Strategic CISO: Cybersecurity & Risk Leadership

Caecommunity; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Drug Enforcement Administration in Arlington, VA seeks a senior IT security leader to advise the CIO on security oversight for the DEA IT Enterprise. The role directs cybersecurity policy, risk management, security engineering, incident response, and supply chain security across all IT systems.

Ideal candidates will have substantial management experience and deep IT security expertise, with the ability to present complex security concepts to executives, drive data-driven decisions, and promote a

Qualifications

• MTQ 1: Demonstrated experience with risk management principles and methodologies, including the ability to identify, assess, and prioritize risks for Super Intelligence (SI), legacy systems, emerging technologies, complex datasets, and cloud solutions as well as a thorough understanding of federal compliance requirements (e.g. FISMA, NIST), ensuing compliance with these requirements, and securing complex data in various environments.
• MTQ 2: Expertly expresses complex information (e.g. ideas or facts) on cybersecurity, risk, compliance, secure SI implementation, and/or data-related concepts considering the audience and nature of the information. Demonstrated skill in presenting cybersecurity topics to an executive audience in order to promote a culture of security awareness, effectively report on compliance with requirements, and utilizes data to drive metrics-based decisions.
• MTQ 3: Demonstrates an ability to drive technical innovation in a secure, compliant, and data-driven manner to support the overall goal of modernizing DEA's IT enterprise. Experience securely integrating new technologies, processes, complex data sets, SI and cloud solutions into an organization while efficiently assessing risk, compliance, and data security. Possesses a comprehensive understanding of IT security concepts, theories, practices, and standards. Serves as a foremost authority in security architectural planning and provides senior level guidance to agency leadership.

Skills

Risk management

Security risk assessment

IT security architecture

Job description

Drug Enforcement Administration in Arlington, VA seeks a senior IT security leader to advise the CIO on security oversight for the DEA IT Enterprise. The role directs cybersecurity policy, risk management, security engineering, incident response, and supply chain security across all IT systems.

Ideal candidates will have substantial management experience and deep IT security expertise, with the ability to present complex security concepts to executives, drive data-driven decisions, and promote a