The Role
Leads cybersecurity operations and serves as the primary government contact. Analyzes complex cybersecurity and insider-threat issues, coordinates investigations, provides technical recommendations, manages resources, and oversees cost, schedule, performance, risk, and contract compliance. The role also produces program deliverables, supports AI-enabled cybersecurity capabilities, documents workflows, and coordinates analysts, engineers, subcontractors, and stakeholders. Hybrid work includes scheduled remote and customer-site requirements.
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About Agile Defense
At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That’s why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.
Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.
Requisition #: 2009
Job Title: Cybersecurity Team Lead
Location: Springfield, VA
Clearance Level: Top Secret Clearance Required to Start
Required Certification(s): PMP
Job Description
- The Team Lead will serve as the Agile Defense’s primary contact for USG Government personnel.
- The program is currently operating in hybrid with scheduled remote and onsite requirements at approved customer locations when directed to do so by the customer.
- The Team Lead owns cost, schedule, and performance, drives risk management and contract compliance, and ensures seamless coordination among stakeholders, subcontractors, cross-functional analysts and engineering teams.
- The Team Lead will be responsible for performing program management activities that include, but are not necessarily limited, to the following:
- Weekly Status Reports, Program Management Review, CONOPS, SOP and other deliverables as assigned.
- Provides technical consultation in cyber security and related AI capability development.
- Maintains current knowledge of relevant cyber security, AI enabled cybersecurity and related technologies.
- Serve as a technical Cyber SME, onsite task lead, and primary point of contact for customer.
- Support new Agile Defense engagements as transitional program or operations lead.
- Support documentation of all business and workflow processes in this area.
The Cybersecurity Team Lead will have professional experience that demonstrates capabilities to analyze highly complex technical cybersecurity issues, insider risk challenges, coordinate investigations, recommend plans of action for Agile Defense staff and Government staff, and manage Agile Defense resources supporting resolution of these issues.
Education and Background
- Bachelor's Degree.
- Seven years of relevant work experience.
- PMP Certification.
- Top Secret Clearance.
Required Skills
- The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of cyber threats, cyber insider threat and information security in the domains of TTP’s, Threat Actors, Campaigns, and Observables.
- Additionally, the ideal candidate would be familiar with intrusion detection systems, intrusion analysis, security information event management platforms, and endpoint insider threat detection tools.
In addition, Agile Defense invests in its employees beyond just compensation. Agile’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Learning and Development opportunities as well as other optional benefit elections.
Our Core Values
Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together.
What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.
- Happy - Be Infectious. Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
- Helpful - Be Supportive. Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
- Honest - Be Trustworthy. Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
- Humble - Be Grounded. Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
- Hungry - Be Eager. Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
- Hustle - Be Driven. Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Seven years of relevant work experience
- PMP certification
- Top Secret security clearance required to start
- Understanding of cyber threats, insider threats, information security tactics, techniques, procedures, threat actors, campaigns, and observables
- Familiarity with intrusion detection systems and intrusion analysis
- Familiarity with security information and event management platforms
- Familiarity with endpoint insider threat detection tools
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The Company
What We Do
Agile Defense is a technology services company that provides advanced digital transformation, data analytics, and cybersecurity solutions to support critical national security and civilian government missions. With a global presence, the company focuses on delivering outcome-driven, AI-powered capabilities to solve complex mission challenges for federal and defense customers.
