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Leidos is seeking a Junior Exercise Planner to be a part of an exercise support team providing HSEEP exercise planning and design, development, conduct, and evaluation support for CISA’s National Cybersecurity Exercise Program (NCEP), including supporting all aspects of exercise coordination, documentation, participant support, and basic reporting activities. This role supports both day-to-day program operations and execution of exercise events by maintaining organized materials, tracking actions, and supporting tools used to register, track, and analyze participants and findings.
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Junior Exercise Planner — (TS/SCI)
Primary Responsibilities Include:
Support aspects of exercise design, development, conduct, and evaluation on a team working concurrently on multiple exercises across the country.
Provide administrative and coordination support for exercise planning meetings, including scheduling, logistics, and capturing action minutes.
Support creation and maintenance of exercise documentation packages (e.g., invitations, sign-in sheets, meeting notes, and other administrative documents).
Support participant registration and tracking activities using technical tools provided/used by the program.
Support collection and organization of findings, recommendations, and lessons learned for post-exercise products.
Support program operations tasks as directed (e.g., maintaining an exercise calendar, assisting with content organization on CISA.gov/other platforms, supporting all-hands coordination).
Support development of exercise scenarios, discussion questions, injects, goals and objectives, exercise conduct materials, and evaluation materials.
Participate in meetings with Senior Exercise Planners and Regional Exercise Leads regularly to ensure timely production of materials and exercise execution.
Required Experience, Skills, and Education:
Active TS/SCI clearance.
Ability to obtain DHS EOD.
2+ years experience developing, conducting, and evaluating HSEEP exercises.
Demonstrated experience writing exercise planning, conduct, and evaluation materials.
Experience providing administrative and documentation support in a fast-paced operations environment (meeting logistics, calendars, correspondence, and deadline tracking).
Strong attention to detail supporting editing/formatting so products align to style expectations and are free of grammatical errors.
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:
Experience supporting data collection and basic analysis activities (e.g., compiling survey results and tracking trends over time).
Experience supporting dashboards or visual tools that provide visibility into operations and key performance indicators.
Experience with cybersecurity exercises.
Cybersecurity Certifications
Security +
ISC2
Clearance Required:
Active TS/SCI clearance.
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June 4, 2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range $82,550.00 - $149,225.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.
Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®.
Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos.
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