Senior Homeland Security Exercise Leader

Cadmus; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) program

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Cadmus seeks seasoned professionals to support homeland security exercises for public and private clients. You will design, conduct, and evaluate exercises addressing terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters, with travel required for certain engagements.

As part of a proposal effort, compensation and benefits align with Cadmus standards, and eligibility to work in the U.S. is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in emergency management, homeland security, national security, public policy, political science, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Minimum of ten years of professional experience with exercise planning, emergency management, homeland security, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, or related field.
• Extensive experience leading the design, delivery, and evaluation of complex HSEEP exercises.
• Demonstrated expertise in discussion-based exercise design and facilitation.
• Ability to travel domestically.

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 exercises.
• Advise clients on exercise strategy, priorities, stakeholder engagement, scenarios, evaluation, and improvement planning.
• Lead multi-stakeholder exercises involving federal, state, local, tribal, and private sector participants.
• Oversee multiple exercise workstreams and ensure consistency across products and communications.
• Lead planning meetings and facilitate executive briefings, workshops, and after‑action sessions.
• Develop exercise design approaches and provide final QA on major deliverables.
• Guide development of scenarios, evaluation criteria, injects, and Improvement Plans.
• Resolve complex technical and scheduling challenges with leadership.
• Coach and mentor exercise planners and promote HSEEP standards.

Skills

HSEEP

Facilitation

Leadership

Policy analysis

Writing

Briefing

Presentation

Stakeholder engagement

Team coordination

Travel domestically

Education

Bachelor’s degree in emergency management or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

HSEEP

Job description

Cadmus seeks seasoned professionals to support homeland security exercises for public and private clients. You will design, conduct, and evaluate exercises addressing terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural disasters, with travel required for certain engagements.

As part of a proposal effort, compensation and benefits align with Cadmus standards, and eligibility to work in the U.S. is required.