Cybersecurity Team lead

Req ID: 364037 

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We are currently seeking a Cybersecurity Team lead to join our team in Rockville, Maryland (US-MD), United States (US).

Job Summary: 

The Cybersecurity Team Lead provides technical leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight for enterprise cybersecurity engineering and security operations. This role is responsible for protecting critical infrastructure, systems, networks, and data across on-premises and cloud environments within a highly regulated federal IT environment. The Cybersecurity Team Lead ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise systems by implementing robust security architectures, leading incident response efforts, managing security technologies, and maintaining compliance with federal security and regulatory requirements. This position plays a key role in enabling secure enterprise hosting, network operations, scientific computing, and cloud platform services.

Job Duties: 

• Lead the design, implementation, and operation of enterprise cybersecurity technologies and solutions.
• Develop and maintain the organization’s cybersecurity roadmap aligned with evolving threats, mission needs, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee security operations, including monitoring, alerting, incident response, escalation, and post-incident root cause analysis.
• Manage and optimize security technologies such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), endpoint detection and response (EDR), SIEM, SOAR, vulnerability scanning tools, and network access control solutions.
• Ensure effective security monitoring across networks, servers, cloud environments, endpoints, and applications.
• Lead vulnerability management activities, including scanning, risk prioritization, remediation coordination, and reporting.
• Conduct and support risk assessments, threat modeling, and security architecture reviews for new and existing systems.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, network, hosting, and cloud teams to ensure secure system design and secure-by-default configurations.
• Support system authorization processes, including development and maintenance of security documentation such as system security plans (SSPs), POA&Ms, and related artifacts.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal security frameworks, policies, and standards (e.g., FISMA, NIST, agency security requirements).
• Contribute to disaster recovery (DR) and continuity of operations (COOP) planning from a cybersecurity perspective.
• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for cybersecurity incidents and high-risk findings.
• Lead and mentor cybersecurity engineers and analysts, establishing standards, playbooks, and operational best practices.
• Coordinate with enterprise stakeholders and leadership to provide regular reporting on security posture, risk metrics, and incident trends.
• Support security tool evaluation, acquisition planning, and lifecycle management.
• Promote security awareness and foster a culture of proactive risk management across technical teams.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree,  One-and-one- half (1.5) years of additional experience can substitute for one (1) year of a typical degree program.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering or security operations. 
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading/coordinating a team of people delivering enterprise security initiatives in complex IT environments with 3,000+ users.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with at least 3 enterprise security technologies (e.g., firewalls, SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, vulnerability management tools).
• Minimum 3 years of experience working in regulated federal environments with document exposure to security frameworks such as NIST 800-53, RMF, FISMA, or FedRAMP.
• Must be a US Citizen who can obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience producing security documentation and communicating findings including, vulnerability findings, security assessment reports, POA&Ms, and executive briefings or technical presentations
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CEH, GIAC, or Security+.
• Experience supporting system authorization and Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes.
• Experience securing hybrid cloud environments.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps and secure SDLC practices.
• Experience working in a federal or highly regulated environment.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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