Cybersecurity Program Manager

2 days ago

New Port Richey, Florida, United States Agile Defense Full time
Job Title:
Cybersecurity Program Manager

Location:
Hybrid Role 3-4 days a week to D.C.

Clearance Level:
Public Trust

Required Certification(s):

  • You must maintain one certification from each group labelled 1-3 below. We may have flexibility with group (3) if someone else on the team obtains one of those certifications. At a minimum, the PM must have one certification from groups (1) and (2).
  • CISSP or CISM
  • CEH or GIAC (GPEN, GWAPT, GCFA, or GNFA)
  • GCIH or GCIA
  • PMP certification preferred

SUMMARY
The ideal candidate is a highly technical, hands-on cyber Technical Program Manager with advanced skillsets in cybersecurity.

They thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy leading a diverse pool of SOC (Incident Responders/SOC engineers) professionals, and have a passion for helping customers maintain and mature their security posture.

Candidates should have excellent written and oral communication skills, be able to work independently and as part of a team, with demonstrated leadership capabilities.

Skills and experience in Operations Management, Security Event Analysis, Incident Response, Cyber Hunt, Forensics, Malware Analysis, and Cyber Threat Intelligence (skills in more than one cyber discipline are preferred) are required for this position.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience supporting a 24x7x365 SOC environment as an analyst or engineer, experience as a technical team lead within the SOC, and operations management experience.

A solid understanding of cyber threats and information security in the domains of TTP's, Threat Actors, Campaigns, and Observables is required.

Additionally, the ideal candidate would be familiar with intrusion detection systems, intrusion analysis, security information event management platforms, endpoint threat detection tools, and security operations ticket management.


JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Serve as the customer's primary point of contact for the Agile Defense team, the technical Cyber SME, and onsite manager for the SOC team.
  • Manage a SOC Program to provide cyber defense capabilities to a federal agency, including comprehensive Computer Network Defense support through security event monitoring, advanced analytics and response, vulnerability assessment, and cyber intelligence activities in support of the SOC operational mission.
  • Conduct quality assurance reviews of all SOC IR/engineering activities through reviewing of metrics and case analysis.
  • Maintain a 24x7 shift schedule and minimum-manning requirements.
  • Lead efforts planning, organizing, 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 SOC performance and minimize organizational risk.
  • Research, evaluate, recommend, and design new security technologies and supporting infrastructure.
  • Develop technical cyber security solutions in response to customer requests or in support of proposal solution development.
  • Provide technical writing support in support of corporate response to RFPs/RFQs from various customers.
  • Support documentation of all business and workflow processes in this area.
  • Provides technical consultation in cyber security capability development.
  • Maintains current knowledge of relevant cyber security and related technologies as assigned.

SUPERVISORY DUTIES

  • Must have experience leading a team.

QUALIFICATIONS
Required Certifications

  • You must maintain one certification from each group labelled 1-3 below. We may have flexibility with group (3) if someone else on the team obtains one of those certifications. At a minimum, the PM must have one certification from groups (1) and (2).
  • CISSP or CISM
  • CEH or GIAC (GPEN, GWAPT, GCFA, or GNFA)
  • GCIH or GCIA
  • PMP certification preferred
Education, Background, and Years of Experience

  • Bachelor's Degree required (Information Technology, Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering).
ADDITIONAL SKILLS &
QUALIFICATIONS
Required Skills

  • At least 8 years of experience in a cyber network defense environment performing analysis and engineer functions and 2 years of experience as a team lead or operations management.
  • Demonstrated capabilities to analyze highly complex cybersecurity issues, recommend plans of action for Contractor and Government staff, and manage Contractor teams supporting resolution of these issues.
  • Strong analytical and technical skills in computer network defense operations, triage, investigation, and incident response efforts.
  • Previous hands-on experience with Security Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM) platforms and log management systems that perform log collection, analysis, correlation, and alerting (preferably within Sentinel or Splunk).
  • Prior experience with and ability to analyze information technology security events to discern events that qualify as a legitimate security incident as opposed to non-incidents.
  • Existing Subject Matter Expertise of Advanced Persistent Threats or Emerging Threats.
  • Strong proficiency in report writing and briefing senior management.
  • 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.).
  • Experience with the identification and implementation of countermeasures or mitigating controls for deployment and implementation in the enterprise network environment.
  • Ability to work on-call during critical incidents or to support coverage requirements (including weekends and holidays when required).
  • Strong documentation and written communication skills with technical report writing experience.

WORKING CONDITIONS
Environmental Conditions

  • This is a hybrid schedule of telework and onsite; requires onsite - 4 days a week within the DC-metro area. 0% travel possible. Work is generally sedentary in nature but may require standing and walking for up to 10% of the time. The working environment is generally favorable. Lighting and temperature are adequate, and there are not hazardous or unpleasant conditions caused by noise, dust, etc. Onsite requirements may change at the client's discretion. Work on customer site is generally performed in an office environment, with stand office equipment available.
Strength Demands

  • Sedentary - 10 lbs. Maximum lifting, occasional lift/carry of small articles. Some occasional walking or standing may be required. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Physical Requirements

  • Stand or Sit; Walk; Repetitive Motion; Use Hands / Fingers to Handle or Feel; See; Push or Pull

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