IT Technical Project Manager- Cyber Security

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery for firewall deployments, network security enhancements, incident response improvements, and threat intelligence platform initiatives
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, resource allocations, and risk registers
• Manage multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities and interdependencies
• Drive projects through full lifecycle: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure
• Establish and track KPIs, milestones, and deliverables; provide regular executive-level status reporting
• Coordinate firewall rule change management, migration, and modernization projects (Palo Alto, Cisco, Fortinet, or equivalent)
• Manage network segmentation, zero trust architecture, and micro-segmentation initiatives
• Oversee projects involving IDS/IPS, WAF, DDoS mitigation, VPN, and SD-WAN security
• Drive network access control (NAC) and perimeter security upgrade programs
• Manage projects that enhance incident response capabilities, playbooks, and processes
• Coordinate tabletop exercises, red/blue team engagements, and incident simulation programs
• Drive implementation of SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) platforms
• Partner with SOC leadership to prioritize and deliver detection and response tool improvements
• Lead projects to operationalize threat intelligence feeds, platforms (MISP, ThreatConnect, or equivalent), and integration with SIEM
• Career development and professional growth opportunities
• Manage vendor relationships for threat intelligence services and data sharing partnerships
• Drive projects that translate threat intelligence into actionable defensive measures
• Serve as the primary point of contact between technical security teams, IT infrastructure, business units, and leadership
• Facilitate governance meetings, steering committees, and change advisory boards
• Manage third-party vendors, contractors, and service providers
• Produce clear, concise executive dashboards, risk assessments, and decision-support materials

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of firewall technologies (Palo Alto, Cisco ASA/Firepower, Fortinet, Check Point)
• Working knowledge of network security architectures: DMZ, segmentation, zero trust, SD-WAN
• Familiarity with incident response frameworks (NIST CSF, SANS Incident Response, MITRE ATT&CK)
• Understanding of threat intelligence lifecycle, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and threat platforms
• Knowledge of SIEM/SOAR platforms (Splunk, Sentinel, Phantom, XSOAR)
• Understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks (PCI-DSS, SOX, NIST 800-53, FAA/TSA cybersecurity directives)