Cybersecurity Exercise Planner (Senior)

About this role

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Interim Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Process and Operational Efficiency

Job Qualifications: Skills: Client Services, Cybersecurity, Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP), Project Management Certifications: None Experience: 8 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description: Cyber Exercise Planner (Senior) Opportunity to join a mission‑critical DHS program delivering cyber exercise planning, execution, analysis, and operational support. CISA Exercises is responsible for developing, designing, conducting, and analyzing exercises and workshops at the state, federal, regional, private sector, and international level. Exercises range from tabletop exercises intended to identify policy and process issues under a variety of authorities, to full-scale exercises with public and private sectors to test command and control procedures, response mechanisms, and cross-sector coordination. In this role, you will help design realistic cyber scenarios, evaluate stakeholder preparedness, and produce insights that inform CISA’s national cybersecurity mission. Your expertise will directly contribute to improving response capability, enhancing resilience, and supporting CISA’s strategic initiatives across the nation. MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT • Support federal client and exercise contract leads to plan, coordinate, and execute cyber exercises according to the DHS Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) principles. This includes identifying objectives, developing scenarios, designing exercise construct, supporting the exercise conduct, and after-action report development. • Drafts and maintains exercise life cycle documents to include those needed from early concept and planning meetings through execution and after-action reporting.  These documents include active scenarios developed to meet exercise outcomes and test cyber incident response plans. • Develops after action reports and improvement plans which incorporate recommendations and modifications to cybersecurity plans, processes, and protocols. • Assists with coordination and facilitation of requirement gathering sessions and works with business -owners and government stakeholders to define and document user cybersecurity process evaluations • Researches, assesses, and analyzes customer needs and requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED • Familiarity with exercise development, design, conduct, and analysis • Familiarity with Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Methodology • Expertise with Microsoft Office 365 applications; particularly Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Customer service orientation, focus, and ability to multitask • Ability to respond to urgent and sensitive requests for information in a timely manner • Attention to detail • Strong and demonstrated teamwork abilities • Flexible, self-motivated, and able to adapt to changing circumstances • A basic understanding of the Cybersecurity field

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE • BS/BA Degree or equivalent experience • 8+ years of relevant experience • Clearance: TS/SCI required.

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY Explore a career in intelligence at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for securing the mission.

The likely salary range for this position is $114,750 - $155,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: 10-25%

T elecommuting Options: Hybrid

Work Location: USA VA Arlington

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.    

Our Identity Verification Process: As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.     About Our Work: We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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