Cyber Tools Lead – CO5 and BPA Key Personnel Security Clearance

Position: Cyber Tools Lead – CO5 and BPA Key Personnel with Security Clearance
Cyber Tools Lead - CO5 and BPA Key Personnel (Active Secret) Job
-CA-CYBER-CO5-CTL Alignment: CO5 CTSS / BPA umbrella
Clearance:
Current active Secret

Location:

Washington, DC / NCR - hybrid
Employment:
Full-time; contingent upon award
Availability:
Within 10 days of award
Role:
Primary cyber-tools technical lead
Salary Range: $165,000 - $210,000 annually
Benefits:
Health, dental, vision, disability, life, 401(k) match About TLinked TLinked LLC is a Maryland-based federal information technology and cybersecurity services company delivering secure enterprise infrastructure, cloud, network, cybersecurity, and mission-support solutions. We are building a team of experienced cleared professionals to support an anticipated Department of State cybersecurity program. Position Summary TLinked is seeking a Cyber Tools Lead to serve as the primary contractor technical lead and subject matter expert for an enterprise cybersecurity-tool ecosystem.

The successful candidate will lead architecture, engineering, integration, deployment, configuration, optimization, operations, maintenance, automation, and lifecycle management of cybersecurity tools supporting vulnerability management, assessment, compliance, security operations, risk management, and incident response.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead architecture, engineering, integration, deployment, configuration, operation, maintenance, and optimization of Government cybersecurity tools and supporting technologies.

• Provide technical direction and oversight to cybersecurity engineers, tool administrators, developers, and sustainment personnel.

• Develop and maintain tool architecture, design documentation, deployment plans, configuration standards, integration requirements, operating procedures, and maintenance plans; evaluate technologies against Government mission requirements.

• Integrate cyber tools with enterprise infrastructure, cloud environments, applications, databases, identity services, security platforms, ticketing systems, dashboards, and other Government systems.

• Ensure tools are securely configured and maintained in accordance with Federal requirements, Department policies, approved baselines, and vendor guidance.

• Lead upgrades, migrations, modernization, replacement, patching, testing, validation, release, and technology-refresh activities.

• Resolve availability, performance, data-quality, interoperability, scalability, capacity, and security issues.

• Develop and sustain APIs, connectors, data feeds, scripts, automation, dashboards, metrics, reports, and workflows supporting cybersecurity information exchange and decision-making.

• Monitor performance, availability, capacity, utilization, licensing, inventories, dependencies, interfaces, support status, and end-of-life risk.

• Coordinate with system owners, ISSOs, security engineers, network, cloud, application, architecture, security-operations, and governance stakeholders.

• Support tool security assessments, authorization, vulnerability remediation, configuration/change management, continuous monitoring, acquisition, and technical evaluation.

• Assess emerging technologies and report status, risks, capability gaps, accomplishments, and recommendations to Government stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications
• Current active U.S. Government Secret security clearance.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field.

• At least 8 years of experience supporting enterprise cybersecurity tools or closely related security engineering/operations environments.

• Current CISSP certification or a Government-accepted equivalent cybersecurity certification.

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise cyber-tool architecture, engineering, integration, automation, configuration, operations, sustainment, and lifecycle activities.

• Ability to be available within 10 days of Call Order award and remain available throughout the base period.

• Residence within reasonable commuting distance of State Annex 17, 600 19th Street NW, Washington, DC.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience across multiple security platform domains, such as SIEM/SOAR, vulnerability management,…