Leidos Hiring for Operations Manager – SOC Operations at Herndon, VA, United States Full Time

Description

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The Leidos National Security Sector combines technology-enabled services and mission software capabilities in the areas of cyber, logistics, security operations, and decision analytics to support our defense and intel customers’ mission to defend against evolving threats around the world.

Our team’s focus is to ensure our customers have the right tools, technologies, and tactics to keep pace with an ever-evolving security landscape and succeed in their pursuit to protect people and critical assets.

Your greatest work is ahead!

Leidos is hiring for a SOC Operations Manager to support our customer in their Security Operations Center in Northern Virginia.

You will manage all aspects of SOC operations including the 24 / 7 watch, Incident Response team, Content Developers, and Cyber Threat Intelligence team.

This position is contingent upon contract award.

What you’ll be doing :

• Manage all aspects of SOC operations including the 24 / 7 watch, Incident Response team, Content Developers, and Cyber Threat Intelligence team.
• Supervise and mentor staff to support continual improvement of individual members and overall capabilities to support the TSA customer.
• Work with the engineering lead to drive implementation and improvement of new tools, capabilities, frameworks, and methodologies across all teams within the SOC.
• Manage and conduct hands-on technical analysis as a supplement to the Incident Response and Forensics Teams during high-visibility or high-workload investigations.
• Suggest and implement controls for key information security gaps within the customer security infrastructure.
• Conduct and maintain detailed gap analysis of customer capabilities.
• Develop and enforce event response and escalation documentation and processes for Security Operations Center to follow.
• Continually mature SOC operations and capabilities, developing intra-team relationships, and building trust and rapport with external stakeholders.
• Will work regular 8 : 00 – 5 : 00 pm hours, on-call and after-hours support in response to incidents as dictated by mission requirements.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.
• At least ten years of experience within the IA / Cyber Security industry, four years of which must have been managing a security operations center responsible for security event monitoring and incident response services within an enterprise network security environment.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology or related disciplines; or have equivalent and direct experience with the management, operation and direction of a network and / or security operations center.
• Must possess a functional understanding of log and monitoring management systems, security event monitoring systems, network-based and host-based intrusion detection systems, firewall technologies, malware detection and enterprise-level antivirus solutions / systems, VPN technologies and encryptions standards.
• Must possess a working knowledge of the various industry standard IA disciplines and generally accepted practices governing the present day IA industry.

These disciplines include security event monitoring, incident response, security architecture and engineering, independent verification and validation of information technology and security infrastructures, compliance and policy practices, system audits, and risk assessments.

• Must possess a working knowledge of regulatory compliance directives to include various NIST and DHS 4300A / B security controls and FISMA monitoring and ing requirements.
• Must have demonstrated experience with managing and ensuring the timely response and investigations of security events and incidents by the security operations center.
• Must have experience with creating and maintaining shift schedules to ensure 24×7 coverage by operations support personnel.
• Must have experience with conceptualizing, developing, publishing and communicating status s for executive leadership.
• Must have experience with the developing, implementing and overseeing SOC standard operating procedures used to guide daily activities of the operations center.

Favorable if you have :

• Experience with Cloud Service Providers, familiarity with cloud architectures, and performing Incident Response involving cloud assets.
• 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.
• Demonstrated mastery 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).
• Extensive leadership experience creating, building, and maintaining high-performing teams, particularly in a cybersecurity environment.
• Relevant cybersecurity certifications such as CEH, COMPTIA CySA+, COMPTIA SAP.
• CISSP, CISM, or GCIH certification is strongly desired.

Pay Range :

Pay Range $122,200.00 – $220,900.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.

Original Posting Date :

01 / 18 / 2024

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.