Senior Defensive Cyber Operations Lead - DoD/NRO

Invictus International Consulting, LLC; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Invictus International Consulting, LLC is seeking a Defensive Cyber Operations Lead in Chantilly, VA to manage enterprise cyber defense tasks for an NRO-related program. The role requires DoD 8140 alignment, senior technical authority, and liaison with military counterparts.

The position demands 5+ years in cybersecurity, incident response, and detection engineering, plus an active TS/SCI with CI polygraph.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, IT or a related STEM field (required).
• 5+ years of cybersecurity, SOC or cyber incident response experience.
• 5+ years of detection engineering and automation experience.
• Qualified for a DoD 8140 Category E role (Cyber Workforce Developer 751, Manager or Executive Cyber Leader 901, or IAM Level III).
• Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph (required).

Responsibilities

• Manage daily cyber defense tasking across cyber operations, integrated mission defense, cyber readiness, cyber data platform and identity and credentialing functions.
• Serve as the primary liaison with military and government counterparts; align contractor work with operational priorities.
• Maintain a skills matrix of cyber tasking staff mapped to DoD 8140 work roles and certifications; assign staff to tasks based on it.
• Oversee 24/7 cyber analysis, incident response and validation, and intelligence-driven threat hunting.
• Guide detection content, SIEM/SOAR use and MITRE ATT&CK-based threat hunting; identify detection gaps and recommend fixes.
• Keep the team trained and ready through exercises, training plans and cross-training.
• Brief leadership on operational status, significant incidents and emerging protection, detection and response trends

Skills

Cybersecurity experience

Incident response

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Cybersecurity/IT

Tools

Splunk

SOAR platforms

MITRE ATT&CK

Job description

Invictus International Consulting, LLC is seeking a Defensive Cyber Operations Lead in Chantilly, VA to manage enterprise cyber defense tasks for an NRO-related program. The role requires DoD 8140 alignment, senior technical authority, and liaison with military counterparts.

The position demands 5+ years in cybersecurity, incident response, and detection engineering, plus an active TS/SCI with CI polygraph.