Cybersecurity Incident Management Exercise (CIME) Facilitator

Job Title: Cybersecurity Incident Management Exercise (CIME) Facilitator

Location: Iowa Statewide

Duration: Full Time

• Job Description:
  Client is seeking experienced Cybersecurity Incident Management Exercise (CIME) Facilitators to support statewide cybersecurity resilience initiatives across Iowa. This role is focused on leading in-person tabletop and incident response exercises for public sector organizations including cities, counties, school districts, and related agencies.
• The ideal candidate is a senior cybersecurity professional with prior experience in incident response, SOC operations, emergency management, cyber exercises, or public-sector cyber preparedness initiatives. Candidates must be comfortable facilitating executive and technical discussions in front of diverse stakeholder groups and driving structured incident-response conversations during live tabletop exercises.
• This is a 1099 contractor role supporting project-based, hourly engagements with onsite travel across Iowa.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Facilitate onsite Cybersecurity Incident Management Exercises (CIME) and tabletop exercises (TTX) at customer locations across Iowa
• Lead structured cyber incident scenarios involving ransomware, operational disruption, business continuity, and crisis response
• Guide participant discussions involving IT teams, leadership personnel, emergency management stakeholders, and operational staff
• Maintain professional delivery and ensure smooth execution of exercise agendas, scripts, and facilitation materials
• Capture exercise observations, participant feedback, and operational findings during engagements
• Develop concise post-exercise summaries, observations, and reporting deliverables
• Coordinate with TSCTI project leadership and customer stakeholders before and after engagements
• Represent TSCTI professionally during all public-sector interactions

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of cybersecurity, incident response, SOC, emergency management, or cyber risk experience
• Experience facilitating tabletop exercises, incident response workshops, or crisis management discussions
• Strong understanding of:
• Incident Response (IR)
• Ransomware response workflows.
• Cybersecurity operations.
• Business continuity concepts.
• Public-sector cyber risk environments.
• Experience interacting with executive leadership and technical stakeholders.
• Strong verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to independently lead structured onsite sessions.
• Ability and willingness to travel throughout Iowa for onsite engagements.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience supporting:
• State/local government entities
• School districts
• Emergency management organizations
• Critical infrastructure environments
• Familiarity with:
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)
• CISA tabletop methodologies
• Incident command and crisis communication processes
• Previous SOC analyst, IR consultant, emergency management, or cyber operations background
• Experience with ransomware tabletop facilitation and cyber preparedness workshops.

About our Company: -

22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.

Recognized among Best Company to Work For by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated. 22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer" and s & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply."

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.