Senior Cybersecurity Lead – Incident Response & Compliance

SteelGate LLC; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

SteelGate LLC in Alexandria, VA, seeks a Cybersecurity Lead to act as senior technical authority and on-site supervisor for the EOIR OIT cybersecurity program. This full-time role blends technical leadership with management oversight, handling incident response lifecycle and coordination with agency leadership.

Qualified candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree, 3–10 years in federal security operations, and DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level 2 certification. Public trust clearance and U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution.
• 3 to 10 years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity incident response, vulnerability management, or highly related federal security operations.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level 2 certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert oversight for the entire incident response lifecycle from detection to remediation.
• Oversee vulnerability management and scanning operations using leading tools.
• Direct experience with SIEM/SOAR platforms and enterprise security analytics.
• Lead daily contractor tasking and coordinate with agency leadership and JSOC/JMD.

Skills

Incident response

Vulnerability management

SIEM

SOAR

Executive briefings

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Tenable.SC

Nessus Scanners

Splunk

JIRA

ServiceNow

Job description

SteelGate LLC in Alexandria, VA, seeks a Cybersecurity Lead to act as senior technical authority and on-site supervisor for the EOIR OIT cybersecurity program. This full-time role blends technical leadership with management oversight, handling incident response lifecycle and coordination with agency leadership.

Qualified candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree, 3–10 years in federal security operations, and DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level 2 certification. Public trust clearance and U.S.