Cybersecurity Manager (CMMC/NIST) - Incident Response Lead

Cybersecurity Jobs; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cybersecurity Jobs in Trenton, NJ seeks a permanent Cybersecurity Manager to lead governance, architecture, and incident response across multiple sites. The role focuses on establishing and enforcing security governance aligned with CMMC and NIST, leading security architecture and assessments, and managing incident response and security operations across the enterprise.

The position requires a BS in a related field, minimum 5 years of IT security experience, and U.S. citizenship.

Qualifications

• BS in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field is required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT security roles.
• Strong knowledge of network infrastructure and database security; experience designing secure architectures.
• Experience with firewalls, IDS/IPS, antivirus/endpoint protection, MFA, SIEM, content filtering.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery planning and computer forensics tools and methods.
• U.S. citizenship is required for this defense company.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enforce information security policies, procedures, and standards aligned with CMMC and NIST requirements.
• Own enterprise security architecture for networks, systems, applications, and data.
• Build and execute a security roadmap across IT infrastructure, applications, and data at all sites.
• Conduct recurring security assessments and internal audits; drive vulnerability remediation to closure.
• Lead incident response planning, support breach investigations, and manage post-incident resolution.
• Mentor IT staff on security tools, technologies, and best practices.
• Partner with department leaders to integrate security controls into business processes.
• Manage the information security budget, including forecasting, resource allocation, and cost optimization.

Skills

Network infrastructure

Database security

Security policy development

Incident response planning

Vulnerability management

Leadership/mentoring

Budget management

Education

BS in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Firewalls

IDS/IPS

Anti-virus/endpoint protection

Authentication/MFA

Log management/SIEM

Content filtering

Forensics tools

Job description

Cybersecurity Jobs in Trenton, NJ seeks a permanent Cybersecurity Manager to lead governance, architecture, and incident response across multiple sites. The role focuses on establishing and enforcing security governance aligned with CMMC and NIST, leading security architecture and assessments, and managing incident response and security operations across the enterprise.

The position requires a BS in a related field, minimum 5 years of IT security experience, and U.S. citizenship.