Responsibilities for this Position
Location: USA CA Seaside – 400 Gigling Rd (CAC001)
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ146490
Type of Requisition:
Pipeline
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCI
Public Trust/Other Required:
Job Family:
Program Management
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Cloud Applications, Cybersecurity, DoD 8570 compliant, NIST Standards
Certifications:
CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional – (ISC)2
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Cybersecurity Lead
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Cybersecurity Lead supporting a major Department of Defense (DoD) customer with global operations. You will be working in a rewarding, mission focused environment providing cybersecurity and Information Assurance (IA) services to ensure the security of the unclassified and classified enterprise in a hybrid, multi-cloud architecture. Your efforts will help ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the customer’s unclassified and classified hybrid, multi-cloud environments. You will also support risk management activities and threat assessments and ensure compliance with NIST 800-53 and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes. This position requires minimal travel. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Cybersecurity Lead you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Cybersecurity Lead joining our team within the Defense Division which is responsible for developing, securing, and delivering enterprise IT and infrastructure solutions across the DoD. You, as a recognized industry expert in cybersecurity, will have the opportunity to not only contribute technical and leadership expertise on this program, but to lead teams and cybersecurity disciplines across the business as your career grows. You will apply industry best practices and make recommendations on security tools and capabilities to create efficiencies, improve security, and reduce overall labor costs. Superior communication, leadership skills, and knowledge of cybersecurity functions and responsibilities are required along with the ability to interface with other teams in program execution. Leading the cybersecurity team, you will specifically,
HOW A CYBERSECURITY LEAD WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
- Plan, direct, and manage day-to-day activities of the cybersecurity team
- Prepare and maintain artifacts required to support RMF packages
- Perform coordination and reporting actions between cybersecurity services and the customer’s network operations center
- Provide basic cybersecurity troubleshooting services, including Host Based Security System (HBSS), ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO), and Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS)
- Facilitate security meetings and report in IA status
- Implement a vulnerability management plan
- Support customer strategic planning to build and mature cybersecurity operations capabilities
- Lead vulnerability remediation efforts and technical analysis of incidents
- Create status reports and briefings
- Assume responsibility for cybersecurity projects and provide input and status to the program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
- Represent the GDIT team in providing solutions to complex cybersecurity problems
- Propose upgrades or new hardware and software items to current cybersecurity tools
- Support internal and external audits, pen testing, red team testing and other security reviews
- Participate in customer-led cybersecurity working groups
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
- Minimum Top Secret/SCI clearance. [SSBI/T5].
- Ten (10+) years of applicable work experience in cybersecurity
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field
- DoDD 8140 (formerly DoD 8570.01-M) IAM Level III certification
- Experience with NIST 800-53 and DoD RMF processes
- Familiarity with securing networks and applications in cloud environments, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Self-starter with ability to work independently and with teammates and stakeholders
- Experience providing cybersecurity and IA services to DoD organizations in the NIPRNET and SIPRNET environments.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity best practices and privacy principles (on-premises and cloud)
- Knowledge of cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation techniques
- Ability to analyze new cyber attacks and provide guidance to the cybersecurity and operations teams on detection and response actions
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Level III certification (IAM Level III, CISSP), as defined in DoD 8570.01-M
Preferred Skills:
- Experience planning, directing, and managing a security operations center (SOC)
- Experience developing and leading a high-performing, geographically dispersed cybersecurity team
- Deep technical understanding of cybersecurity threats, attack vectors, and methods of exploitation as well as remediation techniques
- Advanced knowledge of security strategies, including Zero Trust
- ITILv3/4 Foundation
- One or more cybersecurity-related technology certifications
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
- Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
- 401K with company match
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages
- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
- Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
The likely salary range for this position is $106,371 – $177,632, 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:
10-25%
Telecommuting Options:
Hybrid
Work Location:
USA CA Seaside
Additional Work Locations:
Any Location / Remote
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.
COVID-19 Vaccination: GDIT does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to all employees. To protect the health and safety of its employees and to comply with customer requirements, however, GDIT may require employees in certain positions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination requirements will depend on the customer site requirements.
We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done.
GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.
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