SOC Operations Lead with Security Clearance - Alexandria, VA, United States - ManTech International

Description

Secure our Nation, Ignite your Future Become an integral part of a diverse team while working at an Industry Leading Organization, where our employees come first
At ManTech International Corporation, you'll help protect our national security while working on innovative projects that offer opportunities for advancement
Currently, ManTech is seeking a motivated, mission-oriented SOC Operations Lead in Falls Church / Alexandria, VA
This is a hybrid position, that will last approximately 4 to 5 months, supporting the US government
This position is expected to become fully onsite in the near future
As a SOC Operation Lead, you will overseas an enterprise level security operations center and is responsible for directing and supervising all CND activities reported by the Shift Leads and accountable for the team leads
The SOC Operations Lead on occasion develops bulletins, advisories, and reports from shared intelligence research and reporting

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Contributes to rule and signature creations for IDS/IPS strategies.
• Contributes with dashboard creations in Splunk for threat hunting for known common threat vectors and Advanced Persistent Threats (APT).
• Provide a point of interaction between government management, contractor management, and the SOC analysts.
• Identify and mitigate of CVEs within the environment.
• DISA STIG analysis and implementation.
• Perform vulnerability scanning through Tenable.
• Supervise the Network Security Monitoring Team and Leads to ensure efficient processing of alerts from a variety of sources.
• Verifythat Shift Leads are conducting proper delegation of duties among team members to satisfy all Service Level Agreement requirements.
• Evaluate work performed by team leads and to ensure that customer expectations are met.
• Performs overviews of team leads evaluations of team members.
• Gather and evaluate performance through the use of metrics to identify potential performance and/or behavioral deficiencies and provide corrective actions when necessary.
• Manage and contribute to the completion of milestones related to multiple ongoing and simultaneous projects.
• Contributes to the development of a comprehensive training plan for all related cyber security operations.
• Work with the customer to create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Work Processes and Instructions; solicit input from and provide guidance to the analysts regarding workflows and products.
• Liaison with customer with recommendations during development phase of Tabletop Exercises.
• Acts as an observer during Tabletop Exercises conducted by shift leads and analysts from each shift

Evaluate the effectiveness of the SOPs and Work Flows as well as gauge the capability and development of the analysts.

• Insuring the focal point of motivation and provides senior leadership mentoring to the analysts while achieving mission accomplishment.
• Command the workspace during major events and critical incidents

Required qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years experience in a field directly related to Security Operation.
• CISSP certified
• Knowledgeable of IT operations, platforms, functions, and terminology.
• Demonstrated mastery of desktop systems and/or various software applications and concepts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Splunk certification
• Tenable experience

Bachelor's or master's degree in an IT or Engineering Security Clearance Requirement:

• US Citizenship

Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance Physical Requirements:

• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing/walking/Talking and must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one work site to another
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Requires frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers
• Communicating with others to exchange information
• Working with computers
• Must be able to lift and move hardware weighing up to 50 pounds The projected compensation range for this position is $99,200-$164,600

There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories
In addition, ManTech invests in it's employees beyond just compensation
ManTech's benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections

For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license.

The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law
ManTech may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone
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