Exercise Planner

Leidos; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Arlington, VA is seeking an experienced Exercise Planner to support HSEEP-based exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation for national cybersecurity programs.

You'll coordinate planning meetings, manage documentation, and assist with participant tracking using program tools, while helping produce findings and lessons learned to improve readiness and resilience.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain DHS EOD.
• 2+ years experience developing, conducting, and evaluating HSEEP exercises.
• Experience writing exercise planning, conduct, and evaluation materials.
• Experience providing administrative and documentation support in a fast-paced operations environment (meeting logistics, calendars, correspondence, and deadline tracking).
• Strong attention to detail supporting editing/formatting so products align to style expectations and are free of grammatical errors.

Responsibilities

• Support exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation for multiple exercises nationwide.
• Provide administrative and coordination support for planning meetings.
• Support creation and maintenance of exercise documentation packages.
• Assist with participant registration and tracking using program tools.
• Document findings, recommendations, and lessons learned after exercises.
• Help manage exercise calendar and content on platforms.
• Develop exercise scenarios, injects, goals, and evaluation materials.
• Attend meetings with Senior Exercise Planners and Regional Leads.

Skills

HSEEP experience

Exercise planning

Documentation support

Attention to detail

Job description

Description

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?

DescriptionLooking for an opportunity to make an impact?At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Your greatest work is ahead! Leidos is seeking a Exercise Planner to be a part of an exercise support team providing HSEEP exercise planning and design, development, conduct, and evaluation support for CISA’s National Cybersecurity Exercise Program (NCEP), including supporting all aspects of exercise coordination, documentation, participant support, and basic reporting activities. This role supports both day-to-day program operations and execution of exercise events by maintaining organized materials, tracking actions, and supporting tools used to register, track, and analyze participants and findings.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading! Leidos’ Homeland Sector’s Airports, Borders, and Security (ABS) business area delivers air travel modernization, border protection, and critical infrastructure security solutions that help build a safer, more resilient homeland. Operating globally across aviation security, passenger screening, cybersecurity, and border and port security, ABS integrates next-generation technologies—including AI-driven analytics, advanced threat detection, and command-and-control platforms—to secure the movement of people and goods worldwide by improving situational awareness, accelerating decisions, and strengthening operational outcomes for customers.

Are you ready to make an impact? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your resume with us today!

Primary Responsibilities Include

• 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 (e.g., invitations, sign-in sheets, meeting notes, and other administrative documents).
• Support participant registration and tracking activities using technical tools provided/used by the program.
• Support collection and organization of findings, recommendations, and lessons learned for post-exercise products.
• Support program operations tasks as directed (e.g., maintaining an exercise calendar, assisting with content organization onCISA.gov/otherplatforms, supporting all-hands coordination).
• Support development of exercise scenarios, discussion questions, injects, goals and objectives, exercise conduct materials, and evaluation materials.
• Participate in meetings with Senior Exercise Planners and Regional Exercise Leads regularly to ensure timely production of materials and exercise execution.

Required Experience, Skills, And Education

• 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 (meeting logistics, calendars, correspondence, and deadline tracking).
• Strong attention to detail supporting editing/formatting so products align to style expectations and are free of grammatical errors.

Preferred Experience, Skills, And Education

• Active Top Secret SCI security clearance.
• Experience supporting data collection and basic analysis activities (e.g., compiling survey results and tracking trends over time).
• Experience supporting dashboards or visual tools that provide visibility into operations and key performance indicators.
• Experience with cybersecurity exercises.
• Cybersecurity Certifications
• Security +
• ISC2

At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We\'re not hiring followers. We\'re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail.

Pay Range

Pay Range $52,000.00 - $94,000.00

Pay And Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That\'s why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.