TCSPs and other emerging cyberspace scenarios and adversary threats that have not yet been addressed in plans.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/23/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/23/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DAKB-26-12868739