SOC Chief

Job Description

ECS is seeking a Senior SOC Chief to work On-Site in Portland, OR . Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.

ECS Federal is a leading information security and information technology company in Washington, DC. We are looking to hire a Senior Security Operation Center (SOC) Manager to provide a full range of cybersecurity services on a long-term contract in Portland. The position is full time/permanent and will provide 24x7x365 support for a US Government civilian agency.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the timeliness and quality of deliverables so that all information and data are accurate and complete.
• Lead Information Security GAP Analysis review.
• Perform administrative functions such as reviewing performance and operations to ensure appropriate performance.
• Ensure effective coordination, collaboration, and communication with federal personnel.
• Serve as the primary incident commander for all cybersecurity incidents.
• Must possess a functional understanding of log and monitoring management systems, security event monitoring systems, network-based and host-based intrusion detection systems, firewall technologies, malware detection and enterprise-level antivirus solutions/systems.
• Must have demonstrated experience with managing and ensuring the timely response and investigations of security events and incidents by the Security Operations Center (SOC).
• Have demonstrated experience with developing and facilitating cybersecurity tabletop exercises for technical and non-technical personnel
• Must possess a working knowledge of regulatory security compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with White House Executive Orders (OE) on improving the Nation's Cybersecurity and subsequent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandums.
• Familiarity with FISMA monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Must have experience with conceptualizing, developing, publishing and communicating status reports for executive leadership.
• Work closely with client CISO and cybersecurity leadership to identify implement process changes, improvements and efficiencies, and ensure solid security practices.
• Develop and administer SOC processes and review their application to ensure that SOC's controls, policies, and procedures are operating effectively.
• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships/partnerships with the cybersecurity and infrastructure support teams throughout the Information Technology organization, as well as business units.
• Play a significant role in long-term SOC strategy and planning, including initiatives geared toward operational excellence.
• Execute security operations processes, identify and measure critical security operations metrics, and continually improve the efficiency and effectiveness of all core services in scope
• Manage and develop SOC team members, including mentoring, task management, and capability/skill development.
• Provide a framework for team members to be successful in achieving team goals and individual performance objectives

Salary Range: $150,000 - $180,000

General Description of Benefits

Required Skills

• 6+ years of experience in SOC operations and incident response including SOC and Task Management.
• Significant experience monitoring threats via a SIEM console
• Extensive working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, 800-37, 800-171, FedRAMP, FISMA, and NIST AI RMF standards.
• Experience implementing or aligning with recognized cybersecurity frameworks such as CIS Controls.
• Demonstrated experience with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk/ESS), threat detection and hunting, digital forensics, and cloud security operations.
• Experience with maturing and optimizing SOCs
• Experience with utilizing Cyber Threat Intelligence to enhance security operations, and threat detections and response
• Significant experience performing analysis of log files from a variety of sources, to include individual host logs, network traffic logs, firewall logs, or intrusion prevention logs
• Significant experience performing analysis of log files from a variety of sources, to include individual host logs, network traffic logs, firewall logs, or intrusion prevention logs
• CISSP Certification or comparable relevant training and certifications
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related field or equivalent work experience (10 yrs of experience for HS Diploma, 8 years of experience for Associated)
• Clearance: Public Trust with eligibility to obtain and maintain a DOE "L" Level or DOE "Secret" clearance.

Desired Skills

ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3300+ employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.