Program Manager

Position Title : Program Manager

Location : Washington, DC (On-site twice a week)

Hours : 8am - 4pm

Position Summary :

Iron Vine Security is a rapidly growing information security and information technology company in Washington, DC. We are looking to hire a Program Manager to support a full range of cyber security services on a long-term contract in Washington DC.

The position is full time / permanent and will support a US Government civilian agency. The position is available immediately upon finding a qualified candidate with the appropriate background clearance.

Job Requirements :

• Ensure all tasks are executed on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with technical requirements.
• Strong interpersonal and human relations skills.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work with people of varied technical backgrounds and management levels.
• Demonstrated deep technical level experience supporting security network defense and strategies.
• Ability to work in a high-pressure environment with changing priorities.
• A technical, not academic, understanding of the current threats and tactics being used to attack systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with information technology
• Professionals, and technical and non-technical users.

Education / Certifications / Licenses :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Associate
• EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• Formal IT Security / Network Certification such as SANS GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), SANS GIAC Network Forensic Analyst (GNFA) or SANS GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)

Additional Experience Preferred :

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in SOC / CIRT with 2-3 years of specific experience as a Lead Analyst or SOC Manager
• Experience with Splunk and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint preferred
• Previous SOC / CIRT experience at a federal agency similar in size, scope, and complexity

Position Responsibilities :

• Performing day to day management of the contractor staff
• Perform more detailed operations support alongside client staff
• Coordinate incident response with security operations staff in coordination with client staff
• Create and continuously improve standard operating procedures used by the SOC
• Resolve or coordinate the resolution of cyber security events
• Work with the client operations staff to perform event handling and incident response
• Perform advanced analysis of tier 1 and tier 2 monitoring and alerting conclusions alongside senior client operations staff
• Create additional training and documentation for the SOC operations
• Assist in the development and performance of quality control checks for SOC operations
• Assist in the development and performance of operational metrics for SOC operations
• Work with the client staff to address adhoc taskings as they arise
• Analyze the performance of the team through metrics and reporting
• Participate in root cause analysis or lessons learned sessions
• Interact with other stakeholders in the House community for troubleshooting / content development / etc. This interaction could include other members of CyberSecurity, the networking team, systems administrators, technology support partners, etc.
30+ days ago