Technical Lead

WarCollar Industries, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

PTO based on billable hours

Holidays plus your birthday

401k matching

Education reimbursement

Job summary

WarCollar Industries, LLC seeks an experienced Technical Lead to provide technical leadership and operational support for a Department of State cybersecurity program. The role supports enterprise cybersecurity operations, security engineering, tool integration, risk management, and modernization across a complex federal environment.

The position collaborates with government stakeholders to ensure effective implementation, maintenance, and alignment with mission requirements, while mentoring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant cybersecurity experience (security operations, security engineering, or related technical discipline).
• Active Secret security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for enterprise cybersecurity operations and initiatives.
• Lead architecture, engineering, integration, deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of cybersecurity technologies.
• Support the implementation and continuous monitoring of security controls and cybersecurity requirements.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, security artifacts, dashboards, metrics, and reports.
• Integrate cybersecurity platforms, enterprise systems, APIs, connectors, and automated workflows.
• Support SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, vulnerability management, cloud security, identity monitoring, and related cybersecurity technologies.
• Analyze cybersecurity data and metrics to identify trends, risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinate technical activities with enterprise architecture, security engineering, change management, and government stakeholders.
• Evaluate emerging cybersecurity technologies and provide recommendations regarding adoption, integration, optimization, or consolidation.
• Support continuous improvement of cybersecurity operations, detection capabilities, reporting, and overall security posture.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to cybersecurity personnel and other team members.

Skills

Technical leadership

Security operations

Risk management

Cybersecurity architecture

Security engineering

Mentorship

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

EDR/XDR

CSPM

Job description

Job Description

WarCollar Industries is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to provide technical leadership and operational support for a Department of State cybersecurity program. The Technical Lead will support enterprise cybersecurity operations, security engineering, tool integration, risk management, and technical modernization efforts across a complex federal environment.

WarCollar Industries is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to provide technical leadership and operational support for a Department of State cybersecurity program. The Technical Lead will support enterprise cybersecurity operations, security engineering, tool integration, risk management, and technical modernization efforts across a complex federal environment.

The position will work closely with government stakeholders, system owners, security personnel, and technical teams to ensure cybersecurity capabilities are effectively implemented, maintained, integrated, and aligned with mission requirements.

Required Skills

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for enterprise cybersecurity operations and initiatives.
• Lead the architecture, engineering, integration, deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of cybersecurity technologies.
• Support the implementation and continuous monitoring of security controls and cybersecurity requirements.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, security artifacts, dashboards, metrics, and reports.
• Integrate cybersecurity platforms, enterprise systems, APIs, connectors, and automated workflows.
• Support SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, vulnerability management, cloud security, identity monitoring, and related cybersecurity technologies.
• Analyze cybersecurity data and metrics to identify trends, risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinate technical activities with enterprise architecture, security engineering, change management, and government stakeholders.
• Evaluate emerging cybersecurity technologies and provide recommendations regarding adoption, integration, optimization, or consolidation.
• Support continuous improvement of cybersecurity operations, detection capabilities, reporting, and overall security posture.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to cybersecurity personnel and other team members.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity, security operations, security engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Active Secret security clearance.
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise cybersecurity environments.
• Experience with cybersecurity tools, platforms, and enterprise security technologies.
• Experience developing or managing integrations, APIs, connectors, or automation between security tools and enterprise systems.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity operations, risk management, and security best practices.

Desired Skills

Preferred Qualifications

• CISSP, CISM, GCIA, or equivalent cybersecurity certification.
• Experience administering and integrating enterprise SIEM/SOAR platforms.
• Experience with EDR/XDR, vulnerability management, and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools.
• Experience developing cybersecurity dashboards, metrics, KPIs, and automated reporting.
• Experience supporting Department of State or other civilian federal agency cybersecurity programs.
• Experience with NIST RMF, FISMA, NIST SP 800-37, and NIST SP 800-53.
• Experience reducing false positives and improving detection content and cybersecurity analytics.
• Relevant vendor, cloud, or cybersecurity platform certifications.
• Experience supporting 24/7/365 security operations environments.

Security Clearance

• Active Secret security clearance required.
• Ability to maintain the required clearance throughout employment.

About WarCollar Industries

WarCollar Industries, LLC is a veteran-owned small business. We maintain a team of cybersecurity experts committed to protecting complicated data and distribution systems and providing decision makers with the most accurate assessment of residual risk possible. We work with our clients to solve the toughest challenges in the ever-evolving digital landscape. Services include network defense, computer network attack, secure network design, penetration testing and vulnerability assessment. WarCollar enables its clients to find, fix, stop, and ultimately solve cybersecurity problems across their entire enterprise.

About us

WarCollar offers generous benefits including:

• Medical insurance premium coverage
• PTO based on billable hours
• federal holidays plus your birthday
• matching 401k, education reimbursement plus paid training days
• performance bonuses
• referral bonuses
• government shutdown protection
• monthly team building events plus two major social events annually

Equal Opportunity Statement

WarCollar Industries, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

WarCollar does not discriminate in employment based upon race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, status as a protected military veteran, or other non-merit factor.