NCO; National Cybersecurity Operations Technical Lead

Description

OCH Technologies is seeking an NCO Technical Lead responsible for leading day‑to‑day operational cybersecurity and threat intelligence functions supporting the FAA's National Cybersecurity Operations mission. The lead will run the operational side: monitor threat intelligence feeds, coordinate incident response, analyze emerging threats against NAS infrastructure, and provide technical guidance to the broader cybersecurity team.

This position supports a proposal effort and is contingent upon award, customer approval, and successful onboarding requirements.

Hybrid – Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) Washington, DC or Leesburg, VA (potential to travel up to 20%).

• Provide day‑to‑day technical oversight, coordination, and guidance to contractor personnel performing operational cybersecurity and threat intelligence functions.
• Lead all activities supporting the National Cybersecurity Operations (NCO) mission including threat intelligence collection and analysis, threat hunting, and incident response coordination.
• Monitor and analyze cyber threat intelligence relevant to FAA and NAS systems. Produce actionable intelligence products that inform assessment priorities and defensive posture decisions.
• Coordinate incident response activities when potential security events are identified. Ensure response actions follow established procedures and are documented.
• Attend all Program Management Reviews with the Program Manager and report on NCO operational support activities, threat intelligence findings, deliverables, and technical issues.
• Maintain awareness of emerging cyber threats targeting critical infrastructure, aviation systems, and government networks. Brief FAA leadership on threat trends and recommended defensive actions.
• Collaborate with the Security Assessment Lead and Penetration Testing Lead to ensure assessment and testing priorities reflect the current threat landscape.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures for NCO functions including escalation criteria, reporting templates, and coordination protocols.
• Manage and oversee contractor staff performing NCO functions. Ensure personnel maintain required qualifications and training.

• At least fifteen (15+) years of cybersecurity experience with at least 5 years of management and supervisory responsibility over operational cybersecurity, threat intelligence teams, or SOC/CIRT functions. At least 2 years of relevant experience must be recent (performed within the last 3 years).
• Demonstrated experience leading incident response and threat intelligence operations in a federal or critical infrastructure environment.
• Strong understanding of cyber threat intelligence frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, Diamond Model, Cyber Kill Chain) and experience producing actionable intelligence products.
• Experience with SIEM platforms, threat intelligence platforms, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools.
• Knowledge of network defense monitoring, log analysis, and anomaly detection in complex, multi‑segment network environments.

Candidate must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. Active Secret clearance preferred.

• Security certification such as CISSP, CISM, or CASP required.
• GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler) or GCTI (GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence) strongly preferred.
• GCFA, GNFA, or GCIA preferred for forensics/network analysis depth.
• CND, CNDA, GDAT, GDSA, GCED, GCFA are directly relevant.

• Prior experience supporting FAA, DoD, or other critical infrastructure cybersecurity operations.
• Experience with aviation‑specific cyber threats or operational technology (OT/ICS) threat analysis.
• Familiarity with FAA Security Operations Center (SOC) operations.
• Experience coordinating with federal threat intelligence sharing organizations (US‑CERT, CISA, sector ISACs).
• Modern threat intelligence platforms (MISP, OpenCTI) for structured threat data management and sharing.
• SOAR platforms (Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, Tines) for automated incident response workflows and playbook execution.
• EDR/XDR tools…