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Director, Proactive Defense
BlueVoyant
Posted on 4/22/2024
Description
Director, Proactive Defense
Location: Remote - East or Midwest United States Preferred
US Citizenship Required

Conquest Cyber, a BlueVoyant Company
, understands that our enemies are not simply amateur hackers, but highly motivated, well-funded nation states and criminal organizations. By targeting our nation’s defense and critical infrastructure sectors, cyber-attacks threaten to disrupt the way we live. This is where we sit – at the forefront of this quiet and distributed conflict to ensure cyber resiliency for the sectors critical to our way of life. At Conquest Cyber we build adaptive risk management programs where innovation is most needed, the sectors that protect our way of life. Be part of a world class team, enjoy the challenges and rewards of working with some of the leading U.S. agencies and companies, protect assets that are vital to our society.  

The Director, Proactive Defense will lead the delivery of Attack Surface
Management, Cloud Security Posture Management, and Azure/M365 Enablement across the Public Sector.

Responsibilities
  • Responsible for the management of the team and delivery of the following Capabilities:
    • Attack Surface Management:  Vulnerability Management, Patch Management, Penetration Testing, Phishing Testing
    • Cloud Security Posture Management:  M365 and Azure Configuration Management 
    • Cloud Enablement:  PS M365/AZ deployment 
  • Manages and provides tasking of Engineering Resources to deliver against prioritized Attack Surface Management, Cloud Security Posture Management, and Enablement tasks
  • Hires, Trains, and ensure proper resourcing of Engineering Resources to meet current and forecasted resourcing and capability needs.  
  • Manages COGS to meet Gross Margin targets for Subscription and Professional Services for Proactive Defense Delivery 
  • Identifies, produces, and validates Proactive Defense-related Feature requirements and releases for automations and improvements to be built into the Cyber Defense Platform and SCYOPS delivery.  
  • Provides IT Ops-related solutions architecting expertise support to accounts in the course of Proactive Services delivery
  • Provides technical expertise support in Government Presales engagements
Requirements
  • Expert knowledge of Microsoft Azure and M365 security tooling capabilities and Microsoft licensing allocations
  • Expert knowledge of Cloud Security Configurations and Solutions to meet Public Sector-specific Regulatory Controls Requirements/Frameworks/Strategies (Zero-Trust, CMMC, NIST 800-171, NIST-CSF, etc.)
  • Excellent leadership, organizational, problem-solving, and communications skills
  • CSPM-related skills:  DSC and tbd-Azure Configuration Mgmt tooling enablement; Solutions Architecting with Clients to fill gaps/vulnerabilities
  • ASM-related skills:  Patch/Vulnerability Management tool expertise; Phishing and PenTesting tooling expertise and follow-on advisement with clients
  • Ability to maintain awareness of and analyze evolving security-related technologies and processes for their utility within a cybersecurity architecture
Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree and 5-7 years of related experience; if no degree, you must have 7-10 years of related experience to effectively perform the position
  • US Citizenship Required
  • Licenses/Certifications: AZ-500, SC100, SC-200, SC-400, AZ-104
Preferred Competencies
  • Security Clearance 
  • License/Certification: CCSP
About BlueVoyant

At BlueVoyant, we recognize that effective cyber security requires active prevention and defense across both your organization and supply chain. Our proprietary data, analytics, and technology, coupled with deep expertise, works as a force multiplier to secure your full ecosystem. Accuracy! Actionability! Timeliness! Scalability!

Led by CEO, Jim Rosenthal, BlueVoyant’s highly skilled team includes former government cyber officials with extensive frontline experience in responding to advanced cyber threats on behalf of the National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Unit 8200, and GCHQ, together with private sector experts. BlueVoyant services utilize large real-time datasets with industry leading analytics and technologies.

Founded in 2017 by Fortune 500 executives, including Executive Chairman, Tom Glocer, and former Government cyber officials, BlueVoyant is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Maryland, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, London, Budapest, and Latin America.

All employees must be authorized to work in the United States. BlueVoyant provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, BlueVoyant complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

Disclaimer: Please note that pursuant to contractual requirements and applicable law, in order for employees to perform work on some of the company’s federal contracts, U.S. citizenship is required. Accordingly, an employee’s ability to perform work on such contracts is contingent upon the company’s verification of the employee’s citizenship status. Furthermore, individuals may be subject to additional background checks and fingerprinting.

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