Tabletop Exercise (TTX) Specialist - Cybersecurity Focus

Role overview

Plan and lead realistic cyber incident simulations that help enterprise clients assess their readiness for crises. You’ll work directly with client teams, including senior leaders and non-technical stakeholders, to test response plans, surface gaps, and turn exercise findings into practical improvements.

Responsibilities - Review client incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans to identify coverage gaps and priorities for testing. - Develop tailored exercise scenarios, facilitator materials, evaluation criteria, and supporting guides that reflect each client’s industry and regulatory context. - Facilitate virtual and in-person simulations involving executives and teams across functions such as legal, communications, and human resources. - Guide participants through decisions in scenarios such as ransomware, data breaches, and widespread security incidents. - Lead debriefs and prepare after-action reports that capture lessons, governance considerations, and recommended security improvements. - Help refine exercise methods and materials as the client portfolio grows.

Requirements - Three to five years of experience designing and facilitating cybersecurity tabletop exercises for enterprise clients, including work with incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans. - Strong facilitation skills, especially with cross-functional groups and non-technical executive audiences. - A bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience. - Working knowledge of major US and European cybersecurity and privacy requirements, including GDPR, NIS2, CCPA, and SEC cyber disclosure rules, and how they affect incident response governance. - Project management skills to coordinate multiple client engagements, complex schedules, and deadlines. - Willingness to travel up to 25% within the US and Europe.

Nice to have

Relevant certifications, such as CISSP or CISM, and experience using specialized tabletop exercise platforms are advantageous.

Benefits and work setup

The role includes virtual and in-person client sessions and travel. The source lists a compensation range of $100,000–$135,000 USD, flexible work schedules, paid healthcare, family leave, retirement or pension benefits, flexible paid time off, and professional development opportunities.