SOC Project Technical Manager

Booz Allen Hamilton•Washington, DC

37d•$99,000 - $225,000

About The Position

SOC Project Technical Manager The Opportunity: We are seeking an experienced Security Operations Center (SOC) Project Technical Manager to lead the operations and technical direction of a large-scale government SOC. This role is responsible for managing SOC personnel, driving operational excellence, overseeing SOC analyst functions, and ensuring effective incident response across both on-premises and cloud environments. The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in cybersecurity operations, strong leadership capabilities, and the ability to influence executive stakeholders. As a SOC Project Technical Manager on our team, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for SOC operations and security monitoring functions, and manage technical staff in daily activities. You'll lead the integration, enhancement, and optimization of on-premises and cloud monitoring solutions and collaborate with leadership to communicate risk, program status, major incidents, and roadmap priorities. Additionally, you'll drive process improvement initiatives, automation opportunities, and mission enhancements, ensuring compliance with federal cybersecurity standards, such as NIST, FISMA, and agency policies, and provide guidance on detection engineering, SIEM and SOAR tuning, log management, threat analysis, and security architecture. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in a cybersecurity technical leadership role
5+ years of experience managing a combined on-premises and cloud SOC environment
Top Secret clearance
HS diploma or GED and 13+ years of experience running a SOC and working in cybersecurity incident response in an environment with 50,000+ endpoints, including all five portions of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover, or Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience running a SOC and working in cybersecurity incident response in an environment with 50,000+ endpoints, including all five portions of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting federal civilian, DoD, or IC cybersecurity programs
Knowledge of SIEM and SOAR platforms, cloud-native security tools, and enterprise-scale endpoint security technologies
Possession of strong communication, interpersonal, and decision-making skills
CISSP, GCIH, GCIA, CySA+, or similar certification

Responsibilities

Provide strategic and operational leadership for SOC operations and security monitoring functions
Manage technical staff in daily activities
Lead the integration, enhancement, and optimization of on-premises and cloud monitoring solutions
Collaborate with leadership to communicate risk, program status, major incidents, and roadmap priorities
Drive process improvement initiatives, automation opportunities, and mission enhancements
Ensure compliance with federal cybersecurity standards, such as NIST, FISMA, and agency policies
Provide guidance on detection engineering, SIEM and SOAR tuning, log management, threat analysis, and security architecture