Senior Homeland Security Exercise Lead

Cadmus; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Job summary

Cadmus seeks candidates to support homeland security exercises for public and private clients, leading design, execution, and evaluation of exercises covering terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.

These roles involve policy assessment, professional writing, and strategic planning, with domestic travel likely. The position is for a proposal effort, contingent on award and eligible to work in the United States.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior exercise planning and HSEEP subject‑matter expert supporting government exercise programs.
• Provide technical direction for 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 methodology, 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 exercise products, schedules, methodologies, and client communications.
• Lead planning meetings and facilitate executive briefings, workshops, tabletop exercises, after‑action discussions, and other exercise sessions.
• Establish exercise design approaches and provide final technical and quality‑assurance review of major deliverables.
• Guide the development of complex scenarios, objectives, evaluation criteria, injects, and After‑Action Reports.
• Resolve complex technical, stakeholder, schedule, and delivery challenges with project/client leadership.
• Coach and mentor exercise planners, strengthen team capabilities, and promote consistent application of HSEEP standards.

Skills

Leadership

Facilitation

Analytical

Writing

Briefing

Presentation

Client engagement

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in emergency management or related field

Master’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

HSEEP

Job description

Cadmus seeks candidates to support homeland security exercises for public and private clients, leading design, execution, and evaluation of exercises covering terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.

These roles involve policy assessment, professional writing, and strategic planning, with domestic travel likely. The position is for a proposal effort, contingent on award and eligible to work in the United States.