Deputy Project Manager – Technical Lead

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🐊 Florida – Remote

🐊 Florida – Remote

💵 $90k - $100k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🤓 Technical Project Manager

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Emerging Tech

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51 - 200 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

Cybersecurity • Healthcare • Consulting

Emerging Tech is a standards-driven, security-minded IT consultancy focused on providing end-to-end technology solutions. Founded to meet the emergent needs of various sectors, Emerging Tech specializes in cybersecurity, healthcare IT, software engineering, and systems engineering. With a commitment to delivering innovative solutions, their team of experts operates across the United States, providing services in mobile health care, mobile security, and government contracting.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain the Testing Strategy and Detailed Testing Procedures, including the pre-approved technique catalog and rules of engagement • Own the traceability matrix linking each test to its MITRE ATT&CK technique, NIST CSF subcategory, regulatory criterion, and expected telemetry source • Oversee emission, observation, and outcome reconciliation across concurrent agency engagements • Review findings and root cause classifications for completeness and consistency before client release • Define and enforce testing safety controls, including risk ratings, rollback procedures, agency deconfliction contacts, and stop-work triggers • Serve as the day-to-day technical point of contact for agency security and information technology staff • Ensure testing remains within approved scope and obtain documented written client authorization for any changes • Support executive and audit briefings regarding testing methodology, results, cybersecurity risks, and findings • Support the Project Manager with program management responsibilities and assume Project Manager duties when required • Report to the Project Manager and serve as second in command for the program • Act as technical lead for cybersecurity testing activities across concurrent agency engagements

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity consulting, assessment, audit, or security operations • Experience serving as a technical point of contact or coordinating technical testing activities on at least one engagement • Experience contributing to cybersecurity testing procedures, playbooks, or assessment methodologies • Exposure to detection validation, purple team, or security operations activities beyond configuration-based compliance assessments • Experience developing and maintaining cybersecurity testing procedures, playbooks, and evidence standards • Hands-on experience performing penetration testing, configuration reviews, cloud assessments, or security control validation • Working knowledge of detection engineering and SIEM effectiveness testing, including absent telemetry, broken log pipelines, missing detection content, alert tuning, and failed analyst triage • Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, Atomic Red Team, or MITRE CALDERA • Experience creating risk-based testing plans aligned to NIST CSF control categories • Strong working knowledge of Active Directory, Windows security architecture, Microsoft Entra ID, major cloud platforms, identity management, logging, and monitoring technologies • Ability to coordinate technical activities across multiple agencies and testing environments concurrently • Experience creating testing procedures, scripts, playbooks, and evidence collection methodologies • Strong technical writing skills, including testing strategies, procedures, and technical memoranda • Experience briefing executive leadership and audit personnel on cybersecurity risks and findings • Must reside in the state of Florida • At least one required certification: Security+, CySA+, GSEC, CEH, PenTest+, or GCIH • Preferred certifications: CISSP, CISA, OSCP, CRTO, GCIA, GCDA, SC-200, or PMP • Preferred: prior technical delivery supporting an Office of Inspector General or independent audit function • Preferred: experience operating under formal rules of engagement in production government environments • Preferred: prior experience working in a Florida state agency information security or information technology role • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring current or future employer sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• Funded certification pathway • Direct exposure to senior technical practitioners • Opportunity to take ownership and work directly with clients and leadership • Opportunity to contribute to meaningful government missions