Mission Operations & Cyber Resilience Lead
About The Position
The Mission Operations & Cyber Resilience Lead will keep a critical federal health data exchange running and secure around the clock. The role leads 24x7 platform operations, vulnerability remediation, and continuous authorization for the Data Exchange Platform so military health partners can rely on the service without disruption. The lead owns incident response and recovery and coordinates with, rather than replaces, the Government’s cybersecurity service provider. The platform is hosted in AWS GovCloud. The position is based in Reston, Virginia, with onsite work preferred; primarily remote candidates within the United States may be considered if highly qualified and must travel frequently to Reston. This opportunity is in anticipation of future work. Candidates must be U.S. citizens able to obtain and maintain an ADP II clearance. Remote candidates must keep their camera on during the interview; if an offer is extended, the interviewer will take a photograph for identification purposes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related field, with 8–12 years of prior relevant experience.
- 10 years in IT operations, cloud operations, or cybersecurity within a federal or DoD environment, including 3 years leading a technical team or operations function; the 10 years need not all be in cybersecurity.
- Experience operating and securing at least one mission-critical production system with 24x7 availability requirements, including incident response, vulnerability remediation, change control, and authorization documentation. Monitoring-only or advisory experience does not qualify.
- Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud or an equivalent government cloud environment, RMF, and DoD/DHA information assurance policies.
- Working knowledge of SAFe and Azure DevOps, and experience with Agile delivery, including iterative backlogs, testable acceptance criteria, and incorporating operational feedback.
- Ability to meet applicable Government work-role requirements: DoD 8140 qualification for the applicable work role (for example, Security+, CySA+, CISSP, or CASP+), Government-designated training for HIPAA compliance and information assurance, and the applicable background investigation.
- Knowledge of the MHS/DHA environment.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain an ADP II clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Onsite availability in Reston, Virginia; highly qualified primarily remote candidates within the United States may also be considered.
Responsibilities
- Lead 24x7 operations, monitoring, and Tier 2/3 incident response for production data exchange services hosted in AWS GovCloud.
- Perform root cause analysis and meet service levels.
- Manage vulnerability and patch remediation, including IAVM, STIG, and ACAS activities.
- Maintain artifacts needed for RMF and continuous authorization to operate.
- Implement Zero Trust and secure-cloud practices.
- Build security checks into CI/CD pipelines with the development team.
- Run change control and maintain runbooks, operational procedures, and recovery plans.
- Coordinate with the Government and its cybersecurity service provider.
- Deliver through iterative backlogs, report operational metrics to Government leadership, and act on operational feedback.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
