Vertex Inc

Security Operations Center (SOC) Lead - Secret Clearance

Vertex Inc • $115K — $125K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance; Advanced degrees preferred
  • 8570/8140 Certification - IAT II/III and/or Cybersecurity Roles; Intermediate/Advanced (CASP/CISSP preferred)
  • 8+ years of relevant experience (or 12+ with AA/No Degree)
  • Experience working with DoD/U.S. Army/Federal Government
  • 5+ years of incident handling experience
  • 4+ years of supervisory or management experience (preferred)
  • Active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance and U.S. Citizenship required

Responsibilities

  • Oversee cybersecurity operations and incident response for multiple locations
  • Ensure 24/7 monitoring and response to cyber threats
  • Direct patching and handling of IA Vulnerability Alerts
  • Standardize audit record analysis using SIEM tools
  • Enforce compliance with cybersecurity policies and reporting
  • Communicate with local cybersecurity teams according to Incident Response Plans
  • Support annual FISMA requirements and assist with audits

Benefits

  • Healthcare coverage
  • Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
  • Retirement plan
  • Wellness programs
  • Paid time off, including holidays
  • Learning and Development resources
  • Employee assistance resources
Full Job Description
Overview

Position Overview:

Responsible for overseeing cybersecurity operations, incident response, and defensive cyber measures for centralized and geographically disbursed locations in support of Warfighter Training Readiness Solutions (W-TRS) program, U.S. Army CPE ST3. Oversee day-to-day activities, ensuring 24/7 monitoring and response to cyber threats. Supervise and lead SOC analysts, ensuring adherence to best practices and operational procedures. Implements proactive defense strategies. Enforces compliance & reporting, ensure compliance with DoW cybersecurity policies and generate reports for FISMA, ConMon, and security incidents. Tool maintenance and implementation, ensure enterprise toolsets are functioning, while driving adoption of new cybersecurity tools and automation to enhance efficiency to overall security posture.

Responsibilities

  • Support the implementation of, to include the production of documentation and associated artifacts with the implementation of, Cybersecurity requirements as identified in DoDI 8510,8140, and AR 25-2 based upon Risk Management Framework (RMF)
  • Ensure all sites execute monthly continuous monitoring and compliance testing to validate the current configurations, against the documented security configuration baseline, and report compliance.
  • Ensure SOC provides 24 hours a day monitoring for training rotations and exercises for remote
  • Ensure that SOC verifies all assets have a representative security configuration baseline documented in Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) STIG checklist and Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) form.
  • Direct patching and IA Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) for supported baselines
  • Standardizes analysis and correlation of audit records using the Security Incident & Event
  • Management (SIEM) tools across different repositories, to include backups.
  • Enforcement of enterprise monitoring and controls communications at the external boundary for all sites and at key internal boundaries within the
  • Enforcement of enterprise monitoring, and controls for unauthorized software, to include mobile code through the continuous monitor
  • Enforcement of all enterprise end point security software update at appropriate schedule within operational
  • Ensure communication between remote sites with local cybersecurity governance personnel in accordance with the Incident Response Plan and security documentation.
  • Ensure all sites are performing functional and security testing in support of Assessment and Authorization (A&A)
  • Ensure all sites configure and enable security features
  • Support annual FISMA requirements for all sites, to support auditors with actual and historical data from

Qualifications

Education / Certifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance; Advanced degree(s) preferred.
  • 8570/8140 Certification - IAT II/III and / or Cybersecurity Roles; Intermediate/ Advanced (CASP / CISSP Preferred)


Experience:
  • Years of Experience: (8+BA/BS or 1+MA/MS) or (12+AA/No Degree)
  • Experience working with DoD / U.S. Army/ Federal Government
  • Experience as a Cyber Engineer
  • 5+ years of Incident handling experience
  • 4+ years of supervising and/or managing teams (Preferred)

Clearance:
  • Active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance
  • U.S. Citizenship required for security clearance


Skills & Technology Used:
  • Experience with software/tools: Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS), Splunk Enterprise, Kiwi Syslog, Trillex, Endpoint Security Solution (ESS), Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Firewalls and Firepower IPS, DISA SRGs, STIGS, DISA STIG Viewer, Evaluate STIG


What We Bring
  • At V2X we strive to be market competitive in our total reward offerings.
  • The successful candidate's starting pay will be based on, but not limited to, their job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.
  • Please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
  • Employee benefits include the following:
    • Healthcare coverage
    • Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
    • Retirement plan
    • Wellness programs
    • Paid time off, including holidays
    • Learning and Development resources
    • Employee assistance resources
    • The following salary range is intended to display the value of the company's base pay compensation and may be modified at the discretion of the company. USD $115,000 - $125,000.
    • Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time and may be modified at the discretion of the company, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

About Vertex Inc

Vertex Inc is a leading provider of tax technology and services, enabling companies of all sizes to realize the full strategic potential of the tax function by automating and integrating tax processes, while leveraging advanced and predictive analytics of tax data. Vertex provides cloud-based and on-premise solutions that can be tailored to specific industries for every major line of tax, including income, sales and consumer use, value added and payroll. Vertex also offers solutions for tax data management, compliance and reporting, tax research, and planning and analysis. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Learn more about Vertex Inc
Size
1,200 employees
Market Cap
$2.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$78.9 million
Founded
1978
Revenue
$374.6 million
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