Business Resilience Specialist - Exercises & Validation

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role:

The Exercise Specialist supports CrowdStrike’s Business Resilience (BR) department within the Resilience Organization. This role is focused on the design, coordination, facilitation, and evaluation of traditional business continuity and crisis response exercises. The Exercise Specialist partners closely with business, crisis, and product teams to validate preparedness, identify gaps, and drive continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Plan, design, and deliver business continuity and crisis response exercises in consultation with the Business Resilience management team.

• Independently manage and execute a defined subset of assigned exercises, owning the end-to-end lifecycle from planning through facilitation, evaluation, and corrective action tracking.

• Design and facilitate exercises to validate plans, procedures, decision-making, and escalation processes.

• Develop realistic, risk-aligned exercise scenarios appropriate to organizational maturity and resilience objectives.

• Ensure exercise scenarios demonstrate increasing complexity and maturity over time.

• Execute multiple exercises in parallel with minimal oversight while maintaining consistency and quality.

• Capture observations and lessons learned and develop after-action reports (AARs).

• Track corrective actions and partner with stakeholders to drive remediation and continuous improvement.

• Support planning and conduct of disaster recovery tests and exercises, including test reporting and corrective action identification.

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Support incident team activations

• Support continuous improvement of the company’s resilience posture

• Partner closely with other teams in support of risk/resilience planning, including Information Security, Governance/Risk/Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management

What You'll Need:

• 5+ years of experience independently owning and delivering business continuity, crisis response, and cyber security exercises

• Demonstrated ability to scale an exercise program, including repeatable processes, templates, and metrics.

• Proven track record of operating with autonomy while partnering effectively with cross-functional stakeholders;

• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills with the ability to communicate concepts to technical as well as non-technical audiences

• Effective written and oral communication skills, including experience developing and delivering briefings to top management

• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and project management skills

• Experience with supporting crisis management events (public or private sector)

• Ability to work an on call schedule including nights and weekends during crisis events

• Bachelor’s degree in Risk/Resilience or related fields, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience

  • Masters degree in risk/resilience discipline may be substituted for equivalent years of experience

Bonus Points

• Relevant certification in one or more business continuity, risk, or resilience disciplines (e.g., ABCP, CBCP, CBCI, MBCI, BCCE, CISSP)

• Experience with supporting crisis management events (public or private sector)

• Technology sector experience, particularly Cloud native

• Experience with data analytics tools (e.g., Tableau) and Business Continuity software

• Experience with Disaster Recovery testing / Awareness of chaos engineering testing

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards

• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs

• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge

• Paid parental and adoption leaves

• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role

• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections

• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities

• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.

CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

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