Overview

GOVERNMENT AGENCY: US Treasury

POSITION INFORMATION: Full-Time Position; Government contractor supporting Treasury

LOCATION: Remote; client prefers candidates in the DC/VA/MD area in case an onsite meeting is ever requested

BENEFITS: Health, Dental and Vision, 401(k), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), 11 Paid Federal Holidays, PTO, education reimbursement

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Active DoD Secret, preferred; can cage higher level clearances

POSITION TIMING: Position requires candidate to be submitted for a US Treasury clearance prior to starting employment; additional clearance can take 2-4 weeks to process. 

ITC Federal, LLC is an information technology and consulting company focused on servicing the needs of the Federal Government. ITC's mission is to apply earned expertise in information technology and information assurance/security to assist this client in achieving its mission. ITC is located in Fairfax, VA and offers outstanding compensation and benefits plan and a challenging and rewarding professional work environment.

Are you a skilled IT professional who is not only a security expert, but skilled at building and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships; superior at facilitating communications; and able to effectively coordinate activities across multiple organizations? Do you have experience supporting IT / cybersecurity within the U.S. Federal Government (USG)? Are you looking to take that next step up in your career and become a key member of a team supporting a large Federal Government agency? Then we want to hear from you!

ITC is searching for a senior cybersecurity professional who preferably has experience managing complex security challenges at the large enterprise level, especially within a Security Operations Center (SOC) environment. We seek an energetic, talented cybersecurity expert who demonstrably understands modern security operations processes in a hybrid IT environment (legacy IT, virtual, and cloud-based). In addition, the ideal candidate will appreciate the nuances necessary to achieve and maintain successful relationships across a multi-bureau, federated environment. The ideal candidate will have prior experience providing IT security within the Federal Government environment.

The US Treasury is moving towards a centralized SOC, presented as a service offered to internal Treasury Bureau customers. The Intake Analysts will be responsible for coordinating the onboarding of the Treasury Bureau customers. The position requires exposure to a federal SOC, technical knowledge (for how data is collected, transmitted, stored, and used within a SOC), and strong communication and organizational skills to facilitate engagement with customers.

Responsibilities

• Support design and development of SOC as a Service (SOCaaS) solutions, processes, and procedures for the intake of Departmental networks.
• Manage Intake process from a technical and managerial perspective to bring customers into the SOCaaS.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external cross-functional SOC and engineering teams to intake, validate, and operationalize Bureau data.
• Manage intake and sustainment of the customer portfolio for SOCaaS.
• Document the process for identifying, intaking, and provisioning SOCaaS requirements to meet the security needs of multiple Bureaus associated with the Federal Agency.
• Understand how to leverage specialized software tools, such as ServiceNow, to implement and expedite the intake of Bureau SOCaaS requirements.
• Establish close working relationships with IT security leads across multiple external Bureaus within the Agency.
• Assist Bureaus in understanding the service catalog of SOCaaS services and how the Bureau may utilize and benefit from these services.
• Assist Bureaus in understanding the program interfaces and procedural touchpoints for SOCaaS services.
• Assist the Agency in analyzing and planning for organizational impacts and changes necessary to support SOCaaS.
• Support the improvement of SOCaaS services based on internal analysis and external feedback from Bureau customers.
• Update existing operating procedures, and as necessary develop new operating procedures to support the intake process for SOCaaS services.
• Update Incident Response Handling and Reporting as required.
• Develop high-quality reports for presentation to Government clients.
• Work closely with multiple project stakeholders to understand requirements and develop and establish efficient and effective solutions.
• Provide status reports for multiple ongoing projects and related documentation.

Qualifications

• Minimum BS degree in IT, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related field.
• 15 years of experience with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in IT, cyber security, or network security.
• Professional IT or security certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, Security , etc.).
• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance
• Expertise in IT security processes, and how these may be provisioned as a centralized service to support external clients.
• Must understand and have experience in SOC operations
• Experience in Splunk or similar query language, willingness to learn and run queries within Splunk to monitor and understand collected datasets
• Must be a self-motivator with the ability to work remotely as part of a team, or independently with little supervision.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills are an absolute must.
• Ability to communicate across multiple stakeholders including senior leaders, customers, project leaders, team members, and technical experts.
• Ability to create, discuss and explain technical solutions and documentation.
• Strong writing and communications skills.

Preferred:

• Master’s Degree in IT, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with Security as a Service or Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP).
• Prior experience in security services, especially SOC services, within a Federal Government agency.

ITC Federal is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and will not discriminate against any application for employment on the basis of age, race, color, gender, national origin, religion, creed, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military status, disability, or sex including pregnancy and childbirth or related medical condition or on any other basis prohibited by law.