Senior Homeland Security Exercise Designer

Cadmus; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Disability and life insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Volunteer time off

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Cadmus is hiring in the United States for a senior exercise planning role focused on leading design, conduct, and evaluation of homeland security and critical infrastructure exercises. You will advise on strategy, engage diverse stakeholders, and coordinate multiple workstreams to deliver high-quality exercise products.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in emergency management, extensive HSEEP experience, and strong facilitation and writing abilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, homeland security, national security, public policy, political science, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Minimum of ten years of professional experience in exercise planning, emergency management, homeland security, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, or related field.
• Extensive experience leading design, delivery, and evaluation of complex HSEEP exercises.
• Demonstrated expertise in discussion-based exercise design and facilitation.
• Ability to advise clients on exercise strategy and improvement planning.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior exercise planning and HSEEP SME supporting government exercise programs.
• Provide technical direction for the design, conduct, evaluation, and continuous improvement of complex homeland security, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure exercises.
• Advise clients on exercise strategy, program priorities, stakeholder engagement, scenario design, evaluation criteria, and improvement planning.
• Lead complex, multi-stakeholder exercises involving federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, private-sector, and critical infrastructure participants.
• Oversee multiple exercise workstreams or project teams and ensure consistency across products, schedules, methodologies, and client communications.
• Lead planning meetings and facilitate executive briefings, workshops, tabletop exercises, after-action discussions, and other sessions.
• Establish exercise design approaches and provide final technical and QA review of major deliverables.
• Guide the development of complex scenarios, evaluation criteria, injects, AARs, and Improvement Plans.

Skills

HSEEP expertise

Exercise design

Stakeholder engagement

Policy analysis

Team leadership

Public policy

Cybersecurity awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in emergency management/ homeland security

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Cadmus is hiring in the United States for a senior exercise planning role focused on leading design, conduct, and evaluation of homeland security and critical infrastructure exercises. You will advise on strategy, engage diverse stakeholders, and coordinate multiple workstreams to deliver high-quality exercise products.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in emergency management, extensive HSEEP experience, and strong facilitation and writing abilities.