Cybersecurity Exercise Planner — Design, Run & Evaluate

Via Logic LLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 82,550 - 149,225; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Arlington, VA seeks an Exercise Planner to support HSEEP exercise planning, design, development, conduct, and evaluation for CISA’s National Cybersecurity Exercise Program. The role involves coordinating logistics, documentation, and participant registration for multiple exercises nationwide.

The candidate will assist in creating scenarios, materials, and after-action products while coordinating with Senior Exercise Planners and Regional Leads.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain DHS EOD.
• 2+ years experience developing, conducting, and evaluating HSEEP exercises.
• Demonstrated experience writing exercise planning, conduct, and evaluation materials.
• Experience providing administrative and documentation support in a fast-paced operations environment.
• Strong attention to detail editing/formatting so products align to style expectations and are free of grammatical errors.
• Active Top Secret SCI security clearance (preferred).
• Experience supporting dashboards or visual tools that provide visibility into operations and KPIs.
• Experience with cybersecurity exercises.
• Cybersecurity Certifications (Security+; ISC2) (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Support aspects of exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation on a team working concurrently on multiple exercises across the country.
• Provide administrative and coordination support for exercise planning meetings, including scheduling, logistics, and capturing action minutes.
• Support creation and maintenance of exercise documentation packages (invitations, sign-in sheets, meeting notes, and other admin docs).
• Support participant registration and tracking activities using program tools.
• Support collection and organization of findings, recommendations, and lessons learned for post-exercise products.
• Support program operations tasks (e.g., exercise calendar, content organization on platforms, all-hands coordination).
• Support development of exercise scenarios, discussion questions, injects, goals and objectives, and evaluation materials.
• Participate in meetings with Senior Exercise Planners and Regional Exercise Leads to ensure timely materials and execution.

Skills

HSEEP

Exercise planning

Documentation

Administrative support

Attention to detail

Security clearance readiness

Tools

Dashboards

Job description

Leidos in Arlington, VA seeks an Exercise Planner to support HSEEP exercise planning, design, development, conduct, and evaluation for CISA’s National Cybersecurity Exercise Program. The role involves coordinating logistics, documentation, and participant registration for multiple exercises nationwide.

The candidate will assist in creating scenarios, materials, and after-action products while coordinating with Senior Exercise Planners and Regional Leads.