Security System Operations and Maintenance - Leadership
Company: Department of Homeland Security
Location: Idaho Falls
Posted on: April 22, 2024
Job Description:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is recruiting
professionals to support a range of leadership roles in Security
System Operations and Maintenance, including Service Delivery Team
Lead, Engineering Operations Manager, Network Operations Manager
and Cloud Technical Manager.There are a variety of Security System
Operations and Maintenance opportunities across the Department,
including supporting several specialized programs at the DHS Office
of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (PLCY ), Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) , DHS Office of the Chief
Information Officer (OCIO) , and the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) .
Depending on your career level and role, DHS Cybersecurity Service
employees in the Leadership Career Track, with a technical
capability in Security System Operations and Maintenance, will
generally apply their expertise to perform a range of tasks,
including:
- Overseeing and/or leading a team(s) performing network, system,
or application security reviews to identify gaps in security
architecture, recommend risk acceptance, and develop a security
risk management plan.
- Working with stakeholders to propose and/or develop highly
effective solutions for resolving computer security incidents and
ensuring compliance through tools and processes that enable agile
response to cyber incidents.
- Leading or managing a team(s) that configure and monitor
security devices in accordance with DHS or Component policies and
best practices to support network mitigation efforts.
- Proactively ensuring cybersecurity testing of developed
applications and/or systems to maintain the security of relevant
DHS or Component systems.
- Proposing, overseeing and/or organizing collaborative efforts
for continuously monitoring and maintaining DHS or Component
enterprise systems to identify unauthorized and/or malicious
activities and events and maintain the systems' security posture.
- Applying knowledge of system implementation and configuration
to identify security deficiencies during security reviews and
certification testing, ensuring successful transition from
development to operation.
- Using known information about incidents and their effects on
networks, systems, cloud environments, and applications to classify
the threat and risk levels of activities and events and
recommending short- and long-term recovery and repair actions.
- Customizing communications on aggregate security system's
status and corresponding courses of action for different levels of
leadership and other appropriate parties in support of mitigating
any issues compromising DHS or Component security.
- Proactively analyzing plans and procedures to respond to
security incidents that interrupt ongoing cybersecurity operations
ensuring minimal damage, restoration of operations, maintenance of
system integrity and maximum system resilience.
- Working with system and network administrators to ensure
systems are not compromised during system security changes or
transitions from development to production and assist others who
are less seasoned.
- Collaborating with internal and external DHS stakeholders to
collect, organize, analyze, report and act on information related
to security activities and events on computer networks, systems,
and applications.
- Developing supporting documentation on incident response and
containment procedures in alignment with DHS or Component policies
and procedures. This position is in the Leadership Track across a
range of career levels. Employees in this career track generally:
- Have between 5-15 years of cybersecurity work experience.
- Have between 0-5 years of cybersecurity leadership experience.
DHS Cybersecurity Service employees with a technical capability in
Security System Operations and Maintenance will generally:
- Implement, configure, and manage security devices and systems
(such as firewalls, intrusion detection and log collectors, and
vulnerability scanners) in accordance with policies, procedures,
and best practices.
- Install, manage, and monitor security measures to support
mitigation efforts; shares relevant information with system and
network administrators. 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 Security System Operations and Maintenance. DHS
Cybersecurity Service jobs are structured cybersecurity
specializations - called technical capabilities. To learn more
about technical capabilities, visit our application portal .
Keywords: Department of Homeland Security, Idaho Falls , Security System Operations and Maintenance - Leadership, Professions , Idaho Falls, Idaho
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