Job DescriptionWe are seeking an individual to be responsible for the cybersecurity of a program, organization, system, or enclave. Responsibilities and abilities for this position shall include, but not limited to:
- Acquire and manage the necessary resources, including leadership support, financial resources, and key security personnel, to support information technology (IT) security goals and objectives and reduce overall organizational risk.
- Acquire necessary resources, including financial resources, to conduct an effective enterprise continuity of operations program.
- Advise senior management (e.g., Chief Information Officer [CIO]) on risk levels and security posture.
- Advise senior management (e.g., CIO) on cost/benefit analysis of information security programs, policies, processes, systems, and elements.
- Advise appropriate senior leadership or Authorizing Official of changes affecting the organization's cybersecurity posture.
- Collect and maintain data needed to meet system cybersecurity reporting
- Communicate the value of information technology (IT) security throughout all levels of the organization stakeholders.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to establish the enterprise continuity of operations program, strategy, and mission assurance.
- Ensure that security improvement actions are evaluated, validated, and implemented as required.
- Ensure that cybersecurity inspections, tests, and reviews are coordinated for the network environment.
- Ensure that cybersecurity requirements are integrated into the continuity planning for that system and/or organization(s).
- Ensure that protection and detection capabilities are acquired or developed using the IS security engineering approach and are consistent with organization-level cybersecurity architecture.
- Establish overall enterprise information security architecture (EISA) with the organization's overall security strategy.
- Evaluate and approve development efforts to ensure that baseline security safeguards are appropriately installed.
- Evaluate cost/benefit, economic, and risk analysis in decision-making process.
- Identify alternative information security strategies to address organizational security objectives.
- Identify information technology (IT) security program implications of new technologies or technology upgrades.
- Interface with external organizations (e.g., public affairs, law enforcement, Command or Component Inspector General) to ensure appropriate and accurate dissemination of incident and other Computer Network Defense information.
- Interpret and/or approve security requirements relative to the capabilities of new information technologies.
- Interpret patterns of noncompliance to determine their impact on levels of risk and/or overall effectiveness of the enterprise's cybersecurity program.
- Lead and align information technology (IT) security priorities with the security strategy.
- Lead and oversee information security budget, staffing, and contracting.
- Manage the monitoring of information security data sources to maintain organizational situational awareness.
- Manage the publishing of Computer Network Defense guidance (e.g., TCNOs, Concept of Operations, Net Analyst Reports, NTSM, MTOs) for the enterprise constituency.
- Manage threat or target analysis of cyber defense information and production of threat information within the enterprise.
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the enterprise's cybersecurity safeguards to ensure that they provide the intended level of protection.
- Oversee the information security training and awareness program.
- Participate in an information security risk assessment during the Security Assessment and Authorization process.
- Prepare, distribute, and maintain plans, instructions, guidance, and standard operating procedures concerning the security of network system(s) operations.
- Provide enterprise cybersecurity and supply chain risk management guidance for development of the Continuity of Operations Plans.
- Provide leadership and direction to information technology (IT) personnel by ensuring that cybersecurity awareness, basics, literacy, and training are provided to operations personnel commensurate with their responsibilities.
- Ability to apply techniques for detecting host and network-based intrusions using intrusion detection technologies.
- Ability to integrate information security requirements into the acquisition process; using applicable baseline security controls as one of the sources for security requirements; ensuring a robust software quality control process; and establishing multiple sources (e.g., delivery routes, for critical system elements).
- Ability to identify critical infrastructure systems with information communication technology that were designed without system security considerations.
Required Skills- Associate's degree or higher from an accredited college or university (Prefer an accredited Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering degree, or a degree in a Mathematics or Engineering field.)
Required ExperienceRequirements for this position shall include:
- CISSP-ISSMP or GSLC - IAT, IAM, or IASAE Level 3 Certification
- ACTIVE TS/SCI Clearance is required
