CSSP Operations Management Task Lead with Security Clearance

GCyber; Shiloh (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GCyber seeks a CSSP Operations Management Task Lead to steer daily CSSP delivery across boundary defense, infrastructure, security tools, and 24/7 operations. You will set priorities, oversee performance, and keep the program ready for DoD evaluations.

You will lead technical leads, drive zero trust and cloud security initiatives, and coordinate with government counterparts on incident decisions and staffing across CSSP functions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of information assurance or cyber experience, including 4+ applying DoD cybersecurity policy.
• Bachelor's degree required; additional years may substitute for education.
• CISSP or CISM certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily CSSP operations across boundary defense, infrastructure, security tools, and 24/7 operations.
• Maintain readiness for DoD CSSP evaluations and close corrective actions.
• Serve as the Government's CSSP point of contact and lead operational coordination.
• Set CSSP priorities across boundary, infrastructure, tools, operations and threat detection.
• Manage CSSP performance metrics and report month-to-month trends.

Skills

CSSP operations

Team leadership

Metrics analysis

Zero trust

Cloud security

DoD policies

Security architecture

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree

CISSP or CISM

Job description

GCyber is seeking a CSSP Operations Management Task Lead to support a large Department of War agency. You will lead daily CSSP delivery across boundary defense, infrastructure, security tools, and 24/7 operations. You will set technical priorities, manage performance, and keep the program ready for evaluation. As the CSSP Operations Management Task Lead, you will: * Lead a team responsible for daily CSSP operations across boundary defense, infrastructure, security tools, 24/7 operations, and threat detection.

• Maintain readiness for DoD CSSP evaluations and manage assessment corrective actions through closure.
• Serve as the Government's daily CSSP point of contact and lead recurring operational coordination.
• Set CSSP priorities across boundary, infrastructure, tools, operations and threat detection.
• Manage CSSP performance metrics, identify trends, and verify month-to-month improvement.
• Advance zero trust, cloud security and network architecture across the CSSP.
• Approve changes that affect the security posture and lead major incident decisions with the Government.
• Develop technical leads and maintain qualified staffing across CSSP functions.Minimum Requirements and Experience * 7+ years of information assurance or cyber experience, including 4+ applying DoD cybersecurity policy.
• Bachelor's degree (4 additional years of experience may substitute).
• CISSP or CISM.
• Active Secret clearance and eligibility for privileged access.Required Knowledge and Skills * DoD CSSP services and the CSSP evaluation (Evaluator Scoring Metrics) process.
• DoD zero trust strategy and pillars, network architecture and cloud security.
• Managing integrated 24/7 security operations and engineering teams.
• Using metrics to manage performance and report it to Government leaders.
• Auditing and continuous improvement.Preferred Qualifications * Master's degree; prior CSSP lead role; zero trust implementation experience.