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ID #19843618
State Virginia
City Arlington
Job type Permanent
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source Softworld, Inc.
Showed 2021-09-18
Date 2021-09-17
Deadline 2021-11-15
Category Et cetera
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Cyber Security Exercise Planner

Virginia, Arlington, 22201 Arlington USA

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Job Number: 236221

Cyber Security Exercise Planner

Arlington, VA (Temporarily Remote)

Currently seeking a proven Cyber Security Exercise Planner to join the team in support of a high-profile contract at DHS CISA.

Job Description:

Support the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Exercises (CISA Exercises) to improve the Nation's cyber security readiness, protection, and incident response capabilities by developing, designing, and conducting cyber exercises and workshops at the State, Federal, regional, sector, and international level. The exercises range from policy-based tabletop exercises intended to identify policy and process issues that facilitate or hinder cyber security operations under a variety of authorities, to full-scale exercises with both public and private sectors that incorporate network simulations to test command and control procedures, response mechanisms and cross-sector coordination.

Responsibilities:

Assist in conducting needs and research, and analyze customer needs and requirements.

Drafts and maintains exercise life cycle documents including from early concept and exercise logistics, and conduct active scenarios in conjunction with cyber incident response plans through exercise outcomes and analysis, and development of after action plans which incorporate recommendations and modifications to cyber security protocols, which result in cyber security improvement plans.

Assist with coordination and facilitation of requirement gathering sessions and works with business owners and other stakeholders to define and document user cyber security process evaluations.

Fully understand the Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP certification recommended)

Requirements:

- HSEEP (Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program) Certification. If you do not currently have one, you will need to acquire one prior to starting. This is certification is document based with a relatively short process. Should there be any cost, it will be paid for

- Active Secret Clearance highly preferred. At the least, all candidates must be eligible to obtain a Secret Clearance

- Active DHS CISA Suitability Clearance or other DHS component Suitability Clearance highly preferred. At the least, all candidates must be eligible to obtain a DHS CISA Suitability Clearance

- Must be a US Citizen

General Comments

Required

  • Top 3 Required Skills -
    • Significant knowledge of how to plan and conduct "Cyber Exercises"
    • Excellent written communication
    • HSEEP certified or willing to obtain before starting (this is free documentation based training that takes three days to obtain). All resources should have this, but would consider folks with significant exercise experience who do not
    • Able to take initiative

THIRD PARTY AGENCIES, SUBCONTRACTORS, AND RECRUITERS NEED NOT APPLY. Applicants received from firms will not be considered. Subcontracting is not available for this position.

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