Senior HSEEP Exercise Architect

Cadmus; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption assistance program

Job summary

Cadmus is seeking a senior exercise planning and HSEEP subject-matter expert to lead complex homeland security and critical infrastructure exercises for government clients in the United States.

You will design, conduct, evaluate, and improve exercises, advise on strategy, manage multiple workstreams, mentor junior staff, and ensure deliverables meet quality standards while supporting client relationships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, homeland security, national security, public policy, political science, cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Ten+ years of professional experience in exercise planning, emergency management, homeland security, cybersecurity, or related fields.
• Extensive experience leading the design, delivery, and evaluation of complex HSEEP exercises.
• Expertise in discussion-based exercise design and facilitation.
• Ability to travel domestically as required.
• U.S. Citizen able to earn a favorable clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior exercise planning and HSEEP subject-matter expert 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 methodology, and improvement planning.
• Lead complex, multi-stakeholder exercises involving federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, private-sector, and critical infrastructure participants, as applicable.
• 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-related sessions.
• Establish exercise design approaches and provide final technical and quality-assurance review of major deliverables.
• Guide the development of complex scenarios, exercise objectives, evaluation criteria, injects, analysis products, After-Action Reports, and Improvement Plans.
• Resolve complex technical, stakeholder, schedule, and delivery challenges in coordination with project and client leadership.
• Coach and mentor exercise planners, strengthen team capabilities, and promote consistent application of HSEEP principles and quality standards.
• Support project leadership with work planning, resource coordination, risk management, and client relationship management.
• Contribute to the development of exercise methodologies, tools, templates, lessons learned, and program-level recommendations.

Skills

Leadership

Facilitation

Stakeholder engagement

Policy analysis

Communication

Travel ability

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

HSEEP

Job description

Cadmus is seeking a senior exercise planning and HSEEP subject-matter expert to lead complex homeland security and critical infrastructure exercises for government clients in the United States.

You will design, conduct, evaluate, and improve exercises, advise on strategy, manage multiple workstreams, mentor junior staff, and ensure deliverables meet quality standards while supporting client relationships.