Information Assurance Lead

Information Assurance Team LeadOur client is building a brand-new Agile team focused on federal IT modernization and digital transformation. The team will design, build, integrate, and operate modern technology solutions supporting sensitive and mission-critical government environments. The Information Assurance (IA) branch is responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the Information Technology assets for both unclassified and classified networks. We are currently seeking an IA Team Lead to help establish a new team as well as lead and mentor IA Engineers. The key duties and responsibilities include: Overseeing the security of information systems, ensuring they are properly secured, maintained, and compliant with established policies, standards, and regulations. Conducting regular security assessments, vulnerability scans, and risk analyses to identify potential threats and weaknesses in the systems and mitigate those risks. Ensuring systems comply with relevant security frameworks and participating in regular security audits to ensure adherence to compliance standards. Coordinating the process of certifying and accrediting systems, ensuring they meet all security requirements before deployment. Monitoring system activity to detect unauthorized access, malware, and other potential security threats, and implementing ongoing improvements to security controls. Working closely with other teams (IT, legal, compliance, etc.) to integrate security into system development and maintenance processes and ensuring security measures align with business objectives. Provide coaching and mentoring to IA personnel and conduct performance assessments Validate and approve time charging for assigned personnel