Hiring: Manager, Cybersecurity Operations – Division of Information Technology Company: Federal Reserve Board Location: Washington, DC Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 10:23:22 Employment Type: Contract / On-site Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Agile, Kanban, Machine Learning, SIEM, SOC, Scrum, Serverless About the job Required Skills: •Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience •Directs, plans, develops, monitors, and/or leads highly complex activities, initiatives, solutions, or strategies. Mentors and oversees managers in their unit and/or division. Prioritizes the team’s work based on business needs, supports iterative planning, removes blockers, and promotes cross-functional collaboration in Agile environments. •Manages the team, independently, to develop, implement, administer, and/or maintain IT solutions. •Oversees testing and evaluating new technologies to meet the business requirements of the Board. Champions the adoption and development of new technologies as needed. •Develops requirements for outside contract work in coordination with senior leaders. Participates in procurement, selects contract personnel, and monitors performance to ensure timely delivery and quality. Oversees and maintains relationships with product and service suppliers. Manages data security and compliance risks. •Contributes to, advises, and counsels leadership on strategic planning efforts by providing guidance and developing objectives and priorities. Translates priorities into solutions for their team. Champions strategic visioning with other leaders. •Serves as a change management leader. Fosters the adoption and/or implementation of new technologies. Promotes and exhibits change leadership capabilities. Implements organizational capabilities that allow the organization to be ready for and able to change. Provides change management processes, structures, and tools to support change. •Mentors others as they oversee product backlogs and sprint processes, including planning, task definition, execution, impediment removal, reviews, and retrospectives to maximize team effectiveness and delivery quality. Qualifications: •Applicants are required to provide a writing sample of original work. •Manage the Board’s cybersecurity incident response process, ensuring prompt detection, containment, and remediation of cybersecurity incidents, as well as conducting post-incident analysis to identify areas for improvement. •Lead and direct instrumentation of cybersecurity tools such as firewalls, intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, endpoint protection, and data analysis platforms as part of an integrated, defense in depth solution with a central SIEM system and security orchestration tools. •Lead and direct analysis of both classified and unclassified cyber threat intelligence from a variety of sources to understand the nature of the threat, extract the information that informs threat hunt operations, and ensure use of that information to investigate Board IT assets for evidence of an intrusion or compromise. •Lead and direct emulation of threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures in a controlled and/or production environment to demonstrate and observe the technical aspects of the emulated activity. •Lead and direct the implementation of vulnerability scans, analysis of vulnerability information, and ensure operational systems are adequately patched to protect the Board from potential cyber threat actors. •Partner cross-functionally with stakeholders and act as a liaison between the agency and other cybersecurity incident response teams to ensure effective communication and coordination on cybersecurity matters, share best practices, and stay informed of emerging threats and technologies. •Manage cybersecurity projects focused on developing and instrumenting highly complex, new, and innovative approaches to detect, prevent, and respond to cybersecurity intrusions and/or compromises. •Author documents and oversee the execution of project plans, schedules, requirements, risks, assumptions, cost, performance, and resource utilization. •Lead and direct the development of technical and analytical assessments to support information security engineering decisions to ensure Board information and systems are adequately protected. Able to oversee characterization and management of complex risks to mitigate cyber threats. Compensation: •$146,400 - $295,800 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!