Cybersecurity Operations Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•Usa, DC

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Cybersecurity Operations Lead will serve as a strategic technical advisor to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), helping conceptualize, create, and execute advanced government-funded research and development programs to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone. This role involves working with world-class scientists and engineers to support the development of high-impact solutions to society's most challenging health problems, and leveraging technical expertise to provide strategic assessments of new technologies in support to senior ARPA-H decision makers. The lead will also maintain responsibility for producing and presenting findings and recommendations to a team of colleagues and clients on the feasibility and potential impact of future research programs, assisting with the management of current programs, and facilitating commercialization of successfully developed technologies. The Cybersecurity Operations Lead will help clients maintain and improve their cybersecurity operations, implement and maintain security content, and provide expert recommendations. Attention to detail, flexibility, communication skills, understanding of the client's mission, and problem-solving will enable the mission's success.

Requirements

5+ years of experience with cybersecurity
Experience with the implementation of cybersecurity policies
Experience with NIST cybersecurity requirements
Experience interacting and communicating with senior-level executives, including SES or GS-15
Experience using Microsoft Office programs such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

Ability to operate independently within a fast-paced start-up environment
Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
CISSP or CISM Certification

Responsibilities

Lead hands-on activities to monitor, detect, and respond to cyber threat activity.
Implement, maintain, and optimize security content such as rules, signatures, and alerts, to enhance the detection of threat actors and their activity.
Provide expert guidance and recommendations to the ARPA-H CISO on modern policies, procedures, and processes for securing and defending the agency's systems.
Maintain and improve cybersecurity products.
Provide expert guidance.
Implement cybersecurity solutions.
Manage operations.
Manage responses to external inquiries in a timely manner.
Integrate applicable cybersecurity policies.
Produce and present findings and recommendations on the feasibility and potential impact of future research programs.
Assist with the management of current programs.
Facilitate commercialization of successfully developed technologies.