Cybersecurity Drill & Crisis Simulation Expert

Location: Portugal, with offices in Lisbon or Porto; remote work permitted within Portugal.

Company

hirify.global is an energy technology company developing energy systems and technologies that support the global energy transition.

What you will do

• Plan, facilitate, and evaluate cybersecurity drills for executive management, business, and technical teams globally.
• Build and scale a portfolio of exercises covering different target groups, cybersecurity topics, and complexity levels.
• Design realistic tabletop and crisis simulation scenarios with storylines, injects, timelines, and decision points based on current threats and business processes.
• Improve scenarios using participant feedback, lessons learned, and evolving cybersecurity challenges.
• Own the cyber exercise platform and translate exercise and learning requirements into platform capabilities.
• Coordinate cybersecurity experts, incident response teams, business stakeholders, learning professionals, and external providers.

Requirements

• Long-standing experience in incident response, crisis management, cyber exercises or tabletops, or security training.
• Firm understanding of cybersecurity concepts, threats, attack scenarios, and defensive practices.
• Ability to translate complex technical cybersecurity topics into engaging, business-relevant scenarios.
• Strong understanding of learning design and principles.
• Fluent English, spoken and written, is mandatory.
• Experience facilitating workshops, exercises, or simulations and confidence working with diverse target groups.

Nice to have

• Practical experience with interactive or experiential learning formats.
• Experience developing facilitator and multiplier models or exploring Cyber Range capabilities.

Culture & Benefits

• Global cybersecurity team focused on impactful learning experiences and cyber resilience.
• Competitive salary and meal allowance.
• Fair compensation for international work and health insurance coverage.
• Remote work permitted within Portugal.
• Additional five “Pontes” days off and a weekday birthday day off when not abroad, applicable in Portugal.