Our client is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize of the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services. Responsibilities:
• Assisting technical/management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments
• Establishing goals and plans that meet project objectives • Assisting in direction and control activities, having overall responsibility for security management, methods, and staffing to ensure that technical requirements are met
• Participating in client negotiations and interfacing with senior management • Supporting decision making and domain knowledge that may have a critical impact on overall project implementation • Providing support to plan, coordinate, and implement a cybersecurity lab’s information security - Providing support for facilitating and helping the lab identify its current security infrastructure and define future programs, design and implementation of security related to lab systems
• Assisting the efforts of security staff to design, develop, engineer and implement solutions to security requirements
• Implementing and development of the DHS IT security standards
• Gathering and organizing technical information about the lab’s mission goals and needs, existing security products, and ongoing programs • Performing risk analyses which also includes risk assessment • Planning and leading major technology assignments
• Evaluating performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success - Functioning as a cyber technical expert across multiple project assignments Required Skills: • U.S. Citizenship - Must have TS/SCI clearance
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability • 5 years of directly relevant experience in information security management • Experience working on multiple complex assignments which are broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks • Ability to apply a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments - Knowledge of Computer Network Defense (CND) policies, procedures & regulations - Knowledge of defense-in-depth principles and network security architecture
• Knowledge of boundary protection and enclaving • Knowledge of authentication and access management techniques
• Experience with three or more of the following:
• Understanding of business security practices and procedures - Working with current state of the art security tools - Implementing security controls for hardware and software - Encryption techniques and tools - Application of security practices in a cyber lab environment - Must be able to work collaboratively across physical locations Desired Skills: • Experience leading and mentoring technical teams
• Experience with Xacta and Continuum
• Experience with Splunk, Tenable, Tanium and End Game -Experience with Net App Required Education: • BS Information Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science or related degree. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education. Desired Certifications: - DoD 8140.01 IAT Level III, CISSP, CISM, CASP, Linux