Senior Homeland Security Exercise Lead

Cadmus; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k)

PTO

Paid holidays

TUITION reimbursement

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Cadmus, in the United States, seeks a senior exercise planner to lead the design, execution, and evaluation of homeland security exercises for government and private clients, with domestic travel as required. You will advise on exercise strategy, manage multi‑stakeholder scenarios, and ensure quality across deliverables, including After-Action Reports and Improvement Plans, while coordinating with leadership and clients.

U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in emergency management, homeland security, national security, public policy, political science, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Ten years of relevant professional experience in exercise planning, emergency management, homeland security, cybersecurity, or critical infrastructure.
• Extensive experience leading design, delivery, and evaluation of complex HSEEP exercises.
• Proven expertise in discussion-based exercise design and facilitation.
• Ability to advise on exercise strategy, program management, and improvement planning.
• Experience directing multidisciplinary teams and providing senior-level review of exercises.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior exercise planning and HSEEP SME supporting government exercise programs.
• Provide technical direction for design, conduct, evaluation, and improvement of complex homeland security and critical infrastructure exercises.
• Advise clients on exercise strategy, priorities, stakeholder engagement, scenario design, evaluation, and Improvement planning.
• Lead multi-stakeholder exercises with federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, private-sector, and critical infrastructure participants.

Skills

Emergency management

Homeland security

HSEEP experience

Facilitation

Leadership

Policy analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Cadmus, in the United States, seeks a senior exercise planner to lead the design, execution, and evaluation of homeland security exercises for government and private clients, with domestic travel as required. You will advise on exercise strategy, manage multi‑stakeholder scenarios, and ensure quality across deliverables, including After-Action Reports and Improvement Plans, while coordinating with leadership and clients.

U.S.