Insider Threat Monitoring Lead (CBP)

Agile Defense • Ashburn, VA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

U.S. Customs and Border Protection runs continuous operations across more than 300 land, air, and sea ports of entry, plus Border Patrol stations and the Air and Marine Operations Center. The systems behind that mission hold sensitive law enforcement and personal data, and the people with legitimate access to it are, by definition, trusted. Most of the damage an insider threat program exists to catch does not come from a sophisticated outside attacker. It comes from someone who already has the access, and the work is telling the difference between normal use and misuse without treating every employee as a suspect.
You lead that function. You will build and run the monitoring, analysis, and escalation process that catches insider risk early, working closely with the Security Operations Center Manager, human resources and security partners, and the incident response and digital forensics leads when a case moves from monitoring to action.
One thing is worth knowing before you apply. This work carries real privacy and proportionality weight. Getting it wrong in either direction, missing real risk or treating ordinary behavior as suspicious, costs the program trust it needs to keep doing the job.

Requirements

• Active CBP Background Investigation (CBP BI) and EOD strongly preferred. We can begin processing for candidates who do not hold one.
• U.S. Citizenship required
• You have run or been a senior analyst in an insider threat program, ideally in a federal or cleared environment where NITTF-aligned or equivalent standards applied.
• You have handled a case that involved coordination with HR, legal, or security partners, and can describe how you kept it proportional.
• You have tuned detection logic based on real case outcomes rather than left it as originally configured.
• You can explain a sensitive finding to people outside the program in terms they can act on without oversharing what they should not see.
• You hold an active CBP BI, a fitness determination at another DHS component, or an active DoD clearance. Any of these shortens your start date.
• You are comfortable working closely with human behavior data and understand the privacy and legal boundaries around it, not only the technical monitoring tools.

Nice To Haves

• Active CBP Background Investigation (CBP BI) and EOD strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Catch real insider risk without drowning in noise
• Run the program in a way people can trust is fair
• Hand off cleanly when a case becomes something else
• Improve what the program watches for over time

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• short-term and long-term Disability
• Retirement
• Learning and Development opportunities
• $10,000 signing bonus for candidates with an active CBP BI. Payable after 90 days; standard terms apply.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed