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Leidos

Mid-Level Exercise Planner

Leidos

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

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $52,000 - $94,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in exercise design, development, and evaluation, with a strong focus on stakeholder coordination and documentation management. Proficient in analyzing complex scenarios and producing high-quality exercise materials while supporting cybersecurity operations.

Highest-signal resume keywords
HSEEP Exercise DesignStakeholder CoordinationCybersecurity OperationsFEMA HSEEP CertificationStrong Writing Skills

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Hard Skills
Exercise DesignExercise EvaluationCyber Threat AnalysisIncident ResponseVulnerability ManagementCyber Risk ManagementAAR DevelopmentDocumentation ManagementConcept DevelopmentPost-Exercise Reporting
Soft Skills
Time ManagementCommunication SkillsTeam CollaborationOrganizational Skills
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft TeamsCISA.govExercise Tracking Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
FEMA HSEEP CertificationCISSPCEHGIACFEMA Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP)
Industry Keywords
CybersecurityExercise PlanningStakeholder EngagementGovernment CoordinationPrivate Sector Collaboration

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Support and lead aspects of exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation across multiple exercises
  • Communicate and coordinate with the exercise support team, Senior Exercise Planners, Exercise Leads, and exercise stakeholders
  • Participate in meetings to ensure timely production of materials and exercise execution
  • Support planning meetings and develop agendas, presentations, notes, and meeting minutes
  • Develop core exercise documentation and artifacts, including CONOPS, EXPLAN, SITMAN, MSEL, COSIN, evaluation forms, and invitations/sign-in sheets
  • Support end-to-end exercise execution, including concept and scope, execution support, evaluation approach, and post-exercise reporting
  • Create and maintain exercise documentation packages
  • Support participant registration and tracking using program technical tools
  • Collect and organize findings, recommendations, and lessons learned for post-exercise products
  • Report regularly to Exercise Leads and across the exercise support team
  • Attend and participate in exercises within the assigned region
  • Develop new CISA Tabletop Exercise Packages and maintain the CTEP scenario library
  • Support internal training activities for NCEP staff
  • Support program operations, including maintaining an exercise calendar, organizing content on CISA.gov/other platforms, and all-hands coordination

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Ability to obtain DHS Suitability / CISA EOD
  • 5+ years experience in HSEEP exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation
  • Experience coordinating with multiple stakeholders across technical, operational, government, and private-sector environments
  • Ability to analyze complex cyber scenarios and identify technical, operational, procedural, communications, and information-sharing gaps
  • FEMA HSEEP Certification or ability to achieve HSEEP certification within 30 days of contract start
  • Strong writing skills to develop polished exercise materials and documents and post-exercise products
  • Demonstrated ability to manage time, meet deadlines and milestones
  • Ability to work on Eastern time zone hours
  • Ability to be on camera on Microsoft Teams for meetings where required
  • Preferred: Experience with cybersecurity operations, cyber threat analysis, incident response, vulnerability management, cyber risk management, or cyber exercise planning
  • Preferred: FEMA Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP)
  • Preferred: Experience supporting cybersecurity-focused scenarios and stakeholder engagement across government and private sector partners
  • Preferred: Cybersecurity Certifications, including CISSP, CEH, or GIAC
  • Preferred: Experience contributing to AAR development and communicating findings to technical and non-technical audiences
  • No security clearance required