Cyber Exercise Planning and Support Analyst

**ACTIVE TS/SCI SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED**

The Opportunity

Step into a mission-driven role where your work directly strengthens national cyber resilience. As an Exercise Planning & Evaluation Specialist, you will help shape the readiness, responsiveness, and effectiveness of a Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) supporting federal, DoD, and Intelligence Community partners.

In this role, you’ll design and execute high-impact cyber exercises that challenge defenders, test tools and procedures, and uncover opportunities to evolve our cyber posture. If you thrive in dynamic environments, enjoy crafting realistic scenarios, and want your expertise to make a measurable difference, this is the place to do it.

What You’ll Do

You will be at the center of planning, coordinating, and evaluating cyber exercises that enhance the CSOC’s mission readiness. Your work will help test and validate the performance of people, processes, and technology across a range of real-world threat scenarios.

You will:

• Lead CSOC participation in all internal and external cyber and business continuity exercises—across Federal, DoD, IC Operations Centers, Red/Blue Teams, CTE Teams, and mission partners.

• Coordinate and facilitate exercise planning efforts to maximize engagement from all CSOC personnel—government and contractor, day and after-hours shifts.

• Create and execute realistic, scenario-driven exercises to evaluate tool effectiveness, operational processes, defensive tactics, and team readiness.

• Develop and maintain exercise documentation, planning artifacts, evaluation metrics, and execution materials.

• Produce detailed After-Action Reports (AARs) that capture key findings and provide actionable recommendations for operational improvement.

• Contribute to the weekly CSOC Status Report with updates on exercise activities and outcomes.

• Collaborate closely with internal and external mission stakeholders to ensure alignment, participation, and continuous improvement.

What You Bring

Required:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph.

• 6 years of experience in Information Assurance with demonstrated expertise in exercise planning or cyber readiness activities.

• Ability to meet DoDD 8140.01 and DoD 8570.01-M requirements, including IAT Level II and CSSP Auditor certifications (must obtain within six months if not already held).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant technical or cybersecurity field.

Why This Role Matters

You won’t just be planning exercises—you’ll be shaping the CSOC’s ability to detect, respond, and defend against real-world cyber threats. Your contributions will directly influence mission performance, readiness, and national security outcomes.

If you’re ready to make an impact, challenge yourself, and grow within a high-caliber cybersecurity team, we want to meet you.

Additional Information

• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
• Compensation is unique to each candidate and relative to the skills and experience they bring to the position. The salary range for this position is typically $95-100k. This does not guarantee a specific salary as compensation is based upon multiple factors such as education, experience, certifications, and other requirements, and may fall outside of the above-stated range.
• Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, Accrued PTO, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, Referral Bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and more!

D2 Consulting is committed to a merit-based recruitment process and encourages applications from all qualified individuals.  As a Veteran-Owned Small Business, we particularly welcome applications from veterans who have the requisite skills and experience.  Job applicants that are interested in one of our openings and may require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, should contact us to request an accommodation.