Senior Cybersecurity Advisor (McLean, VA)

Clearance: TS/SCI + CI Poly

Location: 50 miles of McLean, Virginia

Position is contingent upon contract award
 

Responsibilities

• Advise executive leadership on enterprise cybersecurity strategy, governance, and risk management.
• Apply security frameworks and concepts, such as the Risk Management Framework (RMF), NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), NIST SP 800-53, zero trust, and identity and access management.
• Improve Authorization to Operate (ATO) processes and promote reciprocity.
• Develop cybersecurity policies, standards, and implementation guidance.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to meet access requirements, including Counterintelligence Polygraph
• U.S. citizenship
• Experience advising executive leadership on cybersecurity strategy, governance, and risk management for complex enterprises.
• Experience with security frameworks and concepts.
• Experience improving ATO processes, promoting reciprocity, and developing security policies, standards, and implementation guidance.
• Work on-site at customer facilities within 50 miles of McLean, Virginia
• Candidates must meet one of the following education and relevant experience combinations:
  • Master’s degree or higher in Business, or a master’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) + 6 years
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business or STEM + 8 years
  • High school diploma or high school equivalency diploma + 12 years

Desired Qualifications

• Experience overseeing incident response planning, vulnerability management, and security monitoring concepts, including security operations centers (SOC) and security information and event management (SIEM).
• Experience integrating cybersecurity into acquisition and system engineering, including security by design and DevSecOps.
• Experience briefing senior leaders and coordinating across multiple organizations.

Company Overview

Ops Tech Alliance (OTA) was founded by former National Security and Special Operations professionals with over 100 years of combined experience and was formed with a singular focus: to bridge the gap between operations and technology to enable mission success. We are a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

Team Member Benefits

• Competitive Pay
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Life Insurance
• Work-life Balance

Our employees have achieved incredible things working on some of the most important technology and security projects in locations around the world to safeguard national security. We focus on hiring top talent and we want you to join our team.

This is a full time position