Cyber Lead / System Security Officer (SSO)

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Other

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Confidential

Public Trust/Other Required:

SSBI (T5)

Job Family:

Information Security

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Information Technology Security, Security Policies, Vulnerability Management

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have at least seven (7) years of IT knowledge and demonstrated hands-on experience in cyber security engineering and operations. Experience managing a team 5-10 cyber security personnel.

You will support the security operations related to the following areas:

• Vulnerability Management – Nessus/Appscan Vulnerability Scanning and understanding of vulnerability scanning and cycle.
• Patch Management – Ivanti, Shavlik or similar patching software and understanding of patching process and cycle.
• Anti-Virus/Anti-Spam – McAfee epo, Windows Defender or similar and understanding of virus/Spyware analysis.
• Access Control and Authorization – Understanding and possible dentification and implementation of Network security and detection of rouge devices.
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP) – Symantec, O365 DLP or similar product
• Configuration Management - STIG/SCAP compliance baselines for windows, mac, Linux
• Splunk (Or Equivalent SEIM / Log Aggregation experience)
• Encryption – BitLocker or similar encryption software and understand Encryption key management.
• Cloud Security - Familiarity with FedRAMP for IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
• Experience with managing, establishing and understand Security Operation Center (SOC)
• Experienced Incident Response Team (IR/IRT) troubleshooting, root cause analysis and remediation verification.
• Knowledge of Identity Management, ICAM/IDAM and authorization, least privilege, reducing unauthorized elevated access.
• Penetration Test Response and Remediation
• DevSecOps – software development lifecycle security –scanning across the lifecycle and baking in application security for developers and containers

Required Certification: CISSP

Desired Certifications:

One or more of the following certifications strongly desired:

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• CCSP (Cloud Certified Security Professional ISC2)
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• ITIL Foundations Certification v3, or ability to obtain certification within 3 months
• Technical certifications such as Cisco (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE), VMWare (VCP), Microsoft

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or Social Science or minimum 10 years of experience in lieu of degree

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinates government customer’s security program with that of DHS and other Federal cyber departments and agencies
• Coordinates and leads security project implementations
• Functions as the Infrastructure IT security expert and ability to advise different team members on security matters
• Advises the system owner regarding security considerations in applications systems procurement or development, implementation, operation and maintenance, and disposal activities
• Interfaces directly with the government customer’s technical security teams to collect, integrate, interpret, and report using various tools to demonstrate risk, and advise stakeholders on a course of action
• Guides the program’s Software Assurance, Vulnerability Management, Security Operations, Prevention and Maintenance support
• Provides guidance to the Event Detection and Incident Response efforts through policy development and identification of weaknesses in the program
• Supports the government customer’s business activities related to risk identification and measurement systems within various technical and usage boundaries
• Collaborates with user, infrastructure support teams and other Pivot contractors to define and measure security policy and standards across the larger government customer environment
• Works with end users, stakeholders, and support teams to define and establish this secure environment
• Inspires and fosters confidence in others with ability to effectively communicate with various customer communities to understand their needs, and provide them guidance on how to best protect them through your observations and recommendations

The likely salary range for this position is $142,800 - $193,200. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

USA DC Washington

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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