Aps 6 - Cyber Doctrine

$95,187 - $108,734 + 10% BDCP + up to 15.4% Superannuation
- Canberra - ACT

**The Role**
Do you want to shape the Australian Defence Force of the future? Defence is undergoing significant, generational change in response to the Defence Strategic Review. The cyber domain has been elevated to parity with the traditional warfighting domains of maritime, land and air. The current strategic environment is complex and challenging. Defence needs to build its capabilities in the cyber domain to support Australia’s security and national interests. You will have a critical role in shaping the decisions made in ensuring the future Defence organisation is best positioned to carry out its missions set by the Australian Government.

As a cyber domain doctrine officer within Force Development Branch in Cyber Command, your work will be focused on developing and communicating direction for the cyber domain and its warfighters. You will work as part of a function supporting engagements, concepts, policy, strategy, doctrine, and experimentation. Your advice could affect the ADF’s contribution to national security and Whole of Government policy. To succeed in this environment, you must demonstrate integrity, curiosity, resilience, a willingness to learn, the ability to work effectively in an integrated environment and potentially lead a small team, as well as demonstrate the personal drive to deliver better outcomes for Defence and Government. Cyber Command welcomes individuals who have demonstrated strong analytical and critical thinking skills, high-level written and oral communication, sound professional judgement and a desire to be innovative in finding solutions to support the Australian Defence Force of the future. Cyber Command places a high priority on professional development and provides opportunities for APS to gain exposure to a broad range of exciting cyber warfare experiences.

This role is eligible for an additional remuneration benefit known in Defence as a Building Defence Capability Payment (BDCP). This enables Defence to provide a premium, in addition to the base salary otherwise payable under the Defence Enterprise Agreement (DEA), for positions in occupational disciplines/classifications that are critical to Defence capability. For further information, please contact the contact officer.

**About our Team**
Cyber Command, in Joint Capabilities Group, has celebrated its first birthday, in a small ceremony at its headquarters in Canberra. Officially activated on 25 March 2024, the command was established to deliver transformational change to meet the increasingly complex challenges within a contested, congested and competitive Cyber Domain - the fifth warfighting domain. Cyber Command brings together Navy, Army, Air Force, Australian Public Service and industry partners into a centralised Cyber Domain capability to master cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum. Now, 12 months on from its inauguration, it has seen continuous evolution to stay ahead of the challenges and opportunities present in a domain that has no geographical boundaries. Commander Cyber Command Major General Robert ‘Doc’ Watson said that, as the Cyber Domain evolves, his command will continue to adapt to meet emerging threats.

People with integrity, curiosity, resilience, a willingness to learn, the ability to work effectively in a dynamic team, within a high tempo environment and a wish to deliver better Defence capability outcomes. You will have the communications and stakeholder engagement skills to enable you to gather data and produce evidence based doctrine to the integrated force. People skills are critical in this position. We seek employees with the desire and ability to work in (and with) small teams in an integrated, dynamic and fast-paced environment. You will need strong writing and research skills, strong organization and administration skills, the ability to engage early and often with a variety of stakeholders (including cross-agency), being able to call out omissions or errors, and contribute to the development of solutions for the cyber domain.
The duties of a cyber domain policy officer are:

- Produce cyber domain doctrine to support strategy, concepts, and institutional understanding.
- Integrate with ADF Doctrine organisations to make decisions and carry out duties within defined parameters to ensure doctrine conforms to ADF standards and values.
- Provide SME input for technical areas of doctrine and concepts that require technical expertise in cyber power.
- Coordinate and review input from external doctrine writers.
- Contribute to communicating and educating a consistent understanding of the cyber domain, focusing on developing the required mastery, identity, and maturity consistent with other domains.
- Conduct research into cyber threats and capabilities to ensure doctrine and concepts cater to new threats, demands, and capabilities.
- Contribute to the production of warfighting concepts to support continu