Cyber Operations Lead - DoD
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Full Time Senior-level / Expert Clearance required USD 63K - 147K * est.
INNOVIM Defense Services is seeking a Cyber Operations Lead to join our team supporting the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) program at the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). INNOVIM supports the development, implementation, sustainment, and operations of enclaves and systems that manage missile defense training, events, analysis, and operations.
Location: Shriever, SFB, Colorado Springs, CO
Position Closes: 6/5/25
Relocation Assistance: NONE
The candidate will:
- Work with hardware engineers, software engineers, and test teams developing, testing, and deploying cyber tools for compliance initiatives.
- Contribute to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification and awareness activities of CLAW systems.
- Gather data and prepare documentation in support of patching and STIGs to support the cyber compliance of CLAW systems.
- Support the CLAW Cyber Teams by ensuring Battle Rhythms are kept up to date and adhered to for all day-to-day tasks.
- Coordinate actions and efforts as needed with appropriate team members, internal and external teams, customers, stakeholders and leaders to effectively execute tasks, solve problems and develop solutions with minimal to no mission impact.
- Understand security vulnerabilities in various SW and HW platforms and be able to recommend mitigations.
- Develop and coordinate all authorization documentation associated including the Systems Categorization, Systems Security Plan, and Systems risk assessment.
- Coordinate with Information System Security Officer(ISSO), Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and Cyber Vulnerability Management Team to meet Cyber requirements.
- Brief Government and Contract Leadership in a confident, concise and professional manner.
- Conduct assessments of information systems security requirements, evaluate current security posture and recommend priorities for remediation.
- Review information system infrastructure and application architecture to assess security requirements.
- Assist the CLAW Cyber Team to perform and document risk assessments, analyzing security vulnerabilities, and the metrics to measure the risks associated with those vulnerabilities.
- Coordinate actions and efforts as needed with appropriate team members, internal and external teams, customers, stakeholders and leaders to effectively execute tasks, solve problems and develop solutions with minimal to no mission impact.
- Assist the CLAW Cyber Lead with projects, tasks and the day-to-day Battle Rhythms of the CLAW Cyber Team.
- Have other cyber duties as assigned.
Basic Requirements:
- Must have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance
- Must have one of the following combinations of education and experience: HS Diploma (or GED) and 8 years of general experience; Associate’s degree and 6 years of general experience; Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of general experience. General experience must include 4 years of directly related experience with 2 years of management.
- Must have 6 years of Cyber Security and/or IT experience
- Must have 2 years of experience working in a management or leadership role
- Must have a current DoD 8570.01M IAT Level II certification
IDS is committed to providing superior work in the fields of science, engineering, data analytics and technology to government agencies. We offer competitive compensation packages, including comprehensive nationwide Medical/Dental/Vision insurance programs, life insurance, matching 401k contribution and Educational/Training support.
* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰
Tags: Analytics Clearance Compliance Data Analytics DoD DoDD 8570 IDS Risk analysis Risk assessment Risk management Security Clearance STIGs Vulnerabilities Vulnerability management
Perks/benefits: 401(k) matching Competitive pay Health care Relocation support Team events
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