Security Operations Center (SOC) Manager

Description

Job Description:

The Intelligence Group (IG) is looking for a Security Operations Center (SOC) Manager to support the DHS’s ACTS Program.  This position is responsible for leading the Security Operations Center CISA in Pensacola, Florida.  The SOC consists of a variety of highly-skilled, technical staff performing Monitoring and Analysis, Cyber Incident Handling, Threat Intelligence & Hunting, non-compliance reporting, user activity monitoring, malware and forensic analysis, vulnerability assessments and penetration testing of on-prem and cloud environments. Furthermore, the SOC Manager coordinates 24x7 staffing to support mission-critical operations, including incident response, and manages surge support.

Primary Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and manage day-to-day activities across the Security Operations Center
• Drive implementation and improvement of new tools, capabilities, frameworks, and methodologies across all teams within the SOC
• Accountable for the timeliness and efficiency of identification, isolation, mitigation, and reporting of critical incidents by the SOC
• Instill and reinforce industry best practices in the domains of incident response, cybersecurity analysis, knowledge management, and SOC operations
• Familiarity with Cloud concepts and experience performing monitoring and responding to threats in Cloud environments.
• Promote and drive implementation of automation and process efficiencies
• Validate continual improvement and technical advances
• Maintain a forward-leaning ops tempo that includes continual validation and improvement across all SOC functions.
• Maintain situational awareness of escalated events and alerts, tools status, vulnerability status, forensics and malware investigations, intelligence status, and all other SOC functions
• Experience reporting on SOC activities and deliver SOC recommendations in accordance with government and contractual requirements
• Provide customers with remediation recommendations
• Create, review, and approve new procedural documentation

Basic Qualifications

• CISSP and SANS GCIH or GCIA required upon start.
• Advanced knowledge in planning, directing, and managing Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) and/or Security Operations Center (SOC) operations for a large and complex Enterprise.
• Significant experience supervising and leading employees of various labor categories and technical skill levels in efforts similar in size and scope to a mature Security Operation
• Mature understanding of industry accepted standards for incident response actions and best practices related to SOC operations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to create technical reports based on analytical findings.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• 4+ years of supervising and/or managing teams.
• 5+ years of intrusion detection and/or incident handling experience

Candidate must have Master with 20 years of prior relevant experience. 

Candidate must have an active TS/SCI

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep technical understanding of core current cybersecurity technologies as well as emerging capabilities.
• Hands-on cybersecurity experience (Protect, Detect, Respond and Sustain) within a Computer Incident Response organization including prior experience performing large-scale incident response.
• Demonstrated understanding of the life cycle of cybersecurity threats, attacks, attack vectors and methods of exploitation with an understanding of intrusion set tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs).
• Familiarity or experience in Intelligence Driven Defense, Cyber Kill Chain methodology, and/or MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Familiarity with Cloud concepts and experience performing monitoring and responding to threats in Cloud environments.
• Familiarity with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) National Cyber Incident Scoring System (NCISS)
• Familiarity with identifying High Value Assets (HVAs) and coordinating enhanced cyber response actions required to protect and return these HVAs to service in the event of an outage

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 46,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022.  For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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