Senior Exercise Planner

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Paid Leave

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Via Logic LLC is seeking a Senior Exercise Planner to lead exercise design and evaluation for the National Cyber Exercise Program. This role involves coordination across multiple exercises and stakeholders, ensuring successful planning and execution.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years' experience in HSEEP exercises and possess an active TS/SCI clearance. Strong writing skills and expertise in documentation are essential for this position.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead high-level meetings.
• Experience in exercise facilitation and structured documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead aspects of exercise design and evaluation.
• Coordinate with exercise support teams and stakeholders.
• Support end-to-end exercise execution.

Skills

HSEEP exercise design

Strong writing skills

Time management

Education

10+ years of experience

FEMA HSEEP Certified

Tools

CISSP

CEH

GIAC

Job description

Senior Exercise Planner - (TS/SCI)

Leidos is seeking a Senior Exercise Planner to lead aspects of HSEEP exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation for CISA’s National Cyber Exercise Program (NCEP). This role supports the Regional Exercise Lead for its assigned regional exercises and leads aspects such as planning meetings, scenario development, exercise documentation, facilitation, exercise conduct, and exercise evaluation for multiple concurrent exercises across the region.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Work with the Regional Exercise Lead to determine specific exercise aspects to lead.
• Lead all activities, documentation, communication, and coordination among the exercise support team for the assigned aspect (e.g., scenario, evaluation, exercise documentation, planning meetings, etc.).
• Communicate and coordinate regularly across the exercise support team, with the Regional Exercise Lead, and with exercise stakeholders to ensure planning timelines, resources, and staffing are maintained.
• Participate in initial meetings with the Regional Exercise Lead and exercise stakeholders to establish familiarity with the exercise support team, the stakeholder leads, and to confirm exercise schedules.
• Lead or support and participate in all planning meetings (as appropriate), such as C&O, IPM, MPM, MSEL Meeting, and FPM, and in developing all supporting documentation, including agendas, presentations, and notes.
• Lead or support the development of core exercise documentation and artifacts (e.g., CONOPS, EXPLAN, SITMAN, MSEL, COSIN, evaluation forms, invitations/sign‑in sheets).
• Support end‑to‑end exercise execution: concept and scope, execution support, evaluation approach, and post‑exercise reporting (AAR and assigned reports).
• Report regularly to the Regional Exercise Lead and across the exercise support team according to the communications plan.
• Attend and participate in each exercise within the assigned region as a designated exercise support role determined by the Regional Exercise Lead and exercise support team requirements.
• Fill in as Exercise Facilitator if necessary.
• Support development of new CISA Tabletop Exercise Packages (CTEPs) and maintenance of the CTEP scenario library.
• Provide SME input to internal training activities to improve facilitation and planning skills across NCEP staff.

Required Experience, Skills, and Education:

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Ability to obtain DHS EOD.
• 10+ years experience in HSEEP exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation.
• FEMA HSEEP Certified.
• 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 (such as EXPLANs, SITMANs, MSELs, and controller/observer instructions) and post‑exercise products (including AAR drafting support).
• Demonstrated ability to lead high‑level meetings, exercise facilitation, and give customer‑facing presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage time, meet deadlines and milestones, and hold team members accountable to requirements.
• Ability to meet DHS suitability and the clearance requirement applicable to the assigned role (TS/SCI for designated personnel; otherwise Public Trust fitness type), as described in the SOW.

Preferred Experience, Skills, and Education:

• FEMA Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP).
• Experience supporting cybersecurity‑focused scenarios and stakeholder engagement across government and private sector partners.
• Experience contributing to strategic plan maintenance and innovation projects in support of leadership requests.
• Cybersecurity Certifications
  • CISSP
  • CEH
  • GIAC

Clearance Required:

• Active TS/SCI clearance.

Pay Range

$82,550.00 – $149,225.00

Pay and Benefits

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

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.