Senior Exercise Planner – Regional Exercise Lead

🔥 18 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $82.5k - $149.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Leidos

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1969

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

Leidos is a leading systems integrator in science, technology, and engineering, providing solutions that transform and enable the missions of its customers. The company operates across various markets, including aviation, defense, energy, government, healthcare, intelligence, science, and space. Leidos is involved in AI, digital modernization, cyber operations, and integrated and mission software systems. With a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability, Leidos also engages in charitable efforts and community enrichment programs. Additionally, it contributes to developing solutions for counter-unmanned aerial systems and electric vehicle infrastructure for military applications.

📋 Description

• Lead all exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation for exercises in the assigned region • Participate in initial meetings with leadership, CISA, and exercise stakeholders to determine scope, team requirements, resources, and schedules • Support the PM and DPM/IM in identifying and allocating personnel and resources to exercise support teams • Identify exercise support team roles and staff personnel for the exercise lifecycle • Lead planning meetings including C&O, IPM, MPM, MSEL Meeting, and FPM, along with agendas, presentations, notes, and supporting documentation • Lead development of core exercise documentation and artifacts, including CONOPS, EXPLAN, SITMAN, MSEL, COSIN, evaluation forms, invitations, and sign-in sheets • Manage multiple concurrent exercises across the assigned region • Coordinate with other Regional Exercise Leads and PM/DPM on resource allocation and schedule deconfliction • Maintain regular communications and meetings with regional exercise stakeholders • Report regularly to management according to the communications plan • Establish meeting and coordination rhythms with regional exercise teams • Serve as a subject matter expert and Exercise Facilitator when necessary • Support development of CISA Tabletop Exercise Packages and maintenance of the CTEP scenario library • Provide subject matter expert input to internal training activities to improve facilitation and planning skills across NCEP staff

🎯 Requirements

• Ability to obtain CISA 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 certification required or ability to complete HSEEP certification within 30 days of contract start • 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, controller/observer instructions, and post-exercise products including AAR drafting support • Demonstrated ability to lead high-level meetings, facilitate exercises, and give customer-facing presentations • Demonstrated ability to manage time, meet deadlines and milestones, and hold team members accountable to requirements • Ability to meet CISA suitability and the clearance requirement applicable to the assigned role: TS/SCI for designated personnel; otherwise Public Trust fitness type • Preferred: TS/SCI security clearance • Preferred: FEMA Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) • Preferred: Experience supporting cybersecurity-focused scenarios and stakeholder engagement across government and private sector partners • Preferred: Experience contributing to strategic plan maintenance and innovation projects in support of leadership requests • Preferred: Cybersecurity certifications including CISSP, CEH, or GIAC