Technical/Management Lead

Edgewater Federal Solutions is currently seeking a Fusion Technical and Management Lead to provide leadership, management and support to Cyber Security Operations Centers - comprised of combined Tier 2 and Tier 3 technical specialists for Edgewater Federal government contracts.

• Lead, manage and coordinate the response for confirmed security incidents, to include efforts to contain, remediate, recover, and prevent
• Provide overall leadership, management, work assignment, organization, and administrative duties for a combined team of Tier 2 and Tier 3 cyber security specialists
• Support the production of effective situational awareness products with relevant metrics and visualizations for key constituents and leadership
• Provide subject matter expertise in the areas of cyber risk, security architecture and incident response activities to leadership.
• Provide oversight for 24x7x365 Security Operations Center (SOC) providing threat hunting, forensics, incident response, threat intelligence, crisis response, and red team activities
• Provide leadership to the digital forensics & incident response team supporting full incident response lifecycle for all cyber security incidents.
• Ensure all incident related US-CERT and FISMA federal reporting requirements are met and track customer Service Level Agreements.
• Support IT Operation teams to ensure network and system architecture changes meet security best practices and NIST guidelines.
• Perform cyber security policy development review in support of the Information Security Program and CISO to ensure all federal mandates are defined and enforced by policy.
• Lead remediation activities in the support of multiple federal audits.
• Maintain situational awareness and keep current with cyber security news and threat actor Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs).
• Monitor, triage, and prioritize events, alerts, and tips for further investigation
• Investigate events, alerts, and tips to determine if an incident has occurred.
• Act as incident commander for significant incidents related to Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors targeting

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field and 12 years IT experience or equivalent combination of education/training and technical experience in the IT field directly related to the required area of expertise in cyber security  
• In lieu of a degree, relevant experience is applicable
• U.S. Citizenship is required per contract to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security clearance.
• 5 years of Tier 2/3 CSOC leadership and management
• Ability to perform Cyber Threat Hunts by identifying patterns and anomalies in data
• Ability to Create Threat Models to better understand the Enterprise, identify defensive gaps, and prioritize mitigations.
• Experience utilizing Threat Intelligence and Threat Models to create threat hypotheses and plan and scope Threat Hunt Missions to verify threat hypotheses.
• Ability to pass a security clearance background investigation  
• Knowledge and experience using an incident response framework and processes
• Experience and advanced knowledge of Ticket management tools and practices; troubleshooting; investigations; computer networking; and operating systems
• Understand the risks Government Agencies face and how to use the investigative and analytical aptitude to derive solutions that will mitigate these risks and ensure compliance.
• High technical ability/aptitude, demonstrated through prior technical experience and accomplishment
• Experience in applying security controls and measures to various technologies and systems
• Critical thinking, analytic skills, and experience
• Experience with forensic analysis of disk images and network traffic
• Previous experience in research or the collection of data driven information
• Ability to work on occasional weekends and holidays 
• Experience in a rapid paced, time sensitive, high-quality environment. 
• Exhibit considerable client delivery, business development, and proposal development experience.
• Strong management, teamwork, and interpersonal skills against difficult due dates and timelines.
• Strong customer service focus to meet the needs of internal and external customers.

Desired Elements:

• One or more certifications in information security (such as CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner, CompTIA Security Analytics Expert, CCTHP, CySA+, Security+, etc.)
• Project Management Certifications (such as CAPM, PMP, ITIL etc.) 
• Experience in a fast-paced cyber security operational environment  
• Current Security clearance  
• Knowledge and experience using an incident response framework and processes 
• Server and/or application administration experience  
• Knowledge of Federal contract vehicles 
• Presentation skills 
• Experience with government contracting firms supporting the Federal government. 

About Us: 

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located near Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services, and timely delivery. Edgewater is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 27001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies from 2018 to 2024.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other status protected by applicable law. 

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