Cybersecurity Project Manager
AttainXAbout the role
Job Title: Cybersecurity Project Manager
Location: Hybrid Remote / Silver Spring, MD
Citizenship: US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Clearance: Public Trust
AttainX, Inc. is in search of a highly energetic Cybersecurity Project Manager to join our to help our Federal Government client to increase their cyber posture.
Duties:
We are searching for a Project Manager to support Security Assessment and Authorization initiatives for our Government client.
Job duties include:
- Perform project management activities and be primary liaison with Government and contractor staff
- Submitting all contract and program deliverables as required by the customer on time and with high quality
- Respond to all Government inquiries within the required timeframe as defined in the SLA
- Provide leadership and guidance to teams of ISSOs, Security Control Assessors, Information Security Specialists and Penetration Testers
Qualifications and Education Requirements:
Basic Qualifications:
- Kowledge of and experience with the technical and administrative information system security requirements for high impact, high availability systems in government organizations is required.
- 10 or more recent years (within the past 11 years) working in a Project Management role
- 7 or more years working within the information security field, with emphasis on security operations, incident management, intrusion detection, firewall deployment, and security event analysis
- Demonstrate great customer service and advanced technical writing skills
- At least 8 years of recent experience (within the last 10 years) in applying IT security concepts, methodologies, principles, procedures and using industry-standard IT security tools
- At least 8 years of recent experience (within the last 10 years) with enterprise architecture methodologies, concepts, procedures, principles, and tools
- At least 8 years of recent experience (within the last 10 years) in contingency planning and backup and recovery best practices and application of NIST guidance in this area
- At least 8 years of recent experience (within the last 10 years) in using technical testing tools (Tenable Security Center, ArcSight, IBM Big Fix, etc.)
- At least 8 years of recent experience (within the last 10 years) in conducting penetration testing or the ability to bring in a penetration tester when required
- Professional certifications to include PMP and at least ONE of the following: CISSP, SANS GIAC, SCNP.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certfied Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Practitioner (SPC etc.)
- Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts to a dynamic work environment
- Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities.
Non-Essential Functions:
- General Duty Requirements
About Us
AttainX Inc. is SBA Certified 8(a), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged WOSB (EDWOSB), CMMI Level 3, ISO 9001:2015 certified QMS and Silver Level SaFe Partner. For more than 12 years, AttainX, Inc. has delivered emergent technologies, software products, and high-quality services that meet the needs of our Federal Government customers.
The last 3 years have shown significant company growth as we have increased our contracts portfolio and hold the “Best in Class” contract vehicles, GSA MAS and OASIS Small Business and 8(a) Pools 1, 2 and 3. In addition, we are prime on several Agency Specific IDIQ’s and BPA’s with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Energy, Navy, Health and Human Service and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
AttainX is dedicated to quality and best practices for the services we provide. We understand our people are the key ingredient to ensuring our customers Mission and Goals are met with excellence.
Benefits
We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefits pack
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