Junior Exercise Planner Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC)

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Leidos is seeking a Junior Exercise Planner Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) to support aspects of HSEEP exercise design development conduct and evaluation for CISAs National Cyber Exercise Program (NCEP) and engage with CISAs Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC). The JCDC unites cyber defenders from worldwide organizations to a team of cross-industry organizations that proactively gather analyze and share actionable cyber risk information. The JCDC brings together cyber defense capabilities from government industry and international organizations in an effort to reduce cyber risks. This role supports the Regional Exercise Lead for their assigned regional exercises and works with exercise planning teams on aspects such as planning meetings scenario development exercise documentation facilitation exercise conduct and exercise evaluation for multiple concurrent exercises across the region. This role specifically incorporates the work of the JCDC into all CISA cyber exercise by knowing and understanding the efforts of the JCDC in threat and vulnerability analysis creation of cybersecurity guidance and operational coordination across internal CISA divisions and external groups like the intelligence community. An active TS/SCI security clearance is required for this position due to the nature of the subject matter.

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Junior Exercise Planner Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) (TS/SCI)

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Support the Senior Exercise Planner JCDC.

• Coordinate between JCDC members and the CISA exercise support teams.

• Participate and collaborate with as requested by CISA the JCDC meetings to understand threat analysis vulnerability information and expert guidance that can be incorporated into CISA cyber exercises.

• Support the customers needs for cyber policy review and development identifying hot button issues and trends in cyber threats and guiding informed recommendations for cyber training and exercises based on expertise and experience.

• Review and refine ideas exercise materials and exercise foundation (i.e. scope objectives scenario player actions discussion questions evaluation criteria etc.) to ensure alignment with JCDC work and cyber response principles.

• Coordinate with Senior Exercise Planner JCDC to report back to the JCDC as requested by CISA findings from exercises forming common threads and themes in cyber threats and vulnerabilities.

• Support the incorporation of JCDC elements into the CISA exercises.

• Communicate and coordinate regularly across exercise support team with Senior Exercise Planners Exercise Leads and with exercise stakeholders.

• Support and participate in planning meetings (as appropriate) such as C&O IP MPM MSEL Meeting and FPM and in developing all supporting documentation including agendas presentations and notes.

• Support the development of core exercise documentation and artifacts (e.g. CONOPS EXPLAN SITMAN MSEL COSIN evaluation forms invitations/sign-in sheets).

• Support end-to-end exercise execution: concept and scope execution support evaluation approach and post-exercise reporting (AAR and assigned reports).

• Report regularly to Exercise Leads and across exercise support team according to communications plan.

• Attend and participate in each exercise within assigned region as required.

• Support development of newCISA Tabletop Exercise Packages (CTEPs)and maintenance of the CTEP scenario library.

• Support internal training activities to improve facilitation and planning skills across NCEP staff.

Required Experience Skills and Education:

• ActiveTS/SCIclearance.

• Ability to obtain DHS Suitability / CISA EOD.

• 2 years experience in supporting cybersecurity operations cyber threat analysis incident response vulnerability management cyber risk management or cyber exercise planning.

• Familiarity with cyber incident response lifecycle activities including detection triage escalation containment coordination remediation recovery and post-incident improvement.

• Familiarity with threat intelligence indicators of compromise malware reporting vulnerability information and adversary tactics techniques and procedures.

• Experience with HSEEP exercise design development conduct and evaluation.

• 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 (such as EXPLANs SITMANs MSELs and controller/observer instructions) and post-exercise products (including AAR drafting support).

• Demonstrated ability to manage time meet deadlines and milestones.

Preferred Experience Skills and Education:

• Education or certifications in cybersecurity information technology computer science homeland security emergency management intelligence studies public policy or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

• Experience supporting cybersecurity-focused scenarios and stakeholder engagement across government and private sector partners.

• Cybersecurity Certifications

  • CISSP

  • CEH

  • GIAC

• Experience contributing to AAR development and communicating findings to technical and non-technical audiences.

Clearance Required:

• ActiveTS/SCIclearance.

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