Cybersecurity Strategist

Cybersecurity Strategist

Job Description

The LS Technologies (LST) Cyber Solutions Business Area is seeking a Cybersecurity Strategist to oversee the successful execution of key critical and highly visible Cybersecurity strategies and initiatives involving our customer's international partners. The incumbent will have significant experiences with enterprise cybersecurity strategies pertaining to federal operational technologies (OT), technology insertions/adoption, strategic messaging and critical thinking. A strong background with the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) National Airspace System (NAS) and in the international commercial aviation industry is highly desirable. The Cybersecurity Strategist will provide strategic visioning, policy development, technology evaluation, and participate in technical interchanges with internal and external stakeholders and provide contractor support to the FAA Technical Operations International Executive Advisor for Cyber (ETA-C). This position will require leveraging a broad technical acumen combined with extensive project management skills to give cross-functional stakeholders confidence in the successful execution and delivery of products.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with international commercial aviation cybersecurity stakeholders on development, adoption and implementation of strategies and guidance materials used to strengthen FAA and their international partner cybersecurity cooperative engagement in the areas of Incident Response (IR) and Threat & Risk (T&R).
• Research, develop, prepare and produce strategic technical and policy briefing products, including presentations and papers and for the FAA International ETA-C to present at global community events (conferences, summits, etc.) and to executive federal government and partner organizations (e.g., ICAO, CANSO).
• Provide outreach, planning and cooperative engagement with customer stakeholders, working group members and organizational peers (internal and external) to manage, track and respond to assigned actions, targets, or goals to fulfill organizational strategic objectives.
• Assist in the scheduling and execution of regional cybersecurity exercises to demonstrate international collaboration and efficiencies in participant incident response and recovery plans.
• Communicate with internal and external team members and leadership teams on deliverables, performance metrics and program risks, to ensure alignment with strategic goals, remove impediments and deliver on objectives.
• Develop, review, analyze and report on relevant strategic security metrics that drive mission value into the overall cybersecurity strategy.
• Extract, distill and actively participate in strategic technical interchanges with government and industry SMEs and incorporate findings into documented requirements and execution plans.
• Act upon direction of the FAA International ETA-C on strategic cybersecurity initiatives, including management of scope, timelines, commitments and risks.
• Author programmatic cybersecurity and organizational structure documents, including the preparation of white papers, technical studies and other strategic documents.

Work Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a computer science, engineering or cybersecurity
• 10+ years of related experience.
• Proven project management experience on long term, large-scope projects involving procurement and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) activities.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable with stakeholder conflict management.
• Effective communication skills in both written and verbal formats.
• Must have ability to obtain a DOD Top Secret Security Clearance.
• Must possess or be able to readily obtain a valid U.S. Passport and able and willing to travel internationally.
• Work location: Remote
• Work Hours: 40 per week
• Travel: Up to 30%, both domestic and international

Preferred Experience

• Operational experience with FAA and National Airspace System (NAS)
• Advanced cybersecurity certifications (e.g., ISC2 CISSP or ISACA CISM)
• Any Agile or Project Management certification (e.g., PMP, PSM I/II, SAFe, Six Sigma)
• Experience engaging with ICAO, CANSO and other civil aviation internat