Cyber Exercise Planner Associate

Morgan Stanley•Baltimore, MD

1d•$65,000 - $135,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Technology, Cyber, and Business Continuity Exercise Planner to join our Baltimore Fusion team. You will plan and deliver a range of exercises to assess the organization's ability to respond to operational events, including cyber, technology, and physical scenarios. Through delivery of realistic, engaging and vivid simulations you will help prepare responding teams from across the Firm. In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities. This is a Risk & Resiliency Mgmt III position at the Associate level, which is part of the job family responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks to ensure operational continuity and resilience in the face of potential threats or disruptions that could impact the organization, plus management of ongoing incidents. The Fusion Exercise Program is responsible for planning and coordinating exercises to assess the Firm's ability to respond to operational threats and incidents, covering all hazards. The team delivers a full range of services, from short-format mini exercises to high-complexity tabletops, functional exercises, and full-scale simulations.

Requirements

3+ years of professional experience in cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, incident management, crisis management, or related fields.
Experience in either the planning and facilitation of operational exercises within an organization or experience in leading multidiscipline teams during major incidents, crisis events or cyber responses.
Ability to rapidly absorb information to gather an understanding of how a system, process, or business function works.
Ability to identify and highlight gaps in their own knowledge and proactively seek out the information required.
Ability to lead sessions made up of multi-disciplinary teams from junior staff to senior Firm Management.
Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentation) with the ability to convey outcomes to a wide audience.
Capable of synthesizing multiple asks and timelines into holistic, clearly defined milestones and deliverables within a dynamic environment.
Proven ability to work autonomously and to meet deadlines.
Strong initiative and a proactive attitude in approach to work.

Nice To Haves

Experience working for a globally distributed organization.
Experience using and customizing Jira, Microsoft Office 365 services including SharePoint, Teams and Power BI.
Project management, DR, BCP or Information Security certifications preferred.
Understanding of existing and emerging finance industry regulatory requirements related to business continuity, disaster recovery and operational resilience.
Experience in the financial services sector is an advantage but not required.
Candidates with a variety of backgrounds, including those from cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, incident management, crisis management, and related fields.
Ex-military, emergency services, career switchers, and those from other industries with relevant experience in operational resilience or incident response.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the development and enhancement of tooling for the Fusion Exercise Program to further mature the existing information management systems and processes.
Delivery of exercises covering tabletop, drills and functional exercise types.
Collaborate with teams across all areas of the global Firm including Technology, business units, infrastructure support, Corporate Services/Security, regulatory engagement and legal to develop exercises to assess Firm processes and functions to manage operational threats and incidents.
Orchestrate the Firm's involvement in vendor-facilitated, and sector-wide exercises that assess the effectiveness of the Firm's response processes.
Develop and track program key performance indicators, including actions resulting from exercises.
Develop existing documentation to further enhance the organization's ability to deliver exercise services.

Benefits

Medical
Prescription Drug
Dental
Vision
Health Savings Account
Dependent Day Care Savings Account
Life Insurance
Disability and Other Insurance Plans
Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law, Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually)
10 Paid Holidays
401(k)
Short/Long Term Disability