Full-time CISO, ECS Tech Inc

ECS is seeking a CISO to work in our Sierra Vista, AZ office.

The Chief Information Security Officer will serve as the senior cybersecurity

leader and principal security advisor to the Program Manager for The Army

Endpoint Security Solution (AESS). This role is responsible for protecting the

service delivery environment, including back-end and front-end security

infrastructure, endpoints, servers, networks, customer-facing services, and

supporting operational platforms.

The CISO will lead cybersecurity governance, risk management, information

assurance, security operations, compliance, documentation, and policy activities

across the program. The role provides oversight of Information Assurance and

Security Operations Center personnel and ensures program alignment with DoD

requirements, RMF, NIST SP 800-53, DoD security baselines, DISA STIGs, ACAS

scanning, continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, and Zero Trust

principles.

• Senior security advisor to the Program Manager on cybersecurity risk,
• compliance, security operations, incident response, and mission assurance
• matters.
• Lead the cybersecurity strategy for the AESS.
• Oversee Information Assurance and SOC personnel, including day-to-day
• security operations, compliance activities, documentation, reporting, and
• process improvement.
• Ensure the security of service delivery infrastructure, including endpoint
• security platforms, backend systems, frontend services, servers, networks,
• administrative access paths, and customer-facing capabilities.
• Provide oversight of SOC, including monitoring, alert triage, incident
• response, threat hunting, detection engineering, escalation management,
• SIEM/EDR operations, and security reporting.
• Lead Information Assurance activities, (RMF support, control documentation,
• evidence collection, assessment readiness, POA&M management, continuous
• monitoring, and security authorization support).
• Ensure compliance with NIST SP 800-53, DoD cybersecurity requirements, DoD
• security baselines, DISA STIGs, ACAS scanning requirements, and applicable
• customer security policies.
• Oversee vulnerability management activities, (ACAS scan coordination,
• findings analysis, remediation tracking, risk reporting, and compliance
• validation).
• Ensure STIG compliance is implemented, documented, reviewed, and maintained
• across applicable endpoints, servers, applications, databases,
• infrastructure, and network devices.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce cybersecurity policies, standards, plans,
• procedures, playbooks, runbooks, and security documentation.
• Establish/maintain program-level cybersecurity risk management process, (risk
• identification, tracking, mitigation recommendations, and risk reporting).
• Advise on security impacts of architecture changes, service enhancements,
• onboarding/offboarding activities, integrations, and operational changes.
• Provide regular security posture updates to the Program Manager, customer
• stakeholders, and internal leadership.
• Track/report key security metrics, (incident trends, vulnerability status,
• POA&M progress, compliance posture, SOC performance, and remediation
• activities).
• Coordinate with endpoint engineering, infrastructure, network, systems
• administration, identity, cloud, service desk, compliance, and operations
• teams.
• Support audits, assessments, inspections, cybersecurity reviews, and contract
• deliverables.
• Mentor and guide security personnel while promoting a culture of
• accountability, mission support, and continuous improvement.
• General Description of Benefits [https://ecstech.com/careers/benefits]

02Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems,
• engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 16 years of cybersecurity experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Department of Defense environments.
• Experience in a senior cybersecurity leadership, information assurance,
• security operations, security architecture, or cyber risk management role.
• Strong knowledge of RMF, NIST SP 800-53, DoD cybersecurity requirements, DISA
• STIGs, DoD security baselines, POA&M management, continuous monitoring, and
• vulnerability management.
• Experience overseeing SOC activities, including security monitoring, alert
• triage, incident response, threat hunting, detection engineering, escalation,
• and reporting.
• Familiarity with endpoint security, infrastructure security, network
• security, server security, identity and access management, logging,
• monitoring, and vulnerability management technologies.
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust concepts and their application in
• enterprise or government environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to
• brief technical risk to program leadership, government customers, and
• non-technical stakeholders.
• Must be local to the Sierra Vista, AZ
• CISSP or CISM
• ITIL Certification