Your role and responsibilities

As an Senior Technical Operations Analyst you will lead teams in identifying access and collection gaps that can be satisfied through cyber collection and/or preparation activities and leverage all authorized resources and analytic techniques to penetrate targeted networks and/or conducts advanced analysis of collection and open-source data to ensure target continuity; to profile targets and their activities; and develop techniques to gain more target information. In this role you will determine how targets communicate, move, operate and live based on knowledge of target technologies, digital networks, and the applications on them.

Your primary responsibilities will include:
• Lead Incident Response Efforts: Manage and coordinate technical operations activities to full spectrum cyber missions, providing strategic guidance to clients on priorities and actions.
• Team Management and Collaboration: Oversee a team of technical operations and collection analysts, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing to ensure effective mission support.
• Regulatory Compliance Advisory: Stay up-to-date with various data privacy and regulatory standards, advising clients on compliance and best practices to meet legal requirements.
• Technical Recommendations: Provide technical guidance to security and IT staff, enabling organizations to conduct cyber operations effectively.

Leaders are expected to spend time with their teams and clients and therefore are generally expected to be in the workplace a minimum of three days a week, subject to business needs.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise
• Cyber Mission Operations Leadership: Experience with managing and coordinating full spectrum cyber operations efforts to support government missions, providing strategic direction to clients on prioritizing operational actions.
• Team Management: Experience in overseeing a team of responders and forensic analysts, ensuring effective collaboration and knowledge sharing to achieve incident response goals.
• Regulatory Compliance: Experience with various data privacy and regulatory standards, advising clients on compliance and best practices to meet legal requirements.
• Technical Expertise: Experience with leading full spectrum cyber operations leveraging threat intelligence and other capabilities
• Security Advisory: Experience in providing technical recommendations to security, cyber operations and IT staff, enabling organizations to prepare for, conduct, and support mission operations.

Requires Top Secret Clearance with SCI access

Preferred technical and professional experience
• Data Privacy Standards Knowledge: Experience with various data privacy standards, including regulatory requirements and industry best practices, to advise clients on compliance and mitigation strategies.
• Advanced Cyber Operational Mission Tool Proficiency: Experience utilizing leading cyber operational processes and tools to support cyber mission priorities.
• IT Security Advisory Expertise: Experience providing technical recommendations to security and IT staff, enabling organizations to prepare for, detect, and respond to security breaches effectively.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

US Citizenship Required.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.