Program Manager
Agile Defense
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Reston • Virginia • United States
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About the role
- Lead an enterprise cybersecurity program delivering and developing 24/7 Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) services for federal customers.
- Provide strategic leadership, operational oversight, and deep technical expertise across key mission areas, including cyber operations, security engineering, information assurance intelligence, and modernization initiatives.
- Analyze highly complex cybersecurity issues, recommend plans of action for Contractor and Government staff, and manage Contractor teams supporting resolution of these issues.
- Serve as the Contractor’s primary contact for USG Government personnel.
- Conduct quality assurance reviews of all CSOC activities through reviewing of metrics and case analysis.
- Lead efforts Planning, organization, scheduling and progress reporting of various projects.
- Construct and optimize operational workflows for various functional teams across multiple shifts.
- Develop, collect, analyze security operational metrics to optimize CSOC performance and minimize organizational risk.
- Research, evaluate, recommend, and design new security technologies and support infrastructure.
- Develop technical cyber security solutions in response to customer requests or in support of proposal solution development.
- Provide technical writing support in response to RFPs/RFQs from various customers.
- Support new Agile Defense engagements as transitional program or operations lead.
- Support documentation of all business and workflow processes in this area.
- Provides technical consultation in cyber security capability development.
- Maintain a 24x7 shift schedule and minimum-manning requirements.
Requirements
- An active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- ISC2 Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP) certification in good standing
- Seven (7) years of direct project and program management lead cybersecurity programs
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, STEM, Information Technology, or Cybersecurity
- Minimum of seven (7) years of professional experience with a solid understanding of incident response, insider threat investigations, digital forensics, and cyber threats.
- Excellent organizational and attention to details in tracking activities within various Security Operation workflows.
- A working knowledge of the various operating systems (e.g. Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.) commonly deployed in enterprise networks, a conceptual understanding of Windows Active Directory is also required, and a working knowledge of network communications and routing protocols (e.g. TCP, UDP, ICMP, BGP, MPLS, etc.) and common internet applications and standards (e.g. SMTP, DNS, DHCP, SQL, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.).
- Familiarity with Zero Trust and Information Assurance.
- Progress experience in leading a Cybersecurity Program that includes Cyber Operations, Security Engineering and Information Assurance.
- Experience with the identification and implementation of counter-measures or mitigating controls for deployment and implementation in the enterprise network environment.
- Ability to act as a subject-matter expert multiple on related task and/or programs
Benefits
- Competitive and comprehensive benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cybersecurityincident responseinsider threat investigationsdigital forensicsnetwork communicationsrouting protocolsWindows Active Directorysecurity operational metricstechnical writingAgile Defense
Soft Skills
strategic leadershipoperational oversightorganizational skillsattention to detailproject managementcommunicationteam managementproblem-solvinganalytical skillsconsultation
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP)