Senior Exercise Planner Regional Exercise Lead

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Leidos is seeking a Senior Exercise Planner to serve as a Regional Exercise Lead for the CISA National Cyber Exercise Program (NCEP) including leading all exercise design development planning conduct and evaluation as required for their assigned region. This role leads exercise support teams comprised of Junior to Senior Exercise Specialists across their assigned region that develop and execute multiple concurrent exercises for CISA stakeholders across the country.

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Senior Exercise Planner/Regional Exercise Lead (TS/SCI)

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Lead all exercise design development conduct and evaluation as required for the exercises in their assigned region.

• Participate in initial meetings with leadership CISA and exercise stakeholders to determine scope team requirements resources schedule etc. for each exercise in their assigned region.

• Support PM and DPM/IM in identifying and allocating appropriate personnel and resources to each exercise support team for each exercise in their region based on type size complexity.

• Identify roles in each exercise support team and staff to assume those roles for the lifetime of the exercise cycle including a lead for meetings documentation content development etc.

• Lead coordination of planning meetings (as appropriate) such as C&O IPM MPM MSEL Meeting and FPM and all supporting documentation including agendas presentations and notes. Work with identified team lead for this role.

• Lead coordination for the development of core exercise documentation and artifacts (e.g. CONOPS EXPLAN SITMAN MSEL COSIN evaluation forms invitations/sign-in sheets). Work with identified team lead for this role.

• Focus on managing multiple concurrent exercises across their assigned region.

• Communicate and coordinate with other Regional Exercise Leads and PM/DPM to ensure appropriate resource allocation and deconflict schedules.

• Maintain communications with regular meetings with exercise stakeholders in their region.

• Report regularly to management based on communications plan.

• Establish own battle rhythm for meetings and coordination/communications with regional exercise teams.

• Fill in as a SME and Exercise Facilitator if necessary.

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

• Provide SME input to internal training activities to improve facilitation and planning skills across NCEP staff.

Required Experience Skills and Education:

• ActiveTS/SCIclearance.

• Ability to obtain DHS EOD.

• 10 years experience in HSEEP exercise design development conduct and evaluation.

• 8 years experience in exercise management or leadership including managing multiple exercises exercise teams schedules and concurrent execution.

• FEMA HSEEP Certified.

• Demonstrated experience planning and delivering exercises or exercise-like events that require structured documentation coordination and post-event reporting.

• 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 lead high-level meetings exercise facilitation and give customer-facing presentations.

• Demonstrated ability to manage time meet deadlines and milestones and hold team members accountable to requirements.

• Ability to meet DHS suitability and the clearance requirement applicable to the assigned role (TS/SCI for designated personnel; otherwise Public Trust fitness type) as described in the SOW.

Preferred Experience Skills and Education:

• FEMA Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP)

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

• Experience contributing to strategic plan maintenance and innovation projects in support of leadership requests.

• Cybersecurity Certifications

  • CISSP

  • CEH

  • GIAC

Clearance Required:

• ActiveTS/SCIclearance.

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