Cybersecurity Program Manager

Job Title:  Cybersecurity Program Manager (Cyber, A&A)    

Location: Hybrid, frequent travel to government client worksite.

Citizenship: US Citizen

Security Clearance: Active NOAA Security clearance required.

AttainX, Inc. is in search of a highly energetic Cybersecurity Program Manager who has IT Infrastructure and Security Management experience to join our team on a Cybersecurity program supporting our US federal government client. The desired candidate will have a firm understanding of NIST Risk Management Framework, FISMA, FedRAMP, DoD SRG, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) and NIST publications. The candidate must have an active NOAA Security clearance.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

Basic Qualifications:

Education / Experience:

• 10+ years of relevant federal government experience, current or recent NOAA experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Security, or similar. Masters Degree or PHD preferred.
• Knowledge 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 Program 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.
• Demonstrated 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.
• Must have at least ONE of the following certifications: (CISSP, SANS GIAC, SCNP).
• Must have Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Must be able to provide technical architecture consulting on a large scale client program.
• Experience leading a team of at leave eight or more professionals to include all supervisory functions.
• Must have an active NOAA security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Practitioner (SPC etc.)
• Cloud Certifications (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect – Professional)
• Experience supporting delivering A&A packages for High and Moderate classified FISMA systems.
• Experience with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publications (SP), especially, 800-53, 800-53(A), Revision 4, 800-37 Revision 1, and 800-30.
• Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts to a dynamic work environment.
• Attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities.

We are searching for a Program Manager to support Security Assessment and Authorization initiatives for our Government client. 

Job duties include:

• Perform project management activities and be primary liaison with high touch 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.
• Managing multiple teams conducting enterprise level A&A work.
• Provide consultative technical recommendations to Government client based on assessment results.
• Work with team leads to facilitate Cybersecurity team growth and expertise.

 Non-Essential Functions:

• General Duty Requirements 

About Us:

AttainX Inc. is SBA Certified 8(a), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), Eco