Overview
On Site
$65 - $70 hr
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 5+ mo(s)
Skills
THREAT
SECURITY
CERTIFIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROFESSIONAL
CISSP
GIAC INCIDENT HANDLER
GCIH
EC-COUNCIL CERTIFIED ETHICAL HACKER
CEH
WIRELESS
Job Details
Payrate: $65.00 - $70.00/hr.
Summary:
The company is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Threat Manager to support the Orange County Sheriff s Department (OCSD) in Santa Ana, CA. The position entails providing technical leadership and oversight for the OCSD cybersecurity team, with a responsibility to protect OCSD assets, systems, and data against cyber threats. Cyber services provided are associated with (but not limited to) endpoint and email security, firewall management, and Incident Response. The following details specific duties and responsibilities for this position. The position will be 100% on-site with the OCSD Technology Division at 840 N. Eckhoff St., Suite 104, Orange, CA 92868.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Desired Skills:
Pay Transparency: The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is: $65.00 - $70.00 /hr. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience and the benefits package you select. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, 10 paid days off, 401(k) plan participation, commuter benefits and life and disability insurance.
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Summary:
The company is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Threat Manager to support the Orange County Sheriff s Department (OCSD) in Santa Ana, CA. The position entails providing technical leadership and oversight for the OCSD cybersecurity team, with a responsibility to protect OCSD assets, systems, and data against cyber threats. Cyber services provided are associated with (but not limited to) endpoint and email security, firewall management, and Incident Response. The following details specific duties and responsibilities for this position. The position will be 100% on-site with the OCSD Technology Division at 840 N. Eckhoff St., Suite 104, Orange, CA 92868.
Responsibilities:
- A team and project thought leader with experience driving successful projects and building success through mentoring other team engineers.
- Assist with managing and maintaining the security infrastructure environment and posture. Apply expert knowledge of cybersecurity and information technology to plan, configure, deploy, and/or maintain solutions aligned with OCSD policies to support full scope cyberspace operations.
- Lead the security incident lifecycle from detection and investigation, through response and follow-up actions. Facilitate incident analysis by gathering, retaining, and evaluating digital artifacts including media, logs, and network traffic. Recommend remediation strategies to close security gaps.
- Deploy, operate, and maintain active and passive monitoring capabilities, for endpoints and network hosts; assess systems for vulnerabilities, patch status, security configuration, and network mapping.
- Strong understanding of Palo Alto Networks architecture and technologies. Design, configure, and implement Palo Alto solutions including Panorama management console, Prisma cloud services, and Firewall management and support.
- Understanding of networking concepts including routing and switching
- Design, implement, and manage public and private Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) including certificate authorities (CA), intermediate certificates, certificate renewal, and secure key storage.
- Maintain and troubleshoot DNS architecture including multiple servers and various DNS resource records (A, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SRV, PTR, etc.)
- Understanding of wireless security through EAP-chaining, 802.1X, and certificate-based authentication
- Understanding of cloud security architecture and networking through user identity and access management, encryption of data, zero-trust approach, and segmentation
- Developing and maintaining infrastructure as code (IaC) through Terraform
- Strong understanding of identity management and role-based access control
- Identify process inefficiencies; propose and implement improved approaches to cyber team tasks.
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance, such as Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
- Oversee OCSD cybersecurity communications, briefings, and contract deliverables; effectively communicate findings to senior staff through verbal and written methods.
- Drive the team s efforts to support core cyber functions and technologies such as:
- Endpoint Security, Anti-Virus (AV), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
- Log Aggregation and Analysis, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Security Orchestration and Automation, specifically leveraging Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR
- Firewall Management using Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Firewalls
- Incident Response, Incident Management
- Private and Public PKI infrastructure
- Privileged identity management and role-based access control
- Privileged access management through CyberArk
- DNS architecture and security
- Wireless security through Cisco Client
- AWS and Azure
- Entra ID
- ServiceNow
- Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysis
- Vulnerability Management using Tenable
- Email Security with Microsoft O365 Threat Explorer
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- Protection of privacy information and sensitive data, in compliance with Federal and State mandates
Qualifications:
- Minimum Education/Experience:
- BS in Cybersecurity or related technical field, 7+ years relevant industry experience,
- or MS in Cybersecurity or related technical field, 5+ years relevant industry experience,
- or PhD in Cybersecurity or related technical field with 4+ years industry experience.
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM) or similar.
Desired Skills:
- Professional experience providing technical leadership in support of a Security Operations Center (SOC) or similar organization that provides cyber security services.
- Strong understanding of Palo Alto Networks architecture and technologies. Expertise with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, intrusion prevention systems and other security products.
- Experience with network security design, deployment, and maintenance.
- Experience with troubleshooting security issues.
- Experience with providing support to users.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong Project Management
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work overtime as requested.
- Ability to work flexible hours including weekends and overnight
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Pay Transparency: The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is: $65.00 - $70.00 /hr. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience and the benefits package you select. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, 10 paid days off, 401(k) plan participation, commuter benefits and life and disability insurance.
For information about our collection, use, and disclosure of applicant's personal information as well as applicants' rights over their personal information, please see our Privacy Policy (;/span>
Aditi Consulting LLC uses AI technology to engage candidates during the sourcing process. AI technology is used to gather data only and does not replace human-based decision making in employment decisions. By applying for this position, you agree to Aditi s use of AI technology, including calls from an AI Voice Recruiter.
#AditiConsulting
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