Cybersecurity Operations Lead

This position is contingent upon a future opening with Gunnison.

Pay

$170,000 - $190,000/year

Schedule

Hybrid, 2-3 days per week on-site in Alexandria, VA. The first 30 days of work will be full-time on-site.

Responsibilities

• Implement the various phases of Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation, establishing baselines for security tools to ensure proper configuration and deployment.
• Architect, deploy, and maintain security products and services, and recommend and implement solutions for protecting data throughout its lifecycle.
• Lead cybersecurity architecture, engineering, and security operations activities to strengthen enterprise security posture and reduce organizational risk.
• Provide security engineering subject matter expertise in support of enterprise architecture, technical review boards, IT operations, and application development initiatives.
• Design, engineer, implement, integrate, and optimize enterprise security solutions to improve visibility, threat detection, operational readiness, and security resilience.
• Ensure cybersecurity architecture and security engineering requirements are integrated throughout the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and properly documented.
• Provide technical leadership and advisory support on current and emerging cybersecurity tools, technologies, and security best practices.
• Identify, assess, and remediate security tool and system misconfigurations across enterprise infrastructure, applications, and cloud or on-premise environments.
• Develop and maintain enterprise information security architecture, engineering plans, network security diagrams, and system security design documentation.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to design, configure, implement, and operate Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) capabilities across the enterprise.
• Manage the aggregation, correlation, and visualization of cybersecurity data and alerts from enterprise and federal CDM tools and platforms.
• Lead integration and automation efforts between security operations, incident response, monitoring, and cybersecurity technologies to improve operational efficiency and response effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain security operations processes supporting hardware and software asset management, vulnerability management, configuration management, identity and access management, and ongoing authorization activities.
• Oversee implementation and management of enterprise security controls related to boundary protection, event monitoring, data protection, data loss prevention (DLP), supply chain risk management, and user activity monitoring.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support proactive threat detection, continuous monitoring, incident response, and cybersecurity operational improvements.
• Support the evaluation and implementation of emerging cybersecurity technologies, federal security initiatives, and evolving compliance requirements.

Requirements

• US citizenship required.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience providing security operations and penetration testing support.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing and directing security operations.
• Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field.
• Required certifications:
  • Certified Information System Security Professional Information Systems Security Management Professional (CISSP-ISSMP)
  • Certified Information System Security Professional Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (CISSP-ISSAP)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Qualifications

• Certified Network Security Engineer (CNSE) certification is preferred.

Benefits

• 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
• 11 paid Holidays each year
• 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year for approved training or certifications (self-study is ineligible)
• 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Public Transportation Subsidies
• Certifications and Training Allowance - Up to $5,000/year
• Bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance