Senior Cybersecurity Manager Herndon, VA Posted today

NANA Regional Corporation; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Job summary

NANA Regional Corporation is looking for a Senior Cybersecurity Manager to lead enterprise cybersecurity operations and incident response across mission-critical environments in Herndon, Virginia. This role will provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring compliance with DHS and TSA requirements while enhancing service delivery.

The ideal candidate will have a robust background in cybersecurity leadership with at least 10 years of experience, including managing incident responses and compliance activities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of cybersecurity experience, including 5+ in leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading incident response and operations in federal environments.
• Strong knowledge of federal cybersecurity compliance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity operations and incident response across IT environments.
• Oversee endpoint protection and vulnerability management systems.
• Develop incident response plans and ensure compliance with DHS directives.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Incident response

FISMA compliance

NIST 800-53

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Akima Global Technology (AGT) is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Manager to lead enterprise cybersecurity operations, incident response, and compliance activities across mission-critical information technology environments. This role provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems supporting TSA’s mission. The role integrates cybersecurity across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, aligning with DHS, TSA, FISMA, and NIST requirements while enabling continuous service improvement and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee enterprise cybersecurity operations, ensuring continuous monitoring, detection, and response across all IT environments.
• Direct incident response activities including triage, investigation, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident analysis.
• Oversee cybersecurity endpoint protection platforms, vulnerability management systems, and monitoring technologies.
• Coordinate cross-functional response efforts with network, cloud, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure integrated service delivery.
• Manage the cybersecurity ticketing lifecycle, ensuring timely escalation, tracking, and resolution of incidents and service requests.
• Develop and maintain incident response plans, playbooks, and after-action reports to improve future response effectiveness.
• Oversee POA&M lifecycle management, including identification, tracking, remediation, and closure of vulnerabilities and findings.
• Support DHS FISMA compliance activities, including monthly scorecard reporting, vulnerability management, and audit readiness.
• Ensure compliance with DHS Information Security Vulnerability Management (ISVM) directives and CISA KEV catalog requirements.
• Provide cybersecurity support across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring secure configurations and operational resilience.
• Develop dashboards and reporting mechanisms to provide visibility into cybersecurity posture, incident trends, and performance metrics.
• Ensure all cybersecurity activities are documented, auditable, and aligned with TSA and DHS policies.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance cybersecurity operations, automation, and threat detection capabilities.
• Integrate threat intelligence, vulnerability data, and monitoring tools to enhance proactive threat detection and response capabilities.
• Develop and execute workforce strategy, including staffing, training, and cross-functional alignment to ensure resilient, scalable operations.
• Ensure operational resilience through cross-trained teams, standardized processes, and continuity planning to maintain mission performance during workforce fluctuations or high-tempo operations.
• Own SLA performance across service areas, driving accountability, performance optimization, and continuous service improvement.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain DHS suitability and any required clearances.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of cybersecurity experience, including 5+ years in leadership roles supporting enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading incident response and cybersecurity operations in federal or regulated environments.
• Proven experience leading and executing cybersecurity actions.
• Strong knowledge of FISMA, NIST 800-53, DHS policies, and federal cybersecurity compliance frameworks.
• Experience managing POA&M processes, vulnerability remediation, and ISVM compliance activities.
• Experience supporting cloud security in AWS and/or Azure environments.
• Experience integrating cybersecurity operations across network, infrastructure, and application domains.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting TSA programs or DHS operational components.
• Master’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or related engineering field.
• CISSP, CISM, CASP+, CEH, or equivalent IAM Level III certification.
• Experience with Zero Trust Architecture implementation and enforcement.
• Familiarity with CISA KEV catalog and advanced vulnerability management practices.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting audits, inspections, and compliance reporting for federal agencies.
• Familiarity with hybrid IT/OT environments and critical infrastructure security.

Job ID

2026-23334

Work Type

Hybrid

Pay Range

$140,000 - $180,000

Benefits

Regular - The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits. Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability, or have known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at [e-mail] or 571-353-7053 (information about job applications status is not available at this contact information).