POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Team Lead for Exercise Planning and Evaluation Services will directly work with the Branch Chief of Cybersecurity Readiness. They will take previous experience with DoD/IC exercise planning to develop and execute custom, realistic, scenario-based exercises to test the effectiveness of cybersecurity training, tools, processes, and procedures within the Cyber Security Operations Cell (CSOC).
The Exercise Planning and Evaluation Services Team Lead will oversee and direct cross-functional teams supporting exercise scenario and event development. Because of this, the candidate will be required to effectively work with and communicate with varying levels of stakeholders to include TCS leadership, senior executives, technical customers, non-technical customers, and all TCS staff down to the lowest levels. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Act as the representative for any JFHQ-DODIN, USCYBERCOM, or IC-SCC exercises on behalf of the customer. This will include attending scheduled meetings, working groups, and/or briefings as required
* Provide weekly and/or monthly briefings to the customer on current work and completed work as required.
* Develop after action reports, lessons learned, and process improvement plans which incorporate recommendations and modifications to cybersecurity plans, processes, and protocols.
* Develop and execute exercises ranging from tabletop exercises intended to identify policy and process issues, to functional exercises with active scenarios developed to test cyber incident response plans command and control procedures, and cross-enterprise coordination
* Draft and maintain exercise life cycle documents, to include those needed from early concept and development planning meetings through execution, to include after-action reporting. * Coordinate and facilitate requirement gathering sessions and work with process owners and stakeholders to define and document required cybersecurity process evaluations
* Understanding of the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC)
* Excellent verbal and writing skills with the ability to write clear and concise assessment reports.
* Understanding of cybersecurity compliance policy, programs, processes, and metrics.
* Certified DoD 8140.01 and 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technical Officer (IAT) Level III * Demonstrated experience providing briefings to an executive audience.
* Sufficient knowledge of enterprise cybersecurity systems and technologies with the ability to interpret network architecture documentation.
* Demonstrated leadership experience serving as a functional manager or team lead for a minimum of 4 years
* Candidate must have a TS/SCI with ability to obtain a Polygraph
* Bachelor's degree, or higher, in Computer Science, Cyber Security Engineering or IT-related discipline. An additional 6 years of experience in cybersecurity may be substituted in lieu of degree. * Demonstrated 4 or more years of experience supporting an IC or DoD agency in exercise planning