SOC Project Manager

We are looking for passionate Project Manager with Security Operations Center (SOC) experience to join a new Government program who will be responsible for supervising a security operations team that is responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to security incidents, including cyberattacks.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The SOC Project Manager is expected to:

• Supervise a broad team of engineers and other technical staff supporting SOC operations.
• Create processes; assess incident reports; and develop and implement necessary crisis communication plans.
• Develop and implement security policies and procedures for incident response and vulnerability management.
• Maintain adherence to relevant security standards and regulations.
• Coordinate, lead and oversee the response to security incidents.
• Provide regular updates to senior management on SOC’s operations effectiveness.
• Collaborate with team members and other program groups to improve the customer’s engineering tools, systems, procedures, and data/infrastructure security.
• Provide On-Call escalation support 24x7x365, as needed.
• Implement solutions using industry standard patterns and best practices.
• Stay current with security industry trends, including emerging threats and security solutions.
• Hire, train, and evaluate team members’ performance.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10 years of experience, may have supervisory or lead experience.
• 10 years of relevant experience managing large-scale cybersecurity or SOC contracts.
• Experience leading federal cybersecurity programs.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and coordination skills.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies and architectures (e.g. Azure, AWS, Google Cloud).
• Understanding of network and web related protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP, HTTPS, routing protocols).
• Familiar with SOC SIEM, SOAR, and security monitoring tools.
• Must have experience in using ticketing systems to manage incidents and requests (e.g., ServiceNow tools).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex security topics in an understandable manner.
• Experience in MS Office Suite (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint).
• Must be able to capture security metric data from tools to present trends for decision-making.
• Must have an active Secret Clearance or higher.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems or Computer Engineering.
• PMP certification or equivalent preferred.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.