Cybersecurity Compliance & Incident Response Specialist

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🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $135k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Valiant Solutions

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2005

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

🔒 Cybersecurity

Consulting • Defense • Cybersecurity

Valiant Solutions is a cybersecurity and IT services firm that specializes in securing the future by providing comprehensive and customized solutions to challenges faced by the Federal Government. With a focus on security engineering, operations, and strategic risk governance, the company addresses complex information security challenges through innovative application development and enterprise architecture. Recognized for its commitment to excellence, Valiant Solutions has been awarded numerous contracts and honors for its impactful contributions in the cybersecurity field.

📋 Description

• Provide senior cybersecurity incident response and breach management support for institutions of higher education handling federal data • Provide incident reporting and handling guidance to contain, remediate, and recover from cybersecurity incidents • Coordinate remediation and incident response activities with reporting institutions • Categorize, analyze, document, track, and manage IHE cybersecurity cases through closure • Coordinate breach response across customer offices, contractors, IHEs, and affiliated organizations • Analyze incident information and evidence to identify cybersecurity risks, compliance concerns, affected data, and remediation requirements • Track remediation activities and corrective actions through resolution • Develop incident reports, technical findings, recommendations, case documentation, and status updates • Conduct and support cybersecurity compliance assessments for institutions and systems handling federal data • Evaluate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards and identify compliance gaps • Develop assessment plans covering methodology, data collection, sampling, reporting timelines, and risk-rating methodology • Evaluate institutional information security programs and required safeguard implementation • Review audit information and corrective action plans • Assess safeguards across risk assessment, identity and access management, data classification and inventory, encryption, MFA, change management, secure development, logging and monitoring, incident response, third-party risk, and security awareness • Identify cybersecurity risks and control weaknesses affecting federal information protection • Provide remediation recommendations, consulting, threat advisories, and remediation support • Support corrective action planning and remediation efforts • Work with institutional security teams and customer stakeholders to resolve cybersecurity and compliance issues • Ensure work products meet agency data handling and CUI protection requirements • Serve as a senior cybersecurity resource to the customer and participating institutions • Communicate incidents, vulnerabilities, compliance gaps, and remediation requirements to technical and non-technical stakeholders • Coordinate activities across IHE stakeholders, customer offices, contractors, cybersecurity personnel, and affected organizations • Support cybersecurity awareness activities and tabletop exercises • Provide senior guidance to less-experienced cybersecurity professionals

🎯 Requirements

• More than 10 years of experience in cybersecurity incident response, incident handling, cybersecurity compliance, security assessments, or cyber risk management • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline • Senior industry professional certification such as CISSP or equivalent • Demonstrated experience investigating, coordinating, documenting, and managing cybersecurity incidents through remediation and closure • Experience conducting or supporting cybersecurity compliance assessments and evaluating technical, administrative, and physical safeguards • Strong knowledge of incident containment, remediation, recovery, corrective action tracking, and cybersecurity risk management • Experience evaluating security controls and identifying compliance gaps and remediation requirements • Experience working with sensitive or regulated information such as CUI, PII, FTI, or comparable protected data • Ability to analyze complex cybersecurity information and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations • Excellent technical writing, analytical, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills • Ability to work effectively with government personnel, institutional stakeholders, cybersecurity teams, auditors, technical personnel, and organizational leadership • Familiarity with NIST SP 800-61 Revision 3 • Strong knowledge of applicable cybersecurity regulatory and control frameworks • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance • U.S. citizenship required to obtain the necessary clearance

🏖️ Benefits

• Choice of medical plans, including HSA and PPO options, with company contributions • Dental and vision coverage for employees and family • Company-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance • Optional supplemental life, accident, and critical illness coverage • 401(k) retirement plan with company match • Paid time off that grows with years of service • Paid federal holidays • Paid certifications and professional development • Valiant University training portal • Flexible spending accounts • Wellness and fitness program • Referral bonuses • Flexible remote work with a quiet, distraction-free workspace • Ad hoc travel to the Washington DC Metro area • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities

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