Remote Senior Exercise Planner—HSEEP for Cyber Exercise

Leidos; United States; On-site; USD 83,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Senior Exercise Planner to lead HSEEP exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation for CISA’s National Cyber Exercise Program. You will support the Regional Exercise Lead and oversee planning meetings, scenario development, and documentation.

The role requires extensive experience, FEMA HSEEP certification, and the ability to coordinate with exercise stakeholders, produce polished materials, and guide teams through end-to-end exercise execution.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain CISA EOD.
• 10+ years experience in HSEEP exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation.
• FEMA HSEEP certification required or ability to complete HSEEP certification within 30 days of contract start.
• Demonstrated experience planning and delivering exercises or exercise‑like events that require structured documentation, coordination, and post‑event reporting.
• Strong writing skills to develop polished exercise materials and documents (EXPLANs, SITMANs, MSELs, and controller/observer instructions) and post‑exercise products (AAR drafting support).
• Demonstrated ability to lead high‑level meetings, exercise facilitation, and give customer‑facing presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning meetings and coordinate exercise activities across the support team.
• Develop and maintain core exercise documentation and artifacts (CONOPS, EXPLAN, SITMAN, MSEL, COSIN, evaluation forms).
• Support end‑to‑end exercise execution: concept/scope, execution, evaluation, and post‑exercise reporting.

Skills

HSEEP design

FEMA HSEEP

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Technical writing

Clearance eligibility

Meeting facilitation

Job description

Leidos seeks a Senior Exercise Planner to lead HSEEP exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation for CISA’s National Cyber Exercise Program. You will support the Regional Exercise Lead and oversee planning meetings, scenario development, and documentation.

The role requires extensive experience, FEMA HSEEP certification, and the ability to coordinate with exercise stakeholders, produce polished materials, and guide teams through end-to-end exercise execution.