Morgan Stanley
Cyber Exercise Planner Associate
$65K–$135K
Baltimore, Maryland · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 10, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years; backgrounds may include cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, incident management, crisis management, or related fields.
About the job
Plans and delivers exercises that test the Firm’s response to cyber, technology, physical, and other operational threats and incidents.
What you'll do
- Plan and facilitate tabletop, drill, and functional exercises, including vendor-facilitated and sector-wide exercises.
- Collaborate across the Firm to assess response processes, track exercise actions and performance indicators, and improve program documentation and tooling.
- Develop realistic simulations to prepare multidisciplinary teams for operational events.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of professional experience in cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, incident management, crisis management, or related fields.
- Experience planning and facilitating organizational operational exercises, or leading multidisciplinary teams during major incidents, crises, or cyber responses.
- Ability to lead sessions with multidisciplinary teams, communicate outcomes effectively, and synthesize requests and timelines into milestones and deliverables.
- Ability to work autonomously, meet deadlines, and proactively identify and address knowledge gaps.
Nice to have
- Experience in a globally distributed organization; financial services experience is an advantage but not required.
- Experience using and customizing Jira and Microsoft Office 365 services including SharePoint, Teams, and Power BI; relevant project management, DR, BCP, or Information Security certifications.
Pay
$65,000 and $135,000 per year (USD, base salary)
Tools
Jira, Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, Teams, Power BI
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