Team Leader - Security

Unissant • Washington, VA

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise, data acumen, and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. Working collaboratively, we advance missions and careers through a focus on honesty, integrity, and dependability. We continuously look for talent, excited to join that effort. We are seeking a Team Leader - Security to join our team and support our client. The ideal candidate is a proactive security-focused technical leader who understands how to embed compliance, endpoint protection, and operational discipline into enterprise IT support. This individual combines hands-on technical knowledge with the leadership skills needed to guide teams, improve controls, and protect critical environments.

Requirements

• Strong experience supporting enterprise security operations, local security controls, or security compliance functions in an IT operations environment.
• Knowledge of security reporting, audit support, endpoint security tools, and technical controls.
• Ability to collaborate across operational and engineering teams in support of secure service delivery.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in support of technical and compliance-related activities.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred field of study in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Information Systems, or related field of study.
• MBA/Master's Degree in a relevant field of study preferred.
• Desired certifications may include CISSP, Security+, ITIL, or other credentials relevant to enterprise security and compliance support.

Responsibilities

• Lead security-related support activities within Tier 3 back-end support and engineering operations.
• Support security compliance, reporting, audit response, and operational implementation activities across the environment.
• Coordinate efforts related to endpoint protection, permissions, device security, and local security configurations.
• Partner with technical teams and stakeholders to strengthen security posture and align support activities with organizational requirements.
• Support documentation, process improvement, and reporting related to security operations and compliance tasks.
• Contribute to root cause analysis, change management, and technical planning efforts where security considerations are essential.

Benefits

• Local travel within a 50-mile radius of NIH Bethesda, Maryland is not reimbursable.
• On occasion, travel may be required of Contractor personnel and, if approved in advance by the Contracting Officer, may be reimbursed in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations.
• Work may be performed at Government facilities, remote locations, or approved employee work locations in support of Government operations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level