Cybersecurity Operations Product/Project Manager

Washington, DC

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!

Chenega Systems (CS) provides federal agencies empowered solutions in Cybersecurity and Data Visualization. Our Subject Matter Experts offer decades of experience working in the federal marketplace and the data visualization environment.

Duties and Responsibilities

Assist with developing and driving the global cybersecurity tactical operational initiatives by providing day-to-day management, oversight, and guidance to operations and management.
Provide operational management, oversight, training, and quality assurance for a 24/7/365 global security operations center consisting of a team with varied strengths responsible for event and alert monitoring, intelligence research and analysis, and event, and incident management.
Responsible for the overall development of workflows, resources, and initiation of improvements where required.
Serve as an escalation point and as a subject matter resource (SMR) in event and alert monitoring, intelligence research and analysis, event, and incident management.
Provide timely reporting on the expected and ongoing project status.
Manage security operations projects, including process improvement and technology investment.
Provide oversight of all Cybersecurity Operations projects and efforts to ensure they are being executed as planned on time/on budget/to requirements and following division, branch, and agency instructions, guidance, and processes.
Assist in providing financial stewardship for how funds are planned, estimated, budgeted, reported, and controlled; support the procurement of mission-related products and services and the development of acquisition packages.
Develop, monitor, and revise reports, dashboards, and key performance indicator (KPI) metrics to track and report on performance.
Identify Cyber technology investment opportunities strengthening capabilities and operational/tactical effectiveness.
Identify gaps in core technical and programmatic capabilities and subsequently conduct strategic planning and implementation activities necessary to address those gaps.
Produce technology plans, roadmaps, and schedules for information security and assurance capabilities and their transition.
Develop and maintain strategic partnerships to provide better support and efficiencies by participating in working groups, technical conferences, and regular collaboration meetings within and across departments and agencies.
Resolve priority conflicts and when necessary, arbitrate priorities to maximize successful deliveries.
Maintain comprehensive knowledge of information security and cyber defense policies, laws, standards, concepts, technologies, and practices.
Conduct research on emerging IT and security technologies and recommend, evaluate, and integrate innovative solutions that will increase the security posture while maintaining/increasing system interoperability and maintain/decrease cost.
Develop and validate documentation and procedures and establish continuous process improvement (CPI) to ensure said products remain valid and effective over time, but more importantly, create efficiencies and address current and future mission requirements. Additionally, conduct Business Process Engineering for cases where procedures do not exist.
Ensure Security Operations tools are effectively utilized and operating, identify gaps in process or procedure, and implement new solutions accordingly. Additionally, manage and partner with security service providers for security tool and process enhancements to improve the security posture
Develop and maintain effective relationships with IT teams throughout the company to coordinate efforts to protect critical systems.
Communicate vertically and horizontally to keep stakeholders informed and involved in Security Operations matters.
Ensure that all identified events are promptly validated and thoroughly investigated.
Remain current on cyber security trends and intelligence (open source and commercial) to guide the security analysis and identification capabilities of the SOC team.
When appropriate, build and mature the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Identify opportunities for SOC system tuning.
Proactive interaction with leadership to voice concerns, and issues, or propose better solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity or related fields OR
High school diploma or GED equivalent and an additional 4+ years of equivalent work experience
13+ years of combined experience (8+ years of technical security experience; 5+ years of experience managing and leading a cyber incident response or security operations team) with an enterprise organization performing function/services, including but not limited to:
- Incident Management/Response (monitoring, detection, analysis, containment, investigation, reporting, and resuming steady state operations), to include crisis incident management
- Threat intelligence production, collection, analysis, and hunting
- Digital Forensics and E-Discovery
- Security Engineering, Operations, and Maintenance
Current CISSP, CEH, or similar level certification. All professional certifications must include a certification number (Ex: CISSP certification number, GIAC analyst number, etc.)
Proven experience managing and/or leading successful local and remote teams in an operational environment
Proven experience and the ability to interact authoritatively with a diverse group of senior executives, managers, and subject matter authorities
Ability to navigate and work effectively across complex, geographically dispersed teams
Strong analytical, problem-solving, organization, time management, and interpersonal skills as well as verbal and written communication skills.
Familiarity with offensive/defensive strategies
A deep understanding of cybersecurity laws, regulations, directives, memos, guidelines, and industry frameworks and standards (i.e., FISMA, OMB Memorandum, CISA BODs, NIST, MITRE ATTA&CK)
Self-motivated and task-oriented
Strong command of the English language
Background check required

How you’ll grow
At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn.

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.

Benefits
At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.
Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.

Chenega MIOS’s culture
Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.

Corporate citizenship
Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.
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