Cybersecurity Operations Lead - Secret Clearance

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Founded in 2007 in Huntsville, AL, Martin Fed provides the U.S. government with customer‑focused, performance‑based solutions using technology and an empowered workforce as an engine to drive its customers' missions. Our goal is to attract the best and brightest within their field.

We invest in our people because they are our greatest asset. They cultivate our purpose, embody and reflect our core values, and define our culture. Martin Fed's core values that set us apart are the following:

• Be Driven - We are fueled by the hunger to learn more and do more.
• Be Curious - We engage in continuous improvement - never accepting the status quo.
• Be Humble - We seek honest feedback to strengthen our relationships.
• Pursue Excellence - We strive to achieve extraordinary results and do not settle for mediocrity.

Strive for excellence and consider joining our growing team today!

The Cybersecurity Operations Lead is responsible for leading cybersecurity operations, incident response activities, threat analysis, and security engineering efforts across enterprise environments. This position provides technical leadership in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of cybersecurity capabilities while ensuring compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) security requirements.

The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in cybersecurity operations, cyber analytics development, incident response, threat detection and analysis, and security architecture. This role requires strong leadership skills, technical expertise, and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders to protect mission‑critical systems and data.

• Lead daily cybersecurity operations activities, including monitoring, analysis, incident response, and remediation efforts.
• Develop and implement cybersecurity strategies, policies, and procedures aligned with NIST, DoD, and organizational security requirements.
• Oversee cyber analytic development efforts to improve threat detection, situational awareness, and operational effectiveness.
• Lead incident response activities, including investigation, containment, eradication, recovery, and post‑incident reporting.
• Analyze emerging cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques to enhance defensive capabilities.
• Support the design, implementation, and maintenance of Zero Trust Architecture principles, including authentication, authorization, least privilege access controls, network micro‑segmentation, privileged access management, and security orchestration and automation.
• Provide technical leadership for cybersecurity engineering and architecture initiatives.
• Ensure security controls are implemented and maintained across cloud, virtualized, and on‑premises environments.
• Conduct security audits and reviews of system accounts, security logs, network activity, and system anomalies.
• Develop cybersecurity metrics, dashboards, reports, and documentation to support operational visibility and leadership decision‑making.
• Collaborate with system administrators, network engineers, developers, and program stakeholders to identify and mitigate cybersecurity risks.
• Support security assessments, compliance reviews, vulnerability management, and continuous monitoring activities.
• Maintain awareness of evolving cybersecurity threats, technologies, and industry best practices.

• US Citizen with an active Secret Security Clearance with eligibility to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI.
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in Information Assurance (IA) and/or Cybersecurity.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience supporting cyber analytic development, incident response, threat analysis, and cybersecurity engineering or architecture.
• Strong knowledge of NIST and DoD cybersecurity policies, directives, frameworks, and guidelines.
• Experience implementing and supporting Zero Trust security principles and architectures.
• Knowledge of authentication, authorization, access control, network…