Cybersecurity Team Lead

Agile Defense; Springfield (VA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

Life Insurance

Job summary

Agile Defense, Inc. in Springfield, VA seeks a Cybersecurity Team Lead to guide complex cybersecurity initiatives and coordinate with US government personnel.

The role manages cost, schedule, performance, risk, and contract compliance across cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has a Top Secret clearance, PMP certification, a Bachelor's degree, and seven years of relevant experience, with hands-on experience in cyber threats, IDS/SIEM tools, and insider-threat detection.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required plus 7 years of relevant work experience.
• PMP Certification required.
• Active Top Secret clearance required to start.

Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity team and coordinate actions with USG personnel.
• Own cost, schedule, and performance; manage risk and contract compliance.
• Serve as technical Cyber SME and primary customer contact.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Insider threat analysis

Intrusion detection

Endpoint security

Education

Bachelor's Degree

PMP Certification

Tools

IDS

SIEM

Endpoint security

Job description

About Agile Defense

At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That’s why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.

Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.

Requisition #: 2009

Job Title: Cybersecurity Team Lead

Location: Springfield, VA

Clearance Level: Top Secret Clearance Required to Start

Required Certification(s): PMP

Job Description

The Cybersecurity Team Lead will have professional experience that demonstrates capabilities to analyze highly complex technical cybersecurity issues, insider risk challenges, coordinate investigations, recommend plans of action for Agile Defense staff and Government staff, and manage Agile Defense resources supporting resolution of these issues.

• The Team Lead will serve as the Agile Defense’s primary contact for USG Government personnel.
• The program is currently operating in hybrid with scheduled remote and onsite requirements at approved customer locations when directed to do so by the customer.
• The Team Lead owns cost, schedule, and performance, drives risk management and contract compliance, and ensures seamless coordination among stakeholders, subcontractors, cross-functional analysts and engineering teams.

• The Team Lead will be responsible for performing program management activities that include, but are not necessarily limited, to the following:
  • Weekly Status Reports, Program Management Review, CONOPS, SOP and other deliverables as assigned.
  • Provides technical consultation in cyber security and related AI capability development.
  • Maintains current knowledge of relevant cyber security, AI enabled cybersecurity and related technologies.
  • Serve as a technical Cyber SME, onsite task lead, and primary point of contact for customer.
  • Support new Agile Defense engagements as transitional program or operations lead.
  • Support documentation of all business and workflow processes in this area.

Education and Background

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Seven years of relevant work experience.
• PMP Certification.
• Top Secret Clearance.

Required Skills

• The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of cyber threats, cyber insider threat and information security in the domains of TTP’s, Threat Actors, Campaigns, and Observables.
• Additionally, the ideal candidate would be familiar with intrusion detection systems, intrusion analysis, security information event management platforms, and endpoint insider threat detection tools.

$170,000 - $180,000 a year

In addition, Agile Defense invests in its employees beyond just compensation. Agile’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Learning and Development opportunities as well as other optional benefit elections.

Our Core Values

• Happy - Be Infectious. Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
• Helpful - Be Supportive. Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
• Honest - Be Trustworthy. Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication, and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
• Humble - Be Grounded. Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
• Hungry - Be Eager. Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
• Hustle - Be Driven. Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities