Security Operations Manager

Job Title: Security Operations Manager

Work Location: Fairmont, WV

Clearance Required: Top Secret

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Security Operations Manager to lead the operations and maintenance of large cybersecurity operations center. The successful candidate will coordinate tasks to manage IT security incidents, deploying necessary countermeasures to defend, contain, and recover from incidents. This role requires strong leadership skills and technical expertise to guide SOC analysts and ensure effective cybersecurity strategies and incident response plans are executed.

 Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership to SOC analysts to execute cybersecurity strategies and the NOAA incident response plan effectively.
• Threat Response Coordination: Orchestrate the SOC's response to major security threats, ensuring timely and effective action.
• Threat and Vulnerability Evaluation: Provide technical expertise in evaluating threats and vulnerabilities to enhance security posture.
• Cybersecurity Reporting: Prepare and deliver comprehensive cybersecurity reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends. Provide ongoing reports to stakeholders.
• Incident Response Procedures: Maintain and update incident response procedures, ensuring compliance with standards and policies. Develop and conduct training programs to enhance response capabilities.

Certifications: The Security Operations Manager must possess and maintain one or more of the following technical certifications:

• DOD 8140
• SANS DOD 8140 Cert Track
• CompTIA DOD 8140 Cert Track
• CEH-Master-Cert-Track
• ISACA’s Cybersecurity Nexus (CSX)
• Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) credential track

Benefit Information:

Joining the Alpha Omega team entitles you to participate in all retirement benefits, plans of deferred compensation, health and insurance benefits, and other such benefits as set forth in the company’s policy and benefits manuals. See below, to name a few:

• PTO including paid parental, military, and bereavement leave
• Eleven (11) paid Federal holidays, five of which are floating holidays (as designated by the company’s holiday schedule each year)
• Health and Dental Insurance (including 100% employer paid premiums for employee coverage under the HDHP health plan)
• Life Insurance, STD/LTD term disability coverage, with employer paid premiums
• 401 (k) plan with a match that is 100% vested after you complete two years of service
• FSA/DFSA/HSA flexible benefit plans
• Annual Tuition & Professional Development Reimbursement benefit

We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Culture and Values:

Alpha Omega's Core Values are (H) harmony, (E) engagement, (A) accountability, (R) resourcefulness, and (T) tenacity - collectively they are an acrostic reminder of the values that guide the work we do. We have H.E.A.R.T.!

We foster a culture that recognizes and rewards hard work. Our H.E.A.R.T. program invites colleagues and managers from across the organization to recognize each other for living out our core values. Spotlighted employees enjoy a detailed nomination about their core-values-aligned actions which are then shared with their manager.

Our Company:

Alpha Omega is an award-winning Federal IT Solutions provider. Since our inception in 2016, we have grown our revenues to $140 million and our employee population to almost 500 people located across the U.S.

At the heart of Alpha Omega’s mission lies a comprehensive approach to addressing the most critical domains shaping our world today. Through strategic partnerships and cutting-edge technology, the company is committed to delivering mission-enabling solutions that transcend boundaries and propel progress in key areas. We deliver mission-focused solutions in our domain areas of national security, foreign affairs and climate science leveraging our expertise in cybersecurity, data and AI, and digital modernization.

Our consistent growth has fostered a series of accolades including Inc. 5000 and Washington Technology’s Fast 50 awards for five consecutive years, Virginia Business Best Places to Work seven years in a row, and USA Today and Washington Post Top Workplaces. 

Alpha Omega places significant emphasis on bolstering national security effo