Deputy Chief of Operations - Arlington, United States - Department of Homeland Security

Description

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is recruiting for a Deputy Chief of Operations in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to advance the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) and support the JCDC Chief of Operations in the mission of uniting and partnering with the global cyber community.

This position is in the DHS Cybersecurity Service.

As Deputy Chief of Operations in the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Cybersecurity Division (CSD), you will support the Chief of Operations in carrying out all operational and administrative aspects of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC).

You will serve in the Operations Office supporting the management of programs, budgets, contracts and staff across the office in order to enable synchronized, holistic cybersecurity planning, cyber defense, and response across global partner cybersecurity entities.

As a DHS Cybersecurity Service Employee in the Leadership Track, at the Senior Cybersecurity Manager level, you will continually and proactively participate in learning activities to enhance and apply your technical and leadership expertise in Cybersecurity Program Management to oversee multiple DHS Federal cybersecurity programs, organizations, employees and contract resources to manage a range of unusually difficult tasks, in support of the Chief of Operations including:

Leading and/or overseeing teams performing technical and nontechnical reviews of cybersecurity capabilities, responsibilities, and requirements to ensure they align with the overall needs of cybersecurity mission and business enterprise priorities.

Leading others in reviewing current and future cybersecurity programs and developing or implementing methods to monitor and measure risk, compliance, and assurance efforts.

Managing processes and operations to monitor the cyber threat landscape, applicable authorities, and directives and how interdependencies impact program design to support the coordination, implementation, and execution of DHS's cybersecurity programs, ensuring alignment with critical Departmental or Component cybersecurity priorities.

Collaborating with internal and external DHS stakeholders to share intellectual capital and relevant information in support of the overall success of cybersecurity programs, ensuring alignment with critical agency cybersecurity priorities.

Customizing communications on cybersecurity program management initiatives for different levels of leadership and audiences to provide strategic direction and support to DHS, Component leadership in support of mitigating any issues compromising DHS or Component security.

Depending on their career level, DHS Cybersecurity Service employees with a technical capability Cybersecurity Program Management will generally apply their technical expertise to:

Apply knowledge of information security to define the organization's direction and direct resources to achieve the mission.
Develop and recommends policy changes to support mission needs.
Manage security implications within the organization as directed.

This position is in the Leadership Track at the Senior Cybersecurity Manager level.


At this level, individuals generally:
Have 12+ years of cybersecurity work experience
Have 5+ years of leadership experience
Are capable of serving as seasoned cybersecurity manager who oversees multiple DHS or Federal cybersecurity programs or DHS organizations, including employees and contract resources, through subordinate managers

Applicants for this position should possess at least three of the following:

Demonstrated ability to collaborate across organizational lines in a complex and dynamic organization.

A comprehensive understanding of the cyber threat landscape, emerging cyber issues and technical solutions, supply chain risks, and challenges faced by governmental and private industry partners.

Experience as a thought leader providing oversight and direction to a cybersecurity organization.

A demonstrated ability to effectively represent the organization in complex deliberations with senior officials from all branches and levels of government and private sector partners.

DHS Cybersecurity Service employees start at career levels and salaries matching their experience and expertise. In recruiting for this opportunity, DHS may hire employees at higher or lower career levels and associated salaries. To learn more about DHS Cybersecurity Service career tracks and levels, visit our application portal.

This position is focused on Cybersecurity Program Management.

DHS Cybersecurity Service jobs are structured cybersecurity specializations - called technical capabilities. To learn more about technical capabilities, visit our application portal.