About the Role: What You’ll Do in Your New Role:

• Assist with defining the cyber roles and responsibilities of COSSAF leadership, the EDD, and, upon partner request and in coordination with Embassy Muscat, other Omani Armed Forces entities.
• Assist COSSAF and the EDD with development of validated technical requirements for cyber operations that are used to inform long-term resource planning.
• Assist COSSAF and the EDD with development and implementation of strategic-level human resource management policies that further cyber professionalization throughout the Omani cyber defense community.
• Develop strong professional relationships with key stakeholders in COSSAF and the EDD, and then act as a trusted advisor to them.
• Establish a working relationship with main counterpart(s) in COSSAF and the EDD and participate as an advisor in any related new working groups and/or initiatives already underway which contribute to the overall objective(s).
• In close cooperation with senior COSSAF and EDD officials, identify existing gaps in cyber defense. Conduct consultations with relevant officials from across the Government of Oman to inform gap analysis.
• Share expertise and recommendations with COSSAF and the EDD as relevant on how to prepare for required reforms and to establish and manage cyber defense. This may include providing recommendations to the government on any legislation, policy or procedures, doctrine, or training that may be needed to successfully improve Oman’s cyber defense.
• Assist COSSAF in promoting effective, responsible, and accountable employment of force by developing standard operating procedures for integrating domestic and international legal considerations on cyber defense into operational decision-making.
• Where other barriers to institutional change with regards to strategic planning exist, the Senior Advisor shall work to identify those barriers, make recommendations to COSSAF to overcome them, and, where possible, work to address them in support of the desired end state.

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. citizen.
• Active Secret Clearance
• Have reached, at a minimum, the rank of O-5 in the military or equivalent in a civilian capacity (i.e., FS-02/GS-14 or industry equivalent).
• Master’s degree in areas such as Cybersecurity, Cyber Defense, Global Technology and Development, Information Systems Security, or Digital Forensics, or a similar field AND at least five (5) years of U.S. military and/or U.S. civilian professional experience with cyber defense and security.

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Cyber Defense, Global Technology and Development, Information Systems Security, or Digital Forensics, or a similar field AND at least ten (10) years of U.S. military and/or U.S. civilian professional experience with cyber defense and security.
• Four (4) years of experience developing strategic-level cybersecurity and cyber defense strategy, policy, or procedures.
• Two (2) years of experience communicating cybersecurity policy and technical concepts to a variety of stakeholders.
• Three (3) years of experience working with senior officials in a foreign government and/or foreign military.

Desired Qualifications:

• Have received one of the following certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  
  • NIST Cyber Security Professional (NCSP)
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CASP)
  • Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO)
• Proficiency in speaking/reading/writing in the Arabic language (FSI 4 or higher, DLPT 2+/2+/2+ or higher, CEFR C1 or higher).

About the Company:

• Local furnished housing to include utilities and high-speed internet
• Transportation accommodations
• Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance
• International SOS coverage