Cybersecurity Lead

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS
034, T4, Band 7

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Serve as the primary cybersecurity technical lead for the contract, ensuring compliance with Homeland Security policies and directives.

- Develop and implement cybersecurity strategies, frameworks, and policies to enhance the security posture of critical systems.

- Lead Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) and Information System Vulnerability Management (ISVM) remediation efforts by tracking findings, coordinating corrective actions, validating closure evidence, and reporting status to stakeholders.

- Manage and coordinate co-located cybersecurity teams, ensuring effective collaboration, workload alignment, and consistent execution of mission priorities.

- Oversee security risk assessments, vulnerability management, incident response, and threat intelligence activities.

- Provide guidance and mentorship to cybersecurity engineers and analysts.

- Lead security architecture reviews and technical assessments to identify and mitigate risks.

- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure security requirements align with business and operational needs.

- Support continuous monitoring, security audits, and regulatory compliance efforts.

- Identify and coordinate the remediation of deprecated protocols, ensuring secure configurations align with federal cybersecurity standards and operational requirements.

- Communicate cybersecurity risks, remediation progress, and emerging issues to government leadership, providing timely updates, clear recommendations, and escalation support as needed.

- Serve as the primary point of contact for all security-related deliverables, coordinating inputs, and ensuring timely and accurate submissions.

- Provide cybersecurity updates during monthly Program Management Reviews (PMRs).

- Oversee vulnerability scanning activities, including scan scheduling, results analysis, remediation prioritization, and reporting.

- Oversee security risk assessments, vulnerability management, incident response, and threat intelligence activities.

- Provide guidance and mentorship to cybersecurity engineers and analysts.

- Lead security architecture reviews and technical assessments to identify and mitigate risks.

Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure security requirements align with business and operational needs.

- Support continuous monitoring, security audits, and regulatory compliance efforts.

Identify and coordinate the remediation of deprecated protocols, ensuring secure configurations align with federal cybersecurity standards and operational requirements.

- Communicate cybersecurity risks, remediation progress, and emerging issues to government leadership, providing timely updates, clear recommendations, and escalation support as needed.

- Serve as the primary point of contact for all security-related deliverables, coordinating inputs, and ensuring timely and accurate submissions.

- Provide cybersecurity updates during monthly Program Management Reviews (PMRs).

- Oversee vulnerability scanning activities, including scan scheduling, results analysis, remediation prioritization, and reporting.

- Provide oversight of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate management activities performed by the team, ensuring timely issuance, renewal, deployment, inventory tracking, and expiration monitoring.

- Participate in an on-call rotation to support security operations and incident response.

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Minimum Requirements:

- Active Secret clearance is required.

- Due to contract requirements, only US Citizens can be considered.

- 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, IT security, or related fields.

- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST, RMF, FISMA) and best practices.

- Experience leading cybersecurity teams and managing large-scale security initiatives.

- Hands-on experience with security tools such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanners, and endpoint security solutions.

- Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to work across technical and executive teams.

- Candidates must reside within a commutable distance for daily onsite work and on-call requirements.

- This contract supports systems that require 24x7x365 uptime. Candidates must be willing and able to meet recall requirements, including participation in a rotational on-call schedule.

Minimum Requirements TCS
034, T4, Band 7

Preferred Skills and

Qualifications:

- DHS Suitability.

- Experience supporting…