Junior Exercise Planner

Leidos

. Support exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation across multiple exercises .

Posted 10/7/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesJunior💰 $45,500 - $82,250 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in exercise design, development, and evaluation, with a strong focus on administrative support and documentation management. Proficient in coordinating logistics and maintaining exercise materials while ensuring attention to detail and adherence to style guidelines.

Highest-signal resume keywords

HSEEP Exercise DevelopmentExercise Planning DocumentationAdministrative SupportAttention to DetailCybersecurity Exercises

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Hard Skills

Exercise DesignExercise EvaluationHSEEP CertificationData CollectionBasic Analysis

Soft Skills

Organizational SkillsCommunication SkillsTime Management

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft TeamsCISA.govVisual Tools for Operations

Certifications & Qualifications

CISA EODFEMA Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP)Security +ISC2

Industry Keywords

HSEEPExercise PlanningCybersecurityPerformance IndicatorsLogistics Coordination

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber SecurityTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation across multiple exercises
Provide administrative and coordination support for exercise planning meetings, including scheduling, logistics, and action minutes
Create and maintain exercise documentation packages, including invitations, sign-in sheets, meeting notes, and administrative documents
Support participant registration and tracking using program technical tools
Collect and organize findings, recommendations, and lessons learned for post-exercise products
Support program operations, including maintaining an exercise calendar, organizing content on CISA.gov and other platforms, and all-hands coordination
Support development of exercise scenarios, discussion questions, injects, goals and objectives, conduct materials, and evaluation materials
Participate regularly in meetings with Senior Exercise Planners and Regional Exercise Leads to support timely materials production and exercise execution

Requirements

What you’ll need

Ability to obtain CISA EOD
1 to 2 years experience developing, conducting, and evaluating HSEEP exercises
Ability to complete HSEEP certification
Demonstrated experience writing exercise planning, conduct, and evaluation materials
Experience providing administrative and documentation support in a fast-paced operations environment (meeting logistics, calendars, correspondence, and deadline tracking)
Strong attention to detail supporting editing/formatting so products align to style expectations and are free of grammatical errors
Ability to work on Eastern time zone hours
Ability to be on camera on Microsoft Teams for meetings where required
Preferred: TS/SCI security clearance
Preferred: FEMA Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) Certification
Preferred: Experience supporting data collection and basic analysis activities
Preferred: Experience supporting dashboards or visual tools that provide visibility into operations and key performance indicators
Preferred: Experience with cybersecurity exercises
Preferred: Cybersecurity Certifications Security + and ISC2